Guest guest Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 And add that too the fact that just because someone carries a gene, it doesn’t Always get turned on. It is the proteins that a cell membrane allows through That tells a specific gene to activate or stay inactive. The gene is not in charge. Genetic determinism Is an outmoded and outdated myth despite the amount Of money being poured into genetic research. S. From: Texas-Autism-Advocacy [mailto:Texas-Autism-Advocacy ] On Behalf Of blessingsx10@... Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 4:05 PM To: Texas-Autism-Advocacy Subject: [sPAM] Re: Dr. Haley on the genetic mutation that causes autism Chrome 16? This is FWD message Dr. Boyd Haley sent me this response to the news getting national coverage about a chromosome defect being responsible for autism.....(quietly we're told it's possible in 1% of autism cases). " Genetics " always sounds to the public like something inherited from the parents but as Dr. Haley tells us many times the parents of these kids don't have the same defect. So what caused it? .. DR Haley's reply To All: What needs also to be understood is that the parents did not have this mutation many times, therefore the cause of the mutations in these cases has to be a mutagenic toxin---not a normal genetic transference of a “bad geneâ€. Boyd Haley ____________________________________ **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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