Re: (no subject)(subject Autism Genes)

[Guest guest]

I read a similar story and no where does it say they tested nt

children, on the face of that, it appears that this is just another

red herring, besides vaccines are known to be capable of altering

chrmomosomes/dna/rna and lastly when i see who's involved........

Wellcome research Trust.......

well i just rest my case and leave conclusions to the reader!

Best wishes,

Margaret.

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> UK Scientists on Track of Autism Genes LONDON (Reuters Health) Aug

06 -

> Scientists at Oxford University said on Monday that they are zeroing

in on

> genes that might make children susceptible to developing autism.

Their

> discovery that sections of certain chromosomes are linked to the

disorder

> helps confirm other research showing there is an inherited component

to the

> condition. Pinpointing the genes involved could help doctors develop

> treatments for the baffling condition, which strikes at least 5 in

10,000

> children within the first 3 years of life. " Currently there is no

consensus

> amongst researchers about what is actually going wrong in the brain

when a

> child develops autism, " said Professor Monaco, director of

the

> Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics at Oxford. However, " the

discovery

> of these regions...confirms the genetic component of autism and will

enable

> us to narrow our search down to specific genes and the functions

they

> control. This should cast light on what is going wrong, and

hopefully give us

> clues on how autism could be treated. " The scientists, who are part

of the

> International Molecular Genetic Study of Autism Consortium, screened

the

> genomes of over 150 pairs of siblings with autism. They found two

regions on

> chromosomes 2 and 17 that may house genes responsible for

susceptibility to

> the disease. In addition, their study shored up previous findings

that areas

> on chromosomes 7 and 16 are also significant in determining if an

individual

> is likely to develop autism. Members of the international research

team,

> which includes scientists from Europe and the US, are now planning

to extend

> their work to identify the specific genes responsible for the

condition,

> Monaco told Reuters Health. These genes are believed to play a key

role in

> brain development and signalling. Monaco said the international

study would

> focus on identifying those genes that show signs of mutation. " Gene

mutations

> show susceptibility to disease and that is what we are looking for

in this

> study. Why we have mutations, we are presently unable to say. "

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