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Autism: Scientists take 'first steps' towards biological test
Scientists have taken the first steps towards what they say could become a new blood and urine test for autism. Their study tested children with and without the condition and found higher levels of protein damage in those with the disorder.
The researchers said the tests could lead ultimately to the earlier detection of the condition, which can be difficult to diagnose. But experts expressed caution, saying such a test was still a long way off.
[...] For this new study, published in the Molecular Autism journal, researchers looked for chemical differences in the blood and urine of 38 autistic children and 31 children without the condition, all aged between five and 12. In those with autism they found higher levels of protein damage - particularly in the blood plasma - which they said were associated with ill health.
Dr Naila Rabbani, from the University of Warwick, who led the study, told the BBC the tests could ultimately be used by doctors to diagnose autism earlier in childhood by detecting these markers.
Advanced glycation endproducts, dityrosine and arginine transporter dysfunction in autism - a source of biomarkers for clinical diagnosis (open, DOI: 10.1186/s13229-017-0183-3) (DX)
(Score: 2) by kazzie on Tuesday February 20 2018, @01:09PM (1 child)
A family member developed a severe form of autism after an (epileptic?) fit somewhere around a year old. He showed an immediate regression in verbalisation and situational awareness, and developed several mannerisms. Nevertheless, it was several years before he got a formal diagnosis because his symptoms didn't quite fit the textbook: he wasn't very panicked by a break in routine, for example, and empathised quite strongly. (We joked it was because he'd not read the textbook, so didn't know how he was meant to behave.)
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 20 2018, @06:51PM
epileptic fit? 1 yr old? just another medical mystery... good thing it's not sky rocketing across "developed"(vaccinated and otherwise enslaved) nations. it's not from all the medical interventions parents foolishly allow the "medical" establishment to perform. seizure caused by the fallout from the vaccines. maybe the immune system attacks the brain from the biotrash(money viruses, etc) or adjuvant in the vaccine. maybe hospitals all have powerful unknown viruses floating around brain damaging kids but it's more likely to be in the shots b/c the body can usually defend itself until some dumb piece of shit bypasses the body's defenses by shooting some unknown deadly cocktail straight into the blood stream. like MS people get from their shitty, pesticide laced, sugar and carb powered diet causing permeability of the BBB. the immune system is likely just doing it's job in most of these cases. we just can't see the trash we are flooding the brain with. while the whores at the hospital play stupid and test for genetic reasons like we're all defective. time for the slaves to wake up.