Joan Warmbold's post on this topic drew our attention to an unpublished article by the vice-president of the Coalition for SafeMInds, Mark Blaxill, which disputed the generally accepted notion that genetics plays a major role in the etiology of autism. In the article Blaxill cast doubt on the findings of a 2007 study published in Nature Genetics.
I now see that another such study was just published in the new open-access journal _Molecular Autism_. The study (Sousa et al, 2010) finds support for two candidate genes in autism spectrum disorders. Undoubtedly, we'll hear from Mr. Blaxill about the deficiencies in this new study, which is far too complex for me to understand. But then, I don't have an MBA like Mr. Blaxill. Polymorphisms in leucine-rich repeat genes are associated with autism spectrum disorder susceptibility in populations of European ancestry Inês Sousa, Taane G Clark, Richard Holt, Alistair T Pagnamenta, Erik J Mulder, Ruud B Minderaa, Anthony J Bailey, Agatino Battaglia, Sabine M Klauck, Fritz Poustka, Anthony P Monaco, International Molecular Genetic Study of Autism Consortium (IMGSAC) Molecular Autism 2010, 1:7 (25 March 2010) Available on-line at http://www.molecularautism.com/content/1/1/7 Stephen -------------------------------------------- Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Bishop's University e-mail: sblack at ubishops.ca 2600 College St. Sherbrooke QC J1M 1Z7 Canada ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=2417 or send a blank email to leave-2417-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
