Study proposes a framework linking genes, metabolism and environment in autism — and may point to new ways to prevent or treat symptoms Peer-Reviewed Publication University of California – San Diego image: A “three-hit” metabolic signaling model that reframes autism as a treatable disorder of cellular communication and energy metabolism. view more Credit: UC San Diego […]
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by Public Library of Science edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors’ notes Supplementation of nutrient cocktails containing zinc, branched-chain amino acids and serine improves social interaction in three different mouse genetic models of autism. Credit: Ming-Hui Lin and Tzyy-Nan Huang (CC-BY 4.0, creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Researchers led by Tzyy-Nan Huang and Ming-Hui Lin from Academia Sinica in Taiwan
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by Nada Hassanein edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Editors’ notes Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain State Medicaid agencies are struggling to pay for intensive therapy for children with autism—and looming federal Medicaid cuts are likely to make the problem worse. Parents of children and young adults who receive applied behavior analysis, or ABA, worry states’
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by Sidney Taiko Sheehan, Keck School of Medicine of USC edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors’ notes Autism is linked to differences in the brain’s communication pathways, including white matter tracts like this one. Credit: Stevens INI Researchers at the Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI) at the Keck School of
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by Ingrid Fadelli, Medical Xpress edited by Gaby Clark, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors’ notes Brain sections from P7 WT and Shank3KO mice stained for MBP and MBP RNA scope. MBP protein and RNA intensity were normalized to mean value. MBP positive cells were shown in the percentage of DAPI. Mean ± SD. Student’s Unpaired t test, p**
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by Arthur Allen edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Editors’ notes Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The rewriting of a page on the CDC’s website to assert the false claim that vaccines may cause autism sparked a torrent of anger and anguish from doctors, scientists, and parents who say Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Adobe The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has publicly reversed its stance that vaccines do not cause autism over the objections of career staff and counter to years of scientific evidence. Late Wednesday evening, a CDC webpage that previously said there’s no link between autism and vaccines was quietly updated to call that claim “not evidence based.”
by Justin Jackson, Medical Xpress edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors’ notes Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Researchers from Curtin University in Australia and multiple universities in Ethiopia report that prenatal folic acid and multivitamin supplementation is associated with a roughly 30% lower risk of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in children, based on an umbrella review
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by Cell Press edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors’ notes Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain There’s no scientific evidence that the gut microbiome causes autism, a group of scientists argue in an opinion paper published in Neuron. They point to the fact that conclusions from past research that supported this hypothesis—including observational studies, mouse models of autism, and human
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by Corinne Purtill edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Editors’ notes Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Over the last decade, clinics have popped up across Southern California and beyond advertising something called magnetic e-resonance therapy, or MERT, as a therapy for autism. Developed by the Newport Beach-based company Wave Neuroscience, MERT is based on transcranial magnetic stimulation,
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