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MMR vaccine damaged man

Monday, August 30th, 2010

Jackie Fletcher is well known to many – she routinely insists the MMR jab is dangerous despite reams of evidence to the contrary. However, a panel in the UK has found that her son, Robert, was damaged by the MMR vaccine he was administered. I nearly didn’t blog about this. Why? Well, this blogs predominant [...]

Posted in Autism, Autism Myths, Epidemiology, Legal, MMR, Mike Fitzpatrick, Polly Tommey, Science, Vaccines, Wakefield, badscience | 14 Comments »

Cedillo appeal denied

Friday, August 27th, 2010

In conclusion, we have carefully reviewed the decision of the Special Master and we find that it is rationally supported by the evidence, well-articulated, and reason-able. We therefore affirm the denial of the Cedillos’ petition for compensation. Nobody should take any pleasure from this decision. If the Cedillo’s happen to read this I would urge [...]

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Quick Q&A with APC study lead author

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

I recently blogged about a study that linked APC dysfunction with autism and learning disability. Two questions interested me so I wrote to lead author Michele Jacob to ask them. Hi Dr Jacob, My name is Kevin Leitch, I own and edit a popular blog on autism and am also father to an autistic daughter. [...]

Posted in Autism, Blogging, Genetics, News, Science, Vaccines, badscience | 3 Comments »

Autism and learning disabilities connected to APC protein

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

‘What the hell does that mean?’ I hear you cry. OK, so the way I understand it, APC is a protien which plays an important role in helping synapses grow properly. If synapses – which are the bits that transfer data from neuron to neuron – don’t grow properly then data doesn’t get passed properly. [...]

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