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Autism Susceptibility Genes Identified

March 27th, 2010 by ferrisda · 2 Comments · Biology

Two genes have been associated with autistic spectrum disorders (ASD) in a new study of 661 families. Researchers writing in BioMedical Central’s newly opened journal Molecular Autism found that variations in the genes for two brain proteins, LRRN3 and LRRTM3, were very well associated with what is to be suspected as ASD.

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  • thomascd

    Austism is an interesting topic. Good choice. But next time try to make it longer.

  • thomascd

    You should include that every 1 in 150 children are born with autism as of 2009. You should say that autism is not cureable and is just a disorder. Autism is growing along with every other mental dissabilty today. You did a good job on saying that 661 families have someone who suffers with this dissorder. It is strange how much this dissorder as grown from the past, and I think it is very important that we find a way to prevent this dissorder. There is a research for the cure to mental dissabilities right now, but have not become successful. I believe we can find a cure for autism, but we need researchers all over the world to dedicate their time to find the cure.

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