Does Autism Start At Birth? Did you know that autism begins in pregnancy? Researchers in college analyzed 25 genes of post-mortem brain tissue of children with and without autism. They included genes that serve as biomarkers for brain cell types in different layers of the cortex, genes implicated in autism and several control genes. Building a baby’s […]
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Down Syndrome Treatment
Can Down Syndrome Be Treated? Did you ever want to know if Down Syndrome can be treated? Well let’s see! The cognitive impairments in Down Syndrome have been considered untreatable for a long time now. In recent advances in science and genetics are raising the need for pharmaceutical interventions for this syndrome. If the trials […]
Is Their A Cure For Autism?
We Still Have Hope! Researchers in college have found a treatment for a rare, hereditary form of autism. The scientists tested the genomes of six children with both autism and epilepsy from three Middle Eastern families. The end result of the test is that there bodies needed branched chained amino acids, which the children had […]