L-methylfolate administration and autism: a case report

I should have really titled this post 'another case report' given yesterday's entry on this blog talking about a case of [untre...

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HERVs as a mechanism of genetic deletion formation: relevance to some autism?

My stark lack of knowledge in the area of genetics and specifically that linked to the human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs)  that litter th...

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HERVs and ADHD

HERVs. Human endogenous retroviruses . The remnants of our evolutionary struggