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  • Research: Autism Research Center Finds 27 Genes Linked to Asperger's

    Author: News-Medical.Net

    Scientists from the University of Cambridge have identified 27 genes that are associated with either Asperger’s syndrome (AS) and/or autistic traits and/or empathy. The research will be published tomorrow in the journal Autism Research . This is the first candidate gene study of its kind.

  • Argument: Preliminary Results Identify Genetic Mutations Associated with Autism

    Author: Montreal Children's Hospital at MUHC

    An international consortium of researchers, including Dr. Eric Fombonne, Director of Pediatric Psychiatry at the Montreal Children's Hospital of the MUHC, and participating families joined together to announce the publication of the preliminary results from the largest genome scan ever in autism...

  • Opinion: "The Warrior Gene"-Genetic Marker Predicts Gang Membership

    Author: Reason Foundation

    A new report in the journal Comprehensive Psychiatry by Florida State University biosocial criminologist Kevin Beaver finds that males who carry a specific "low activity" allele of a gene for monoamine oxidase a (MAOA) tend to be more violent and are more likely to join gangs. As the press...

  • Counter: Animal Research Detrimental to Animals & Humans

    Author: PETA

    The Nuremburg Code was written in the 1940’s. Many Jim Crow laws were written around the same time to protect white southerners and we’ve progressed past those laws. Many high-tech, effective non-animal testing methods exist, and more are waiting to be developed. It’s impossible to say...

  • News: Feds Launch First Autism Research Agency

    Author: National Institutes of Health

    The Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC), a federal government advisory panel, has released its first blueprint for autism research. The IACC Strategic Plan for Autism Spectrum Disorder Research will advise federal agencies and Congress on needs and opportunities for research...

  • Argument: More Relevant and Reliable Research Tools and Techniques Exist

    Author: PETA

    Human clinical and epidemiological studies, in vitro studies, and computer simulators are faster, more reliable, less expensive, and more humane than animal tests. Comparative studies of human populations allow doctors and scientists to discover the root causes of human diseases and disorders...

  • Research: New Research Provides Clues to Treating High Blood Pressure

    Author: National Institutes of Health

    An international research team has identified a number of unsuspected genetic variants associated with systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), and hypertension (high blood pressure), suggesting potential avenues of investigation for the prevention or treatment of...

  • Research: Prevention Program Helps Teens Avoid Risky Behaviors

    Author: National Institutes of Health

    A family-based prevention program designed to help adolescents avoid substance use and other risky behavior proved especially effective for a group of young teens with a genetic risk factor contributing toward such behavior, according to a new study by researchers at the University of...

  • Argument: ID Promises To Open Up New Avenues of Scientific Research

    Author: Discovery Institute

    ID has scientific merit because it promises to open up new avenues of scientific research and to encourage academic freedom for minority, dissenting scientific viewpoints. In our opening statements, my co-participants and I have argued that intelligent design (ID) is a relatively new scientific...

  • Opinion: Obama Names New Council to Study Bioethical Issues

    Author: Family Research Council

    The previous President’s Council on Bioethics was terminated before its time by President Obama back in June. Its charter was scheduled to expire in September, and there was some thought it was booted early to clear the deck for a new bioethics group aligned with the president. But no new...

  • Research: Largest Ever Study of Military Suicide Begins

    Author: National Institutes of Health

    The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has announced that an interdisciplinary team of four research institutions will carry out the largest study of suicide and mental health among military personnel ever undertaken, with $50 million in funding from the U.S. Army.

  • Research: Researchers One Step Closer to Understanding Parkinson's

    Author: National Institutes of Health

    Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have turned simple baker’s yeast into a virtual army of medicinal chemists capable of rapidly searching for drugs to treat Parkinson’s disease. In a study published online today in Nature Chemical Biology, the researchers showed that they...

  • Research: Researchers Make Major Discovery in Mad Cow Disease

    Author: National Institutes of Health

    Scientists at the National Institutes of Health have gained a major insight into how the rogue protein responsible for mad cow disease and related neurological illnesses destroys healthy brain tissue. "This advance sets the stage for future efforts to develop potential treatments for...

  • Research: Autism Discovery Might Explain Higher Incidence in Boys

    Author: News-Medical.Net

    UCLA scientists have discovered a variant of a gene called CACNA1G that may increase a child's risk of developing autism , particularly in boys. The journal Molecular Psychiatry publishes the findings in its May 19 advance online edition. Classic autism strikes boys four times more often than...

  • News: Vatican Issues Document Condemning Biomedical Research

    Author: Opposing Views Editorial Staff

    Today the Vatican issued a controversial document titled “Dignitas Personae,” or “The Dignity of the Person,” outlining the Church’s official positions on issues relating to biomedical technology. Among the topics addressed are stem cell research, in vitro fertilization, genetic testing...

