Autism

For example, identical twins are much more likely than fraternal twins or siblings to both have autism. Similarly, language abnormalities are more common in relatives of autistic children. Chromosomal abnormalities and other ...

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Autism, Chromosome 16p11.2 and De Novo Gene Mutations

It is exciting to see new reports like the Association between Microdeletion and Microduplication at 16p11.2 and Autism published in the New England Journal of Medicine which identifies a Chromosome involved in 1% of autism cases. ...

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Fragile X and company: Finding the right diagnosis

Unlike autism however, fragile X is known to be a monogenic condition: it is caused by a mutant version of a single gene on the X-chromosome called FMR1. Three bases in a regulatory region of the FMR1 gene are repeated as many as a few ...

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Autism Every Day

The latest research into autism show that a small percentage of cases involve spontaneous (ie. naturally occurring) microdeletions and micro-duplications in certain genes found on Chromosome 16, as reported in the New England Journal of ...

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[Original articles] X linked ichthyosis (steroid sulphatase ...

... steroid sulphatase (STS) gene on chromosome Xp22.32. Deletions of this region can be associated with cognitive behavioural difficulties including autism and animal work suggests the STS gene may be involved in attentional processes. ...

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Mapping new autism gene(s) to chromosome 16

The New England Journal of Medicine published a study yesterday showing that small changes in the DNA in the long arm of chromosome 16 are associated with autism. Blogging on Peer-Reviewed Research. I met a teenager with autism last ...

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Three studies tie CNTNAP2 gene on chromosome 7 to autism

Read the full story on MD Consult: Three studies tie CNTNAP2 gene on chromosome 7 to autism.

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Mental Help Net News - Chromosome Abnormalities Raise Risk for Autism

Findings affects 1% of all cases of developmental disorder, researchers say. Read more…

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Some Autism Linked To Missing Or Duplicated Chromosome Segment

A new study by a US research consortium has discovered that a small segment of chromosome 16 is either missing or duplicated in about 1 per cent of people with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). What is surprising about this particular ...

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more on Chromosome 16

The Bonds are one of only four families in Canada who know their child's autism is due to a genetic error on his 16th chromosome. Joshua, who was diagnosed with autism at 6, is missing a short string of DNA on a specific region of this ...

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