Study Finds Drug Reduces Autistic-Like Behaviors in Mice
by James Devitt - Normalizing excessive levels of protein synthesis in the brain can partially remedy autistic-like behaviors, report researchers who worked with mice. The findings, which appear in the...
View ArticleStudy Claims Chelation Doesn’t Reduce Autism Symptoms
by Genevra Pittman - An interesting story by Reuters medical reporter Genevra Pittman came out on Dec 21, 2012. The message was clear from the title: Chelation doesn’t help kids with autism: study....
View ArticleStudying the Autism and Vitamin D Link
by Jenn Savedge - What role does the sun play in the development of autism? That’s what a new study hopes to find out. According to a report published today by Environmental Health News, scientists...
View ArticleNew Autism Behavior Therapies May be Based on Movement
by Carrie Stetler - Rutgers researchers have completed studies that could radically change the way autistic children learn and communicate by helping them develop self-motivation, rather than relying...
View ArticleGene Mutations Related to Autism Can Skip a Generation
by Emily Willingham - Results of a study in a Swedish population have linked grandpa’s age to an increased risk of autism in grandchildren. More specifically, the study authors found that men who sired...
View ArticleCan A Fruit Fly Help Explain Autism?
by Jon Hamilton - For President Obama, 2013 wasn’t just the year of Obamacare. It was also the year of the brain. In April, Obama announced his Brain Research through Advancing Innovative...
View ArticleStudy links autism to environmental factors
by Loren Gush - While the underlying causes of autism are still not fully understood, many health experts believe that genetics, environmental factors or a combination of the two are to blame. Now, a...
View ArticleMice genetic model shows autism may originate in the womb
by Nicholette Zeliadt - Mice with mutations in the autism-linked gene WDFY3 have enlarged brains reminiscent of those seen in some children with autism, finds a study published 8 September in Nature...
View ArticleBroccoli sprout extract as autism therapy
by Amy Norton - A compound extracted from broccoli sprouts may improve some social and behavioral problems that affect people with autism, a new study suggests. The study was short-term and small,...
View ArticleStudy links births by c-section with risk of autism
by Sophie Borland - Babies born by Caesarean section may be more likely to develop autism, research shows. Research found the procedure appeared to increase the chances by a quarter – although there is...
View ArticleThere is a connection between the immune system and autism
by Virginia Hughes - Some cases of autism may result from glitches in immune cells in the blood: This provocative idea stems from a series of unpublished mouse studies presented yesterday to a...
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