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Genetics and Health

June 8th, 2008

b5’s Autism Vox on Good Morning America on ABC

b5 media’s very own Kristina Chew, PhD - the mastermind behind Autism Vox - is going to be on Good Morning America on abc tomorrow morning!
Both Kristina and Ari Ne’eman, the president of the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network (ASAN), were interviewed about autism, and the director for the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), Tom Insel, […]

By Elaine -- 5 comments

January 12th, 2008

b5’s Kids Health Notes and Autism Vox - CNTNAP2 implicated in autism

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 […]

By Elaine -- 1 comment

January 10th, 2008

Great genetics based article on Autism at b5’s Autism Vox

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
Tags: Autism, chromosome […]

By Elaine -- 0 comments

December 28th, 2007

Genetic manipulation ‘fixes’ Fragile X syndrome

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, […]

By Elaine -- 0 comments

August 1st, 2006

Multiple Genes for Autism

Kristina at Autism Vox scooped me on the latest study (drat my need to sleep!) to come out showing that autism is most likely due to more than one gene. Dr. Gerard Schellenberg says there may be four to six major genes and another 20 to 30 genes having a minor role. This isn’t […]

By Hsien Hsien Lei, PhD -- 2 comments

April 6th, 2006

Two New Health Blogs: Autism Vox and Cancer Commentary

Genetics and Health just gained two new sister blogs in the b5media Science and Health Channel: Autism Vox and Cancer Commentary.

Autism Vox is written by a previous Genetics and Health featured blogger, Dr. Kristina Chew. She writes with the grace of a classics professor and the perspective of a mother who has a child […]

By Hsien Hsien Lei, PhD -- 1 comment