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Possible Cure For Autism
http://science.slashdot.org/article..../02/19/2252244
Possible Cure For Autism Henry V .009 writes "Scientists in New Jersey are claiming that children with autism are unable to metabolize key fatty acids that fight brain-damaging inflammations. They have already developed urine/blood tests to identify at-risk children. A preventive cure to autism may be as simple as a 'therapeutic cocktail' of fatty acids. Human trials could start later this year." |
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Possible Cure For Autism
"Jan Drew" wrote:
http://science.slashdot.org/article..../02/19/2252244 Possible Cure For Autism Henry V .009 writes "Scientists in New Jersey are claiming that children with autism are unable to metabolize key fatty acids that fight brain-damaging inflammations. They have already developed urine/blood tests to identify at-risk children. A preventive cure to autism may be as simple as a 'therapeutic cocktail' of fatty acids. Human trials could start later this year." There goes all those dollars being gouged by the chealationers. It looks like they were wrong all the time. -- Peter Bowditch aa #2243 The Millenium Project http://www.ratbags.com/rsoles Australian Council Against Health Fraud http://www.acahf.org.au Australian Skeptics http://www.skeptics.com.au To email me use my first name only at ratbags.com |
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Possible Cure For Autism
On Feb 20, 7:12 pm, "Jan Drew" wrote:
http://science.slashdot.org/article..../02/19/2252244 Possible Cure For Autism Henry V .009 writes ... I'm Henry the 5th I am Henry the 5th, I am, I am I got married to the widow next door She's been married seven times before And every one was an Henry (Henry) She wouldn't have a Willy or a Sam (no Sam) I'm her eighth old man, I'm Henry Henry the fifth I am ~ HH and HAND :-) |
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Possible Cure For Autism
On Feb 20, 11:48 pm, "Raving" wrote:
On Feb 20, 7:12 pm, "Jan Drew" wrote: http://science.slashdot.org/article..../02/19/2252244 Possible Cure For Autism Henry V .009 writes ... I'm Henry the 5th I am Henry the 5th, I am, I am I got married to the widow next door She's been married seven times before And every one was an Henry (Henry) She wouldn't have a Willy or a Sam (no Sam) I'm her eighth old man, I'm Henry Henry the fifth I am ~ HH and HAND :-) HA! I just heard that on an oldie station locally...lol Kerry |
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Possible Cure For Autism
On Feb 21, 12:12 am, "Jan Drew" wrote:
http://science.slashdot.org/article..../02/19/2252244 Possible Cure For Autism Henry V .009 writes "Scientists in New Jersey are claiming that children with autism are unable to metabolize key fatty acids that fight brain-damaging inflammations. They have already developed urine/blood tests to identify at-risk children. A preventive cure to autism may be as simple as a 'therapeutic cocktail' of fatty acids. Human trials could start later this year." Sounds like a possible cure for *one* *cause* of autism. Not a cure for autism, not even if the original cause of that autism was this inflamation. That is, the problem with inflamation is not likely to be the inflamation itself but rather the damage it causes. That damage, once done, is irreversible. Even so, the inflamation they are referring to is unlikely to continue throughout life anyway. For example, if autism is caused by pre-natal rubella (a known cause of autism) the brain inflamation would have ONLY occurred prior to birth, and yet the autism symptoms continue throughout life. I even doubt that inflamation is as common a cause as they think, anyway. There is a tendency to assume that faster-than-average brain growth in autism is swelling due to inflammation, but although I've lost the references, I have read strong evidence showing that this growth is in fact genuine brain growth (greater numbers of neurons being created). Rapid brain growth in itself can be sufficient to disrupt the processes that wire up the innate connections due to the way the synapses are guided to their target neurons, creating a seemingly paradoxical situation in which there are a lot of neurons but basic innate systems are disrupted. This doesn't mean that the process they observed *can't* happen, or for that matter that the treatment can't be useful to at least some people. If inflamation is causing ongoing damage for some people throughout life, then the obvious benefit to treatment is to put an end to the ongoing deterioration. However, here is a little extra food for thought... The most common cause of inflamation is stress. Stress also disrupts fat metabolism. They may not be observing the causes of autism at all - they may simply be observing the symptoms of stress resulting from autism. That there is a possibility of a feedback cycle where the stress causes inflamation making the autism worse isn't that surprising - this kind of thing often happens. For instance, stress also damages parts of the brain that are responsible for regulating the stress response - the more stress you experience, the more likely you are to experience more severe and longer lasting stress in the future. This is probably why anxiety disorders and depression get more severe as time goes on. |
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"Ninereeds" wrote in message oups.com... On Feb 21, 12:12 am, "Jan Drew" wrote: http://science.slashdot.org/article..../02/19/2252244 Possible Cure For Autism Henry V .009 writes "Scientists in New Jersey are claiming that children with autism are unable to metabolize key fatty acids that fight brain-damaging inflammations. They have already developed urine/blood tests to identify at-risk children. A preventive cure to autism may be as simple as a 'therapeutic cocktail' of fatty acids. Human trials could start later this year." Sounds like a possible cure for *one* *cause* of autism. Not a cure for autism, not even if the original cause of that autism was this inflamation. 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. |
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" vernon" stilthere@athere wrote in message m... ... 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 |
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Possible Cure For Autism
"Jeff" wrote in message news:5E0Dh.3436$Cr1.971@trnddc08... " vernon" stilthere@athere wrote in message m... ... People have to remember that. Autism is not a specific disease but a symptom. If it were know exactly what it is and only one thing, we would have a cure quickly. We know exactly what sickle-cell anemia is. We know the exact genetic cause. There is no cure, only treatment. So, I believe, your statement is in error. Jeff Really? You better tell the labs that. You can't compare genes to a disease. Just in case you didn't know, there is no cure for being born black either. |
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Possible Cure For Autism
" vernon" stilthere@athere wrote in message m... "Jeff" wrote in message news:5E0Dh.3436$Cr1.971@trnddc08... " vernon" stilthere@athere wrote in message m... ... 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. 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 |
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Possible Cure For Autism
On Feb 21, 12:12?am, "Jan Drew" wrote:
http://science.slashdot.org/article..../02/19/2252244 Possible Cure For Autism Henry V .009 writes "Scientists in New Jersey are claiming that children with autism are unable to metabolize key fatty acids that fight brain-damaging inflammations. They have already developed urine/blood tests to identify at-risk children. A preventive cure to autism may be as simple as a 'therapeutic cocktail' of fatty acids. Human trials could start later this year." They are always looking for illness, defining illness, treating illness, illness illness illness. |
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