  • Opinion: PBS To Air Pro-Evolution TV Special; Americans Deserve Better

    Author: Discovery Institute

    As 2009 comes to an end, so does the delirium of “Darwin Year.” From “ Darwin Day ” on February 12 (Charles Darwin’s 200th birthday) to November 24 (the 150th anniversary of the publication of The Origin of Species ), Darwin’s disciples spared no expense (using mostly taxpayers’...

  • Opinion: The Debate Over Marijuana Treatment for ADHD, Autistic Kids

    Author: Marijuana Policy Project

    Lately there has been a small burst of media fascination with what by most accounts is a rare occurrence: Use of medical marijuana recommended by a physician by patients under 18. Any psychoactive drug, including marijuana , should be used with caution in children , but there is no...

  • Research: Evidence of Link Between Parkinson's Disease and Pesticides

    Author: Natural Resources Defense Council

    By Scott Dodd The evidence that environmental factors play a role in Parkinson's Disease is growing. The largest-ever epidemiological study of the ailment, published online in the journal Neuroepidemiology and reported yesterday by Yale Environment 360 , shows that the incidence of the...

  • User: NAA

    Author: National Autism Association

    The mission of the National Autism Association is to educate and empower families affected by autism and other neurological disorders, while advocating on behalf of those who cannot fight for their own rights. We will educate society that autism is not a lifelong incurable genetic disorder but one that is biomedically definable and treatable. We will raise public and professional awareness of environmental toxins as causative factors in neurological damage that often results in an autism or related diagnosis. We will encourage those in the autism community to never give up in their search to help their loved ones reach their full potential, funding efforts toward this end through appropriate research for finding a cure for the neurological damage from which so many affected by autism suffer.

  • News: Some Smokers May Carry Gene that Increases Lung Cancer Risk

    Author: Reason Foundation

    GenomeWeb News is reporting the results of a very preliminary study in which researchers test smokers for a genetic variant that slightly increases their risk of lung cancer : Researchers from the National Human Genome Research Institute and elsewhere used online and telephone surveys to gauge...

  • Research: Three Separate Studies Now Connect Autism with Genes

    Author: National Institutes of Health

    In three studies, including the most comprehensive study of autism genetics to date, investigators funded in part by the National Institutes of Health have identified common and rare genetic factors that affect the risk of autism spectrum disorders. The results point to the importance of...

  • Research: Risk of Autism Tied to Brain Connection Genes

    Author: National Institutes of Health

    In three studies, including the most comprehensive study of autism genetics to date, investigators funded in part by the National Institutes of Health have identified common and rare genetic factors that affect the risk of autism spectrum disorders. The results point to the importance of genes...

  • Argument: Other Offenders

    Author: Dr. Jennifer Shu

    There are probably multiple causes of autism . In addition to the genetic factor, several other possibilities have been suggested, such as pesticides and other environmental toxins, maternal autoantibodies, prenatal infections and medications, parental age and mental illness, and childhood yeast...

  • Argument: Yes for Some Children with Autism, it is Curable.

    Author: Dr. Karima Hirani

    As a practicing DAN (Defeat Autism Now) doctor, I have had the pleasure of witnessing these recoveries first hand. I have even had the pleasure of going on KCAL 9 News with my recovered patients.   We utilize a number of different biomedical treatments some based on...

  • Argument: Your Gene Pool Doesn’t Have to Define and Dictate Your Life

    Author: Exodus International

    When I speak around the country about homosexuality and the reality of change, I am often asked, “What if a gay gene were to be discovered? What if homosexuals are just born that way?” My answer is simple and to the point — even if homosexuality were determined to be genetic, this doesn’t...

  • Research: Autism Linked to Schizophrenia

    Author: News-Medical.Net

    Researchers say they have discovered a link between childhood autism and mental illness in parents; they suggest that the parents of autistic children are twice as likely to have had a psychiatric illness . The researchers at the the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the States...

  • Research: Smoking May Make Your Child Prone to Behavioral Problems

    Author: National Institutes of Health

    A study funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, a component of the National Institutes of Health, shows that prenatal exposure to smoking combined with a specific genetic variant places children at greatest risk for behavioral problems. Many studies have established that there is an...

  • Opinion: The Autism Community Needs to Learn a Lesson

    Author: Kevin Leitch

    As is accepted by most rational people, autism is a largely genetic difference, albeit with a likely environmental component. Over the last 10 years or so a seemingly increasingly irrational desire to blame vaccines for causing autism has been coupled with a similarly irrational ‘cure at...

  • Argument: The Bottom Line

    Author: National Autism Association

    Only epidemiological studies are used to dismiss the autism –vaccine connection, and these are not without their flaws. The cited studies using primates and actual mercury dosing reveal real concerns regarding the impact of mercury on the brain. ?   Moreover, a causal relationship between...

  • Research: Why Did God Make Viruses?

    Author: Answers in Genesis

    By Dr. Jean K. Lightner To read the original article on AnswersInGenesis' site, click here . There are some fundamental differences in how creationists and evolutionists view life. Biblical creationists believe that God created life according to their kinds with the ability to reproduce and...