Re: UNC Autism Study Expanded; More Than 540 Infants To Be Studied

[Guest guest]

Ten million dollars-think of the vaccinated vs unvaccinated study we could have done with that money.

M

Subject: UNC Autism Study Expanded; More Than 540 Infants To Be StudiedTo: EOHarm Date: Monday, November 24, 2008, 11:44 AM

UNC Autism Study Expanded; More Than 540 Infants To Be StudiedBy NBC 17, Press Release, 51 minutes agoCHAPEL HILL, N.C. -http://is.gd/ 8O2xUNC Chapel Hill researchers have received an additional $3.25 millionin funding for an Infant Brain Imaging Study (IBIS) to understandbrain changes in children with autism.The original IBIS study was awarded $10 million in 2007 by theNational Institutes of Health to follow 544 infants, aged 6 and 12months, whose older siblings are autistic. Infants would receivebehavioral assessments and magnetic resonance (MRI) exams at regularintervals to monitor brain growth and onset of autistic behaviors.The study builds on two key findings from researchers. The first isthat the brains of children with autism are five to 10 percent largerat two years of age than children without autism.

Overgrowth isbelieved to begin around the end of the child's first year of life.The second finding is that onset of social deficits associated withautism do not occur until the end of the first year."Once these brain and behavioral changes are identified, potentialbenefits might include the development of early screening measures forautism and a better understanding of the underlying brain mechanisms,which we hope will lead to treatments to prevent or reduce theproblems that individuals with autism face," said ph Piven, M.D.,the study's principal investigator and director of the CarolinaInstitute for Developmental Disabilities.The NIH recently awarded the project supplemental funding of $500,000per year for five years and the Simons Foundation Autism ResearchInitiative provided $150,000 a year for five years.Piven said the additional funding will allow researchers to examineall

544 children at all time points, instead of focusing only on thosethat are most likely to develop autism

[Guest guest]

Hey if there is a study with vaxed and unvaxed let me know...I have two children on the spectrum-1 vaxed 1 not vaxed. I'm in Pittsburgh.

Then again, both of them have made so much progress that we might have a tough time getting anyone doing a study to believe us.

Meg Naughton, Warrior Momma to my 4 beautiful children, Hailie (11), Darbey Rose (6) Jayden (4) dx with Autism and Duncan (21 mos) dx PDD-NOS, and wife of the most amazing Warrior Daddy on the planet!!

[Guest guest]

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Brain growth or cerebral edema? How safe is it to have repeated MRI's

Are they sedating these kids repeatedly? No mito studies? If they

didnt have something going in sounds like they will coming out.

In EOHarm , " schaferatsprynet " wrote:

>

> UNC Autism Study Expanded; More Than 540 Infants To Be Studied

>

> By NBC 17, Press Release, 51 minutes ago

> CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -

> http://is.gd/8O2x

>

> UNC Chapel Hill researchers have received an additional $3.25

million

> in funding for an Infant Brain Imaging Study (IBIS) to understand

> brain changes in children with autism.

>

> The original IBIS study was awarded $10 million in 2007 by the

> National Institutes of Health to follow 544 infants, aged 6 and 12

> months, whose older siblings are autistic. Infants would receive

> behavioral assessments and magnetic resonance (MRI) exams at regular

> intervals to monitor brain growth and onset of autistic behaviors.

>

> The study builds on two key findings from researchers. The first is

> that the brains of children with autism are five to 10 percent

larger

> at two years of age than children without autism. Overgrowth is

> believed to begin around the end of the child's first year of life.

> The second finding is that onset of social deficits associated with

> autism do not occur until the end of the first year.

>

> " Once these brain and behavioral changes are identified, potential

> benefits might include the development of early screening measures

for

> autism and a better understanding of the underlying brain

mechanisms,

> which we hope will lead to treatments to prevent or reduce the

> problems that individuals with autism face, " said ph Piven,

M.D.,

> the study's principal investigator and director of the Carolina

> Institute for Developmental Disabilities.

>

> The NIH recently awarded the project supplemental funding of

$500,000

> per year for five years and the Simons Foundation Autism Research

> Initiative provided $150,000 a year for five years.

>

> Piven said the additional funding will allow researchers to examine

> all 544 children at all time points, instead of focusing only on

those

> that are most likely to develop autism

>

[Guest guest]

I saw the subject line and thought for a minute it said " UN Autism

Study " .. And though - " finally - the UN is going to get something

done.. " No such luck.

> Are they sedating these kids repeatedly?

>

I hope they're testing for MTHFR mutations if they are.. On a

(very very very) dark upside - if they aren't, a kid might die, they

get sued, have to pay out $20 or so million.. There's your vaxed-

unvaxed study..

While they're doing all this fancy brain imaging stuff, could they

just hire an independent lab to test methylation biomarkers and

vitamin D levels and ionized calcium levels while they're at it?

Hell, they could probably have a few chem grad students do it as a

for-credit project!

Feeling exasperated,

Jim