tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post8092595924526895783..comments2024-02-29T03:57:00.088-05:00Comments on The Mermaid's Tale: Autism -- back to blaming the mother?Anne Buchananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09212151396672651221noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-74009234650609214662014-06-18T07:52:06.001-04:002014-06-18T07:52:06.001-04:00Thanks. Yes, it's complicated.Thanks. Yes, it's complicated. Anne Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212151396672651221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-68394931421989092172014-06-18T07:28:51.364-04:002014-06-18T07:28:51.364-04:00Some good (and brief) thoughts on the state of aut...Some good (and brief) thoughts on the state of autism spectrum disorder genetics from Martin Raff (link is open access): <br />http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/12/45Thiago Carvalhohttp://thumb.igc.gulbenkian.pt/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-62176292519108753092014-06-07T20:23:01.969-04:002014-06-07T20:23:01.969-04:00I would bet external factors play a big role, from...I would bet external factors play a big role, from 2 sources. <br />(1) Air pollution carries not just chemicals (that induces physiological stress) but also microbes that could impart yet another form of physiological stress (and maternal air pollution exposure correlates with higher autism numbers); <br /><br />(2) general maternal gut flora could play a major role (gut flora also can have epigenetic effects), but gut flora can be tweaked by diet and by environment (particularly drinking water - American sewage treatment is deplorably outdated)... <br /><br />so we don't need to blame mom directly. we ought to be blaming society at large for our destruction of our environment.bluetshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02396210783454067288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-74104769181947268022014-06-05T19:19:09.065-04:002014-06-05T19:19:09.065-04:00Now that is the most important thing this whole ex...Now that is the most important thing this whole exercise has taught me. Thank you, Manoj!Anne Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212151396672651221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-65025933873190464702014-06-05T19:16:17.182-04:002014-06-05T19:16:17.182-04:00> Given this track record, what criteria shoul...> Given this track record, what criteria should we use to decide <br />> whether this study is worth paying any attention to?<br /><br />The same criteria as the ones used for learning about Kazakhstan from Borat's movies. Wiki says the first author is Borat's cousin -<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Baron-CohenManoj Samantahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04264467983614167240noreply@blogger.com