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Confirmed: Autism is Genetic
Feb. 3rd, 2008 12:44 pmSo, some time ago, a Finnish study strongly indicated that autism had a genetic rather than environmental basis. Specifically, a certain region on Chromosome 3 being responsible.
That study has now been replicated, and the Chromosome 3 link has been effectively established.
University of Utah medical researchers have confirmed that a region on a single chromosome probably harbors a gene that causes autism.
Here's an interesting bit of information that debunks the "autism is on the rise" myth as well:
http://photoninthedarkness.com/?p=117
In fact, there has been no noticible rise in autism, merely a dramatic change in diagnosis and classification.
That, combined with a number of other studies, effectively explodes the mercury/vaccination autism link so beloved of the tin-foil-hat and anti-intellectual/anti-science crowds.
That study has now been replicated, and the Chromosome 3 link has been effectively established.
University of Utah medical researchers have confirmed that a region on a single chromosome probably harbors a gene that causes autism.
Here's an interesting bit of information that debunks the "autism is on the rise" myth as well:
http://photoninthedarkness.com/?p=117
In fact, there has been no noticible rise in autism, merely a dramatic change in diagnosis and classification.
That, combined with a number of other studies, effectively explodes the mercury/vaccination autism link so beloved of the tin-foil-hat and anti-intellectual/anti-science crowds.
