Autism detected at the cellular level
Posted by staff / December 3, 2010
Children with autism are more likely to have deficits in their ability to produce cellular energy than typically developing children, according to a new study. Cumulative damage and oxidative stress in mitochondria, the cell’s energy producer, appear to influence both the onset and severity of autism, suggesting a strong link to mitochondrial defects.
Researchers at the University of California, Davis, stress that the new findings, which may help physicians provide early diagnoses, do not identify the cause or the effects of autism, which affects as many as 1 in 110 children in the United States, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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This new findings may help physicians to provide early diagnosis of autism.