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Reassessing the role of mitochondrial DNA mutations in autism spectrum disorder.

Tuesday, April 12th, 2011

Autism and mitochondrial medicine have become a very hot topic in recent years. What the connections are between autism and mitochondrial disorders has yet to be clarified. Mitochondria are little structures within cells that produce much of the energy required. Mitochondria have their own DNA (mtDNA) in addition to the nuclear DNA (nDNA) of the [...]

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. not holding a press conference on Monday

Saturday, April 9th, 2011

My guess is that you are reading this thinking: this is news? Doesn’t pretty much every day go by without Robert F. Kennedy holding a press conference? Well, yes. But there was a press conference planned for Monday. Yes, the man who brought you “Deadly Immunity” (an article promoting the mercury/autism link that was so [...]

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Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and MRI Reveal No Evidence for Brain Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Wednesday, March 16th, 2011

A study published today looks for mitochondrial dysfunction in autistic children. In specific, the researchers are looking directly at the brains of autistic children. The team, from the University of Washington, used both MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) and proton magnetic resonance spectroscropic imaging (HRMS). MRI gives structural information on soft tissues. HMRS is a “spectroscopic” [...]

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Mitochondrial Disease and Autism: Linked?

Friday, March 11th, 2011

Mitochondrial disease and autism. I don’t read about it as much as during the peak of the Hannah Poling story, but it is a big topic. Emily Willingham at Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism has put together an excellent post on the subject. Here’s the first paragraph: Hannah Poling’s family entered the national spotlight when [...]

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