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Fever Plus Mitochondrial Disease Could Be Risk Factors for Autistic Regression
This guest post is by Robert K. Naviaux, MD, PhD. Dr. Naviaux is Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics, and Pathology at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). He is the founder and co-director...
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What is Autism to a Mitochondrion?
This is a guest blog by Jane Pickett, Ph.D. Dr. Pickett has been a pinnacle and founding member of the Autism Tissue Program (ATP), with an unparalleled experience in the field of autism tissue...
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Mitochondria and Autism Symposium
For the second year in a row autism was featured at the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation meeting. Following last year’s well-attended afternoon symposium, Robert Naviaux, M.D., Ph.D. (UCSD), in...
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What is mitochondrial disease? How often does it occur in individuals with...
“Got Questions?” is a new weekly feature on our blog to address the desire for scientific understanding in our community. We received over 3000 responses when we asked what science questions were on...
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More mitochondrial dysfunction than expected?
This Science post is by Staff blogger, Leanne Chukoskie, Ph.D. Like most parents, the Jensens had little information about the factors that might help explain their son’s autism other than it was...
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New Trailblazer Awards fund innovative autism research
Science advances in fits and starts. Part of Autism Speaks’ role as an advocacy and science funding organization is to find ways to identify and advance the science that could lead to improvements in...
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What is mitochondria disease? What does it have to do with autism, and are...
This week’s “Got Questions?” answer comes from Deepa Menon, MD, assistant medical director of the Center for Autism and Related Disorders, at Baltimore’s Kennedy Krieger Institute—an Autism Speaks...
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