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Autism Genes

Autism and Genes: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Robert Klitzman, M.D. | Posted 06.12.2012 | Healthy Living
Robert Klitzman, M.D.

How we -- as individuals and as a society -- respond to burgeoning genetic discoveries will be as important as these discoveries themselves.

Gene Mutations May Contribute To Autism, Studies Show

Reuters | Posted 06.04.2012 | Healthy Living

* Teams identify four new autism risk genes * Older fathers more likely to pass autism to offspring By Julie Steenhuysen...

A Possible Explanation For Uncontrolled Brain Growth In Autism

| Posted 05.23.2012 | Healthy Living

By Ferris Jabr (Click here for the original article) As a baby grows inside the womb, its brain does not simply expand like a dehydrated sponge dr...

Random Gene Mutations--Not Just Hereditary Ones--Could Be Cause Of Autism

TIME | Posted 08.09.2011 | Healthy Living

Random changes in genes, rather than changes handed down from parents, may be responsible for some cases of autism, scientists say. The findings sugge...

Autism Spectrum Disorders A Focus Of HBO Special

Dr. Rock Positano | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Dr. Rock Positano

According to the Center for Disease Control in 2007, autism affects 1 out of every 150 children, up from 1 out of every 10,000 in 1980.