Re: Tonight on NBC News - coverage on Autism?

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I just heard a blurb about could there be a cure for autism - airs tonight

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Do you have any idea on a time or channel? Is it in regards to the

autism pill that they don't plan on testing on children until 2009,

checked...Thanks. Trina

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> I just heard a blurb about could there be a cure for autism - airs

> tonight

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The NBC News with is the news that comes on at 5:30 after the

local news. In Dallas, it's channel 5.

HTH,

Anne

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Autism?

Do you have any idea on a time or channel? Is it in regards to the

autism pill that they don't plan on testing on children until 2009,

checked...Thanks. Trina

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> I just heard a blurb about could there be a cure for autism - airs

> tonight

> on NBC News with .

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> **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape.

> http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489

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I saw it. It was very intresting. They think that in

Chromosome 16 if it has a little mutation then they

are 100% more chances of having Autism then if the

chromosome was normal

Stacie

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> local news. In Dallas, it's channel 5.

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> HTH,

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> Autism?

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> children until 2009,

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> > I just heard a blurb about could there be a cure

> for autism - airs

> > tonight

> > on NBC News with .

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> > **************Start the year off right. Easy ways

> to stay in shape.

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here's the link to the story:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22577335/

I didn't understand what it said about it occuring in only 1% of the

cases...

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> > The NBC News with is the news that

> > comes on at 5:30 after the

> > local news. In Dallas, it's channel 5.

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> > HTH,

> > Anne

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> > Autism?

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> > Do you have any idea on a time or channel? Is it in

> > regards to the

> > autism pill that they don't plan on testing on

> > children until 2009,

> > checked...Thanks. Trina

> > >

> > >

> > > I just heard a blurb about could there be a cure

> > for autism - airs

> > > tonight

> > > on NBC News with .

> > >

> > > **************Start the year off right. Easy ways

> > to stay in shape.

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> http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?

NCID=aolcmp00300000002489

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see thats what i got too is that it only is found in 1 % of autism cases. SO i

mean what about the 99%??

lbollish wrote: here's the

link to the story:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22577335/

I didn't understand what it said about it occuring in only 1% of the

cases...

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> > The NBC News with is the news that

> > comes on at 5:30 after the

> > local news. In Dallas, it's channel 5.

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> > HTH,

> > Anne

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> > NBC News - coverage on

> > Autism?

> >

> > Do you have any idea on a time or channel? Is it in

> > regards to the

> > autism pill that they don't plan on testing on

> > children until 2009,

> > checked...Thanks. Trina

> > >

> > >

> > > I just heard a blurb about could there be a cure

> > for autism - airs

> > > tonight

> > > on NBC News with .

> > >

> > > **************Start the year off right. Easy ways

> > to stay in shape.

> > >

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> http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?

NCID=aolcmp00300000002489

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> > Calendar of Events

> > www.TexasAutismAdvocacy.org

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[Guest guest]

If you missed the news, here is the article:

New Genetic Link to Autism Reported

By DAVID ARMSTRONG

January 10, 2008; Page D4, WALL STREET JOURNAL ONLINE

Researchers have identified a new genetic link to

autism using recently developed gene-scanning

technology that sorts through hundreds of thousands of

genetic markers to pinpoint abnormalities.

Research teams in Boston and Chicago, publishing

separate studies in different medical journals,

independently identified a genetic variation -- in a

region of the DNA called chromosome 16 -- that is

associated with about 1% of all autism cases. The

abnormality is often not inherited, the researchers

found.

The identification of a genetic defect tied to the

risk of developing autism isn't new. About 15% of

autism cases have a known genetic cause, says

, a researcher at Children's Hospital in Boston

and a co-author of one of the studies.

Nonetheless, the discoveries related to chromosome 16

offer promising clues for future research.

University of Chicago researchers, who published their

results in Human Molecular Genetics, say the loss of a

small portion of chromosome 16 results in a

corresponding loss of 25 genes. At least three of

those genes are thought to influence behavior, say the

researchers, making them prime candidates for autism

research.

" The hope is that eventually, if we can find genes

that lead to brain mechanisms, we can think about

treatment, " said Fred Volkmar, an autism expert and

director of the child study center at the Yale

University School of Medicine, who wasn't involved in

either study. He cautioned, however, that this work is

" many steps down the road, " and that the findings

regarding chromosome 16 are only " one step in a very

complicated puzzle we have to piece together. "

About one in 150 children under the age of three is

diagnosed with autism. Symptoms range from mild to

profound, and include impaired social interaction,

problems speaking or communicating, and unusual or

repetitive behaviors.

In the second study, published yesterday in the online

edition of the New England Journal of Medicine,

researchers from a group of Boston hospitals and

universities known as the Autism Consortium scanned

DNA samples from more than 3,000 children and families

to identify the link to chromosome 16.

The researchers took advantage of new technology that

maps five to 10 times more genetic markers in the

human genome than before, making it easier to identify

specific abnormalities. Two companies -- Affymetrix

Inc. and Agilent Technologies Inc. -- produce the DNA

maps used by the Boston researchers. Using a laser

scanner and complex computer algorithms, the

researchers compared those DNA maps with samples taken

from children with autism or suspected of having an

autism-related disorder

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[Guest guest]

Great. Add this to gene 7, 11, and 4 I believe.

However, someone forgot to tell the reporter that genes

Are the brain of the cell. It's the proteins that are allowed into

The cell that are the brains of the cell and tell the cell which

DNA to turn on and off. Having a gene does not mean

It's going to be turned on by what the cell membrane is

Allowing into the cell.

S.

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Autism?

New Genetic Link to Autism Reported

By DAVID ARMSTRONG

January 10, 2008; Page D4, WALL STREET JOURNAL ONLINE

Researchers have identified a new genetic link to

autism using recently developed gene-scanning

technology that sorts through hundreds of thousands of

genetic markers to pinpoint abnormalities.

Research teams in Boston and Chicago, publishing

separate studies in different medical journals,

independently identified a genetic variation -- in a

region of the DNA called chromosome 16 -- that is

associated with about 1% of all autism cases. The

abnormality is often not inherited, the researchers

found.