nydailynews.com | Submitted by AccessDNATeam, 04.12.10
Researchers now think that 1 in 100 to 1 in 150 children will fall somewhere on the autism spectrum. Genetic testing and early screening can help a family to cope with the disease.
bbc.co.uk | Submitted by shockliner, 04.29.09
Scientists have produced the most compelling evidence to date that genetics play a key role in autism.
They highlighted tiny genetic changes that appear to have a strong impact on the likelihood of developing autism and related conditions.
medpagetoday.com | Submitted by genetime, 11.06.08
OXFORD, England, Nov. 5 -- Discovery of the first gene associated with specific language impairment in children could help explain language problems in autism as well, researchers said.
Variants of the gene CNTNAP2 were significantly associated with the inability of children with typical specific language impairment to process and repeat nonsense words, a heritable behavioral marker of this disorder, reported Simon E. Fisher, D.Phil., of the University of Oxford, and colleagues online in the New England Journal of Medicine.
medicalnewstoday.com | Submitted by smboy5, 10.17.08
A new screening method can be used to detect the chromosomal abnormalities most commonly associated with autism spectrum disorders. By screening for genetic defects associated with various kinds of cognitive impairment, the approach described in the open access journal BMC Medical Genomics will help clinicians identify the underlying causes of some patients' autism spectrum disorders (ASDs).
forbes.com | Submitted by Jordanna, 09.25.08
Abnormalities on chromosome 16 appear to raise children's risk for developing autism, a new study suggests.
forbes.com | Submitted by Jordanna, 09.25.08
A gene that appears to play a key role in the development of autism has been identified by three different teams of researchers.
medpagetoday.com | Submitted by Jordanna, 09.25.08
Genes associated with an autism risk appear to be clustered in a region on chromosome 11, according to the largest study yet of families with a predisposition to the condition
medpagetoday.com | Submitted by Jordanna, 09.25.08
The deletion or duplication of a tiny region of chromosome 16 appears to be tightly linked to autism, researchers here said
medpagetoday.com | Submitted by Jordanna, 09.25.08
The risk for autism appears to increase in the presence of a common genetic variation on chromosome seven, especially when the condition is inherited from the mother, researchers here said
seattlepi.nwsource.com | Submitted by Jordanna, 09.25.08
In the next two decades, parents are expected to have new options to test their children for genetic traits that raise the odds they will contract any number of conditions, such type 2 diabetes, depression and possibly autism, experts suggested last week.