Moar news: Autism this time

musicalsilver · March 2014

So there was *this article* that came out a while back discussing how signs of autism can be detected in infants a couple months old. *This new article* shows that there are changes in brain development that probably occur during pregnancy that seem to be associated with autism.

I find this encouraging on a number of levels. I'm not saying that those wackos who still listen to Jenny McCarthy will finally see the light (maybe it's *maternal* vaccination that causes the child's autism!!! /sarcasm) - but it's exciting to read about how changes in the brains of autistic children, if caught young enough, may be reversible!

Hopefully in the next couple of years they'll start routinely screening infants to help reverse these changes in brain development and help autistic children develop normally!

cafecreme · March 2014

I'm just wondering how they can "reverse autism". All that article really told me was that it could be detected and treated early.

PinkPuffyHeart2 · March 2014

Interesting!

musicalsilver · March 2014

Thanks @huckleberry08 - you beat me to it!

Every once in a while things like this remind me why I got into science in the first place. There's some cool research going on out there!

Cricket81 · March 2014

They were talking about this on the Today Show. Their expert doctor (Nancy something - she's always on) said explicitly that this was even more proof that vaccines.don't.cause.autism. I literally cheered.

cafecreme · March 2014

@musicalsilver, I came into science for the same reason. I just decided last week to go back in the fall for my Masters in Pharmaceutical Chemistry.

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