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Grace at Kids Health Notes and Kristina at Autism Vox have both written about the gene CNTNAP2 being unequivocally implicated in Type 1 Autism.
In her article CNTNAP2, an autism susceptibility gene which I highly recommend, Kristina writes a personal account of her ongoing experience with her son Charlie’s autism and discusses the recent research findings.
Do read […]
My colleague Kristina at Autism Vox has written a great article about the genetic basis of Autism. Research has indicated that either a deletion or a duplication of a section of chromosome 16 seems to contribute strongly to susceptibility to autism.
I highly recommend you click on the following link to read more:
http://www.autismvox.com/like-father-like-son/
Elaine Warburton
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Further to my article on Fragile X Syndrome the BBC health website has posted this article:
“Genetic engineering has been used to alleviate symptoms Fragile X in mice, which is a leading cause of inherited learning difficulties and autism. There is currently no treatment for Fragile X syndrome, also linked to epilepsy and abnormal body growth, […]
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