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200 babies could hold key to early diagnostic test for autism in children
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A test that can identify early signs of autism among babies could emerge from a major new study of the developmental disorder that is being launched tomorrow. (article 7)
New findings by Harvard researchers may bring families one step closer to discovering a cure for autism, a disorder shrouded in mystery. (article 3)
Federal health officials on Sunday will call together some of the world's leading experts on an obscure disease to discuss the controversial case of a 9-year-old girl from Athens, Ga., who became autistic after receiving numerous vaccinations. (article 9)
The findings, published in the July 11 issue ofScience, include two large sections missing on chromosomes in autistic people that appear to be tied to inherited mutations in genes regulated by neuronal activity. (article 6)
CHICAGO - Pressured by desperate parents, government researchers are pushing to test an unproven treatment on autistic children, a move some scientists see as an unethical experiment in voodoo medicine. (article 1)
The treatment removes heavy metals from the body and is based on the fringe theory that mercury in vaccines triggers autism - a theory never proved and rejected by mainstream science. (article 1)
These statistics have given currency to the idea that there is an autism epidemic - and to fears that an aspect of modern life has made children more susceptible. (article 8)
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autism, Genes, CHELATION, autistic, children |
Source articles
- Fringe autism treatment could get federal study (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 07/09/2008, 1161 words)
- Voodoo medicine or help for autism? :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Health News (suntimes.com, 07/08/2008, 339 words)
- ABC News: Researchers Find New Genes Linked to Autism (ABCNews, 07/10/2008, 288 words)
- Genes from Middle East families yield autism clues (Washington Post, 07/09/2008, 683 words)
- Boston scientists find autism genes linked to learning (boston.com, 07/10/2008, 513 words)
- Common Mechanisms May Contribute to Autism's Mutations (Washington Post, 07/10/2008, 323 words)
- 200 babies could hold key to early diagnostic test for autism in children (timesonline.co.uk, 07/10/2008, 683 words)
- The autism epidemic cometh (timesonline.co.uk, 07/09/2008, 612 words)
- Experts to Discuss One Puzzling Autism Case, as a Second Case Has Arisen (nytimes.com, 07/10/2008, 866 words)
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