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MMR and autism: Italy's courts get involved
An Italian health news website seems to have reported that an Italian court has ruled that an MMR vaccine caused autism in a child.
DSM panel holds firm on new autism diagnosis, ditches 2 other revisions
A panel of psychiatrists revising the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders are holding firm on their streamlined diagnosis for autism but are backing off proposals for changes to some others.
Scans for autism gene groups could open door to genetic biomarkers
Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have suggested that the genes involved in autism could be used as biomarkers for diagnosis of disorders in the autism spectrum.
Pfizer stays in the autism drug chase
In a mouse study, the drug giant's experimental depression drug GRN-529 reduced visible signs of autism in mice, Bloomberg reported.
Autism Awareness Month and autism biomarkers
April is Autism Awareness Month, and the CDC has announced that one in 88 children in the U.S. has some form of autism-spectrum disorder.
Urine biomarker test for autism on the horizon?
A team of researchers looked at the levels of porphyrins in the urine of children with autism spectrum disorder to see if this could be used as a biomarker.
Drug tackles Fragile X/autism symptoms in mice
Scientists at F. Hoffman-La Roche in Switzerland and the Picower Institute for Learning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology believe they've found a new compound that reverses most Fragile X-related symptoms in adult mice.
ARISk launched to screen for sibling autism risk
IntegraGen has launched ARISk Risk Assessment Test, its genetic tool for screening children as young as six months old for autism spectrum disorder.
Three studies back notion of autism erupting from genetic mutations
Three new studies appear to reinforce the idea that autism is connected to genetic mutations, at least in a subset of patients with the condition.
Faulty genes may trigger early autistic brain growth
Autism seems to be inherited, but until now, little has been known about the genetics behind the disorder.
