Daily Archives: October 3, 2012

FOXP2 – Genetic link between Autism and Crohn’s Disease ?

Posted on October 3, 2012 by researchinitiative

A genome-wide association study on a southern European population identifies a new Crohn’s disease susceptibility locus at RBX1-EP300. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22936669 Vall d’Hebron Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified multiple risk loci for Crohn’s disease (CD). However, the … Continue reading →

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Beneficial Microbes and Disease II

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Pathobionts of the Gastrointestinal Microbiota and Inflammatory Disease Janet Chow,1 Haiqing Tang,1 and Sarkis K. Mazmanian1,* Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, 91125 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3426444/ Abstract Our immune system is charged with the vital mission of identifying invading … Continue reading →

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Beneficial Microbes and Disease

Posted on October 3, 2012 by researchinitiative

Medical Microbiologist Sarkis Mazmanian: 2012 MacArthur Fellow Thanks to the heads up from Paul Patterson who works in collaboration with Sarkis. Fascinating short you tune video here … http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=B4tJ3jMAbgg Some work that Sarkis Mazmanian has been involved in … Outer … Continue reading →

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Originally posted on Infectious Behavior:
Elaine Hsiao and I just published an invited note on the SFARI (Simons Foundation autism Research Initiative) site regarding the role of the placenta in autism. The title they place on the article, “Placenta plays potent…

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Girls and Boys : No Sex Differences in Autism ?

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Pre-school children with suspected autism spectrum disorders: Do girls and boys have the same profiles? http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23023300 Andersson GW, Gillberg C, Miniscalco C. Source Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Abstract The male to female ratio is raised … Continue reading →

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