Autism News From Medical News Today
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:11:58 +0200
Scientists Measure Gene Mutation Rate In Autism And Schizophrenia
An international study led by University of Montreal scientists suggests family history may not be a good predictor of the presence of mutations predisposing to autism or schizophrenia. The findings show how new or de novo gene mutations - alterations of the cell's DNA - play a role in these devastating conditions...
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT
Six-year Study Provides Documentation Of Theorized Differences In Brain's Cortex In Autism Disorders
There is still much that is unknown about autism spectrum disorders, but a University of Nevada, Reno psychologist has added to the body of knowledge that researchers around the world are compiling to try to demystify, prevent and treat the mysterious condition...
Fri, 27 Aug 2010 01:00:00 PDT
Alarming Increase In Autism Brings Together Hundreds Of Parents, Researchers And Clinicians From Around The World To Long Beach This October
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released new estimates that one in every 110 children (1 in 70 boys) is diagnosed with autism. Autism has become more common in our children than cancer, diabetes and AIDS combined...
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 03:00:00 PDT
Fla.'s Jackson Health System Struggles With Nursing Home And Hospital Losses; Advocates Push Marijuana Cultivation In Calif.
The Miami Herald: As the Jackson Health System's "governing board prepares to vote Monday on a proposed budget for 2011, its two money-losing nursing homes stand as a symbol for the challenges the system faces as it attempts to cut losses. Almost 100 of the 289 nursing home patients in the Jackson Health System are uninsured. Half of those are undocumented immigrants under age 50...
Tue, 24 Aug 2010 04:00:00 PDT
Curemark To Present At BioPharm America™ 2010
Curemark, LLC, a drug research and development company focused on the treatment of neurological diseases, will present at BioPharm America™ 2010, to be held September 15-17 in Boston at the Marriott Boston Copley Place, the company announced. Dr. Joan Fallon, Curemark's founder and CEO, will provide an overview of the company's enzyme replacement therapy targeted to autism...
Tue, 24 Aug 2010 01:00:00 PDT
Researchers Connect APC Protein To Autism And Mental Retardation
A clue to the causes of autism and mental retardation lies in the synapse, the tiny intercellular junction that rapidly transfers information from one neuron to the next...
Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT
Autism Research: For Measuring And Analyzing Child Behavior, NSF Awards $10M To Develop Computing Techniques
A team led by the Georgia Institute of Technology has received a $10 million "Expeditions in Computing" award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop novel computing techniques for measuring and analyzing the behavior of children. These technologies will be used to enable new approaches for identifying children at risk for autism and other developmental delays...
Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT
Carnegie Mellon Joins NSF Research Consortium To Develop Tools For Analyzing Autism, Other Behaviors
Researchers in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University will join a five-year, $10 million initiative funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to create novel tools for evaluating social interactions and other behaviors that can be used in diagnosing or treating behavioral disorders such as autism...
Sun, 22 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT
Autism Research Finds Empirical Link Between Multisensory Integration And Autism
A new study by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University has provided concrete evidence that children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) process sensory information such as sound, touch and vision differently than typically developing children...
Fri, 20 Aug 2010 04:00:00 PDT
Developmental Problems, Some Exist In The Genes
Everyone is special in their own unique way. From a genetic point of view, no two humans are genetically identical. This means that DNA for each individual contains variants that are more or less common in the overall population. Some gene variations are actually genetic deletions, where sections of DNA 'code' are missing entirely...
Wed, 18 Aug 2010 01:00:00 PDT
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