Autism Linked To 100 Genes

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Autism is a debilitating condition that is poorly understood and

badly managed. However, inroads are being made into its understanding.

Scientists have new reason to believe that autism is linked to around

100 genes. The study has also shown that autism is more common in

today's world than previously thought - and also more complex as a

disease.

Victims will often have missing sections of DNA, or copies of

existing DNA. It affects 1 in 150 children, and is considered

genetic. No one knows yet for sure what causes the disease, but good

progress is being made.

Symptoms of the disease include difficulties in behavior, social

interaction, inability to think correctly or speak, and more serious

things that severely debilitate the victim. The effects of autism are

so variant that mapping the exact cause to the disease is tough work.

Years have study have shown that exposing radiation to cells will

produce similar effects as autism would on a cellular structure-

suggesting cell mutation.

Normal diseases that are genetic will show that other family members

have the same genetic pattern concerning the disease- not true with

autism. About 2 out of 14 autism victims have relatives with the

disease, which is a significant number....

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