Comments on: Two Studies Make Progress Probing the Genetic Roots of Autism http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/04/29/two-studies-make-progress-probing-the-genetic-roots-of-autism/ Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Ross Coe http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/04/29/two-studies-make-progress-probing-the-genetic-roots-of-autism/#comment-8078 Ross Coe Sun, 21 Oct 2012 12:49:10 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/04/29/two-studies-make-progress-probing-the-genetic-roots-of-autism/#comment-8078 Forums like this only spread rumours about whats taking place. The science hasn't been done and is only in the early stages. Today science/information is highly guarded as to monopolize it and hold it for ransom. Who ever wins the race receives the rewards. Thats why vaccines are rushed to market without proper safety testing. Teasting on multiple vaccination combinations and an ever increasing number of closely spaced vaccines are a new phenomenon. All the testing required would be expensive and cut into profit, so corners are cut, finding fudged and ghost writers hired. Its bizarre how the following statement has been used," We don't know what causes autism, but its not vaccines". If the cause is unknown, vaccines are still a possibility. And, if somehow someone knows its not vaccines, then spell it out, otherwise stop issuing misinformation. Forums like this only spread rumours about whats taking place. The science hasn’t been done and is only in the early stages. Today science/information is highly guarded as to monopolize it and hold it for ransom. Who ever wins the race receives the rewards. Thats why vaccines are rushed to market without proper safety testing. Teasting on multiple vaccination combinations and an ever increasing number of closely spaced vaccines are a new phenomenon. All the testing required would be expensive and cut into profit, so corners are cut, finding fudged and ghost writers hired. Its bizarre how the following statement has been used,” We don’t know what causes autism, but its not vaccines”. If the cause is unknown, vaccines are still a possibility. And, if somehow someone knows its not vaccines, then spell it out, otherwise stop issuing misinformation.

]]> By: Jo http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/04/29/two-studies-make-progress-probing-the-genetic-roots-of-autism/#comment-8077 Jo Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:43:46 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/04/29/two-studies-make-progress-probing-the-genetic-roots-of-autism/#comment-8077 @bensmyson: "Maybe the gene is somehow triggered around 12-15 months" Perfectly plausible to anyone with even the most rudimentary understanding of gene expression. @bensmyson:

“Maybe the gene is somehow triggered around 12-15 months”

Perfectly plausible to anyone with even the most rudimentary understanding of gene expression.

]]> By: Bob Snyder http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/04/29/two-studies-make-progress-probing-the-genetic-roots-of-autism/#comment-8076 Bob Snyder Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:26:53 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/04/29/two-studies-make-progress-probing-the-genetic-roots-of-autism/#comment-8076 And Nick, are you promoting Eugenics? And Nick, are you promoting Eugenics?

]]> By: Bob Snyder http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/04/29/two-studies-make-progress-probing-the-genetic-roots-of-autism/#comment-8075 Bob Snyder Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:23:23 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/04/29/two-studies-make-progress-probing-the-genetic-roots-of-autism/#comment-8075 I think people who have no background in biology or neuroscience shouldn't speculate on what may or may not cause something. And bensmyson, 20 generations? That would be about... 500 years? And big john, you're joking right? We're not talking about research into discerning the shape of the earth to settle a flat vs. round debate. The cause(s) of autism is a very contentious discussion. I hope you were joking but the fact of the matter is, even if you weren't, somebody probably would have said the same thing. I think people who have no background in biology or neuroscience shouldn’t speculate on what may or may not cause something. And bensmyson, 20 generations? That would be about… 500 years?

And big john, you’re joking right? We’re not talking about research into discerning the shape of the earth to settle a flat vs. round debate. The cause(s) of autism is a very contentious discussion. I hope you were joking but the fact of the matter is, even if you weren’t, somebody probably would have said the same thing.

]]> By: Nick http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/04/29/two-studies-make-progress-probing-the-genetic-roots-of-autism/#comment-8074 Nick Wed, 29 Apr 2009 23:54:03 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/04/29/two-studies-make-progress-probing-the-genetic-roots-of-autism/#comment-8074 Autism is evolution in action - just the kind of evolution that would not get passed down in the wild. Many autistic people are able to lead fairly normal lives, many are not. Some appear to be super-geniuses but only in very narrowly specific ways (but then again almost any genius is smart in a narrow way - a brain surgeon can't fly a rocket or build a house) - but in a less civilized milieu few if any would survive to pass on their genes. More and more will, it makes me wonder what the next 100 years of humans is going to look like, because science will be battling evolution on this front. Autism is evolution in action – just the kind of evolution that would not get passed down in the wild. Many autistic people are able to lead fairly normal lives, many are not. Some appear to be super-geniuses but only in very narrowly specific ways (but then again almost any genius is smart in a narrow way – a brain surgeon can’t fly a rocket or build a house) – but in a less civilized milieu few if any would survive to pass on their genes. More and more will, it makes me wonder what the next 100 years of humans is going to look like, because science will be battling evolution on this front.

]]> By: bigjohn756 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/04/29/two-studies-make-progress-probing-the-genetic-roots-of-autism/#comment-8073 bigjohn756 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:14:12 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/04/29/two-studies-make-progress-probing-the-genetic-roots-of-autism/#comment-8073 Why bother with this research when everyone knows that vaccines cause autism? Why bother with this research when everyone knows that vaccines cause autism?

]]> By: bensmyson http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/04/29/two-studies-make-progress-probing-the-genetic-roots-of-autism/#comment-8072 bensmyson Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:33:07 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/04/29/two-studies-make-progress-probing-the-genetic-roots-of-autism/#comment-8072 Maybe the gene is somehow triggered around 12-15 months and skips 20 generations (at least it did in my family). Otherwise you'd think autism was caused by vaccines. Maybe the gene is somehow triggered around 12-15 months and skips 20 generations (at least it did in my family). Otherwise you’d think autism was caused by vaccines.

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