Genetics

Hunt for Autism Genes to Be Led by Johns Hopkins Researchers

By on October 18, 2004

Johns Hopkins University reports:

With a three-year $3.2 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins scientists will lead the largest hunt for genetic contributors to autism, a neuropsychiatric condition whose causes are almost as mysterious today as when the condition was first described in 1943.

The researchers will apply new genome-searching technologies to available samples and information from 465...

Intelligence: Heredity-Environment Debate Resolved?

By on October 12, 2004

From: PsycPORT.com

Intelligence: Heredity-Environment Debate Resolved?
NewsRx.com - February 01, 2002

According to neuro- and cognitive scientists, different intellectual abilities are based on neural circuits that require environmental stimulation for development - and are open to change.

Project to search for autism gene

By on September 7, 2004

A global research project is aiming to pin down the genetic causes of autism by studying 6,000 DNA samples from families affected by the brain disorder.
The US National Alliance for Autism Research project involves 170 experts from the US, Canada, the UK and Europe.
Researchers will use a new technology called DNA microarray to scan the human genome to locate key genes.
UK experts said the research offered "great hope", but added...

Genetic clue to autism

By on August 26, 2004

A missing piece of a chromosome could be tied to autism. A group of researchers at the University of California, Irvine, found that one of their seven-year-old patients with autism was missing a certain section of Chromosome 15. Why is this such a great discovery? It’s important because this is one of the first times that a specific genetic problem has actually been found in a person with autism. In the past, studies looked at groups of...

Gene treatment turns monkeys into workaholics

By on August 15, 2004

According to Wired News, researchers, stopped monkeys from procrastinating in order to study mental illness..


Poor Monkeys..