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Blood and Urine Tests for Autism May be Possible

posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday February 20 2018, @03:31AM   Printer-friendly
from the early-detection dept.

takyon writes:

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)

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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 20 2018, @03:43PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 20 2018, @03:43PM (#640677)

    "No, I'm not saying vaccines cause this..."

    "... putting mercury in vaccines was a really bad idea."

    Hmmmm, sounds exactly like what you're saying. It doesn't follow though, mercury should affect everyone who got vaccinated.

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  • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Tuesday February 20 2018, @04:10PM

    by Gaaark (41) on Tuesday February 20 2018, @04:10PM (#640700) Journal

    Errrrmm...not everyone exposed to a virus gets sick. There are carriers and people with natural immunities.

    Mercury might only 'activate' autism in certain individuals just like it seems that some people can smoke and not get cancer:

    Arthur Marx estimated that Burns smoked around 300,000 cigars during his lifetime, starting at the age of 14.

    Burns, who became a centenarian in 1996, continued to work until just weeks before his death of cardiac arrest at his home in Beverly Hills.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Burns#Final_years_and_death [wikipedia.org]

    https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-some-smokers-get-lung/ [scientificamerican.com]

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