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People have to remember that. Autism is not a specific disease but a
symptom. If it were know exactly what it is and only one thing, we
would have a cure quickly.

We know exactly what sickle-cell anemia is. We know the exact genetic
cause. There is no cure, only treatment.

So, I believe, your statement is in error.

Jeff

Really?

You better tell the labs that.
You can't compare genes to a disease.

A mutation in the hemoglobin gene is responsible sickle cell anemia. Linus
Pauling figured this out in 1949.

The point is that it was known what the cause is over fifty years, but no
cure is known. So even if we knew what the cause(s) of autism is, that
doesn't mean we would know what the cure is.

Another example is Tay-Sachs disease. The cause of the disease is a
mutation in the gene for Hexasaminidase A. Yet, there is no cure for it.

Knowing the cause of a disease means we know the cure for it.

This should have been "knowing the cause of the a disease does not mean we
know the cure for it."

Mea Culpa.

Jeff
Just in case you didn't know, there is no cure for being born black
either.

There is nothing to cure. Nothing wrong with being black. In fact, my
ancestors were black. So were yours.

Jeff