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Autism News Wire

  • Autism risk spotted at birth in abnormal placentas

    Published Thursday, April 25, 2013 - 12:37
    ... of at-risk families, those with one or more previous children with autism. These families were participating in a study ... Regrettably couples without known genetic susceptibility must rely on ...

  • Lower autism risk with folic acid supplements in pregnancy

    Published Wednesday, February 13, 2013 - 10:35
    ... and the use of supplements in early pregnancy. Children with autism diagnoses in MoBa were identified ... for the construction and repair of DNA molecules, the genetic material which controls all body ...

  • Studies provide insights into inherited causes of autism

    Published Wednesday, January 23, 2013 - 15:34
    ... of this complexity focus on identifying inherited genetic mutations linked with autism spectrum disorders. The mutations ... , and they revealed a striking variability of autism severity despite inheritance of similar genetic mutations. "These two ...

  • New discovery in autism-related disorder reveals key mechanism in brain development and disease

    Published Monday, January 14, 2013 - 10:33
    ... is probing a large number of human genetic variations and many pathways in the brain to untangle ... is a neurodevelopmental disorder associated with autism spectrum disorders and caused by a mutation in ...

  • Genomic 'hotspots' offer clues to causes of autism, other disorders

    Published Thursday, December 20, 2012 - 17:06
    ... were more mutable than the average gene, suggesting that some of the genetic culprits that contribute to autism are mutation hotspots. The authors ... these regions in larger numbers of patients could enable us to identify more of the genetic risk factors for autism ...

  • Scientists uncover secrets of how intellect and behavior emerge during childhood

    Published Thursday, November 8, 2012 - 17:35
    ... of the journal Cell. The genetic mutations that cause developmental disorders, such as intellectual disability and autism spectrum ... this type of intellectual disability and lowering the risks for autism. "We believe a cure is possible," he said. "It is likely ...

  • Additive effect of small gene variations can increase risk of autism spectrum disorders

    Published Monday, October 15, 2012 - 16:34
    ... risk of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) could result from an accumulation of many small, common genetic variations ... , published today in Molecular Autism, provide new insights into the genetic factors that underlie the neurodevelopmental ...

  • Genetic test predicts risk for Autism

    Published Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - 10:07
    ... of Melbourne has developed a genetic test that is able to predict the risk of developing autism spectrum disorder ... individuals with ASD and 4,165 of their relatives from Autism Genetic Resource Exchange (AGRE) and Simons ...

  • Nutritional supplement offers promise in treatment of unique form of autism

    Published Thursday, September 6, 2012 - 14:10
    ... down that metabolic activity that researchers have found to be defective in some autism patients. "It was very surprising to find mutations ... a basis for future screening of all patients with autism and/or epilepsy for this or related genetic mutations, which could be an early predictor ...

  • Scripps Florida scientists design molecule that reverses some fragile X syndrome defects

    Published Tuesday, September 4, 2012 - 16:34
    ... , and is the only known single-gene cause of autism. The study, published online ahead of ... three nucleotides are repeated more times than normal in the genetic code of affected individuals. This defect, ...