Health Buzz: Study Identifies More Genes Tied to Autism

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NON Inherited genetic source for a growing percentage of children. This is allready explained in a recent book based on Systems theory rather than statistical study by a layman.
The book is called Xzenobia. It also predicts that autism will rise exponentially as a result which is what we are seeing. Other issues with the current study are concerned with finding less than 100% consistancy for identical twins.
The book is also a lot more eligant and positive thinking as well as practical.

tim burk of CA 3:51PM June 12, 2010

NON Inherited genetic source for a growing percentage of children. This is allready explained in a recent book based on Systems theory rather than statistical study by a layman.
The book is called Xzenobia. It also predicts that autism will rise exponentially as a result which is what we are seeing. Other issues with the current study are concerned with finding less than 100% consistancy for identical twins.
The book is also a lot more eligant and positive thinking as well as practical.

tim burk of CA 3:51PM June 12, 2010

Why not invest in an acellular MMR?

dana of MO 6:37PM June 10, 2010

The study found variations that were not related to the parent's genetic make up in 6 percent of the autistic subjects, the rest of the percentage (19 percent in total) had variations that were passed down from both parents.

Val of SD 5:53PM June 10, 2010

Wonderful to hear that millions of my tax dollars are being used to chase down and explanation for 3% of the biggest public health expenditure facing the next couple of generations...
When will a study be done to try to identify gene mutations in the other 97% of autism cases?
Better yet, when will a study look at differential protein expression in autistics vs non-autistics...after all, genes express proteins, NO? Where is the study looking at differential up regulation, down regulation, expression, transcription, translation, and 3D variants of the proteins being expressed in the autistic vs nonautistic children, from in-utero to about 5 years of age?
And even MORE better (yes, faulty syntax) where is the study showing triggering events of all this gene-regulated differential protein expression across neurodevelopment?
Any answers? Thought not.

Maria Roges of MA 5:43PM June 10, 2010

Wonderful to hear that millions of my tax dollars are being used to chase down and explanation for 3% of the biggest public health expenditure facing the next couple of generations...
When will a study be done to try to identify gene mutations in the other 97% of autism cases?
Better yet, when will a study look at differential protein expression in autistics vs non-autistics...after all, genes express proteins, NO? Where is the study looking at differential up regulation, down regulation, expression, transcription, translation, and 3D variants of the proteins being expressed in the autistic vs nonautistic children, from in-utero to about 5 years of age?
And even MORE better (yes, faulty syntax) where is the study showing triggering events of all this gene-regulated differential protein expression across neurodevelopment?
Any answers? Thought not.

Maria Roges of MA 5:42PM June 10, 2010

Be careful what the media is saying on this. This research does NOT mean that autism has a genetic cause, like the media is trying to spin this. It means that autism probably has a genetic diathesis. No one knows what causes autism, but it appears to have a trigger at some point during prenatal development that affects this genetic diathesis. It's because of this grain of truth that anti vaccine crazies are able to convince themselves and others that vaccines have something to do with it.
Hopefully understanding this genetic diathesis better through this research will lead us to the trigger and we can do something about it through either prevention or treatment.

Justin of OK 3:43PM June 10, 2010