Friday, June 4, 2010

A "chemical fingerprint" for Autism?

There has been recent talk of a possible simple, definitive test for autism done through testing urine.While this would be a huge breakthrough in autism research, some professionals are still skeptical.
The research was done at the Imperial College in London and a researcher involved in the project says he may have found a "chemical fingerprint" in the urine of children with autism that can determine whether or not autism is truly present.  These findings are based on the premise that people with autism have gastrointestinal issues which change their digestive chemistry, a topic that has also been debated.

Interesting thing to think about, you can read more from the ICL press release here.

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