Re: CBS C699T gene variation case and OHM meeting handout

March 3, 2006

Hi, Jill.

I don't have much experience with their test results yet, but the

results I do have seem to fit with the symptoms and history. There

are a lot of autism parents who are using this lab, and I think they

are getting good results from treatment based at least partly on the

test results. The thing about a saliva swab for collecting genetic

material is that it doesn't have to be quantitative. There just has

to be enough sample material to be able to amplify the genes, and it's

important not to contaminate the sample with someone else's genetic

material. They do give directions on how to do it. I haven't heard

of anyone sending their samples to more than one of these labs to

compare the results. I think it's tough enough to come up with the

price for one of them. It would be nice, though, if we had a

comparison.

Rich

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> Rich, do you trust testing4health? I worry about a saliva swab done

by

> the patient at home. There is no confirmation about the efficacy of

> this " new " lab that is associated with Dr. Yasko.

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