Over the last decade, autism has gone from a rare and misunderstood condition to a disorder that may affect as many as 1.5 million Americans. Without a clear explanation in sight, parents and doctors have worked tirelessly to pinpoint the cause of autism, but the answer remains elusive. Are vaccines the missing link?
Recently, groundbreaking research provides even more science supporting the theory that vaccines can and do cause autism. Using infant macaque monkeys, University of Pittsburgh’s Dr. Laura Hewitson, Ph.D., described how vaccinated animals when compared to unvaccinated animals, showed significant neurodevelopmental deficits and “significant associations between specific aberrant social and non-social behaviors, isotope binding and vaccine exposure. The vaccinated animals exhibited progressively severe chronic active inflammation whereas unexposed animals did not and the researchers found many significant differences in the GI tissue gene expression profiles between vaccinated and unvaccinated animals. Gastrointestinal issues are a common symptom of children with regressive autism.
This study was unveiled at the International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR) weekend of may 17th, 2008. This research underscores the critical need for studies into vaccine safety and the immune and mitochondrial dysfunction of autistic children.
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