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Autism: Genetic Links To Impaired Social Behavior
Individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) show profound deficits in social interactions and communications, and display repetitive behaviors and abnormal responses to sensory experiences. One...
Discovery Of Small RNAs That Regulate Gene Expression And Protect The Genome
The list of short RNAs grows longerRNA is best known as a working copy of the DNA sequence of genes. In this role, it's a...
Music Used To Explore The Autistic Brain's Emotion Processing
Music has a universal ability to tap into our deepest emotions. Unfortunately, for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), understanding emotions is a very difficult...
More Vaccine-Autism Link Cases Heard By US Court
Parents claiming that the vaccine preservative thimerosal damaged their children's brains and led them to show symptoms of autism, brought their case before the United...
UK Autism Campaign Urges Debate On Social Care And The Elderly With Autism
The Autism Awareness Campaign UK is urging the Minister Ivan Lewis to launch a debate on Social Care and the Elderly with Autism in the...
Multinational Initiative Announced By Autism Speaks To Raise Awareness For Research, Diagnosis And Treatment Of...
Autism Speaks, the world's largest autism advocacy organization has announced the formation of an international collaboration with North, South and Central America. This multinational initiative...
University Of Leicester To Lead Audit Of Adults With Autism, UK
The University of Leicester is leading on a national study to calculate the number of adults with autism, it has been announced. Professor Terry...
Charity Welcomes Landmark Autism Announcement, UK
The National Autistic Society (NAS) is celebrating a crucial win for people with autism, as the Government announced that for the first time, adults with...
Department Of Health Announces Adult Autism Srategy, UK
Care services Minister Ivan Lewis announced £500,000 for Government research into the numbers of adults with autism and their specific transitions...
Groundbreaking International Effort Begins Search For Causes Of Autism
Dr. Eric Fombonne, from the Research Institute of the MUHC at the Montreal Children's Hospital, is involved in a multi-site consortium to gather DNA samples...

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'cuddle hormone' oxytocin to be turned into pill to combat shyness, depression and autism
A natural 'love drug' released in the brain during sex could be turned into a cure for shyness, scientists say (Source: the Mail online |...
Eye tracker technology may lead to earlier autism diagnosis
Author: NewsEditor Subject: Eye tracker technology may lead to earlier autism diagnosis Posted: Fri 16 May 2008 2:05 am (GMT 1) Canadian Press May 15, 2008 TORONTO -...
Autistic children's parents found more likely to suffer a mental illness
ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill. - A study published in the May issue of Pediatrics says children with autism are more likely than other children to...
Charges dropped against pennsylvania doctor in chelation death
SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. - Manslaughter charges have been dropped against a western Pennsylvania physician accused of causing the death of a 5-year-old autistic boy during...
Government says no need for 3rd trial in autism proceeding
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The government has argued against an upcoming group of test trials into whether the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine by itself can cause autism,...
Thimerosal called an 'experiment on children' as trial gets under way
WASHINGTON, D.C. - An attorney representing two families who allege that a mercury-based preservative caused their sons to become autistic called the use of thimerosal...
Special master: parties should work out pact on document release
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Office of Special Masters has delayed for 60 days ruling over the release of a government document conceding a connection between...
Researchers find higher autism rates near mercury plants
KIDLINGTON OXFORD, United Kingdom - Researchers in Texas say children living near a source of mercury pollution have a higher risk of developing autism (doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2008.02.001)....
Blogger granted motion to quash subpoena in thimerosal autism case
CONCORD, N.H. - A judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire granted a motion April 21 to quash a subpoena...
Advances in autism genetics: on the threshold of a new neurobiology
Advances in autism genetics: on the threshold of a new neurobiology Nature Reviews Genetics 9, 493 (2008). doi:10.1038/nrg2380 Author: Brett S. Abrahams & Daniel H. Geschwind Nature Reviews Genetics9,...

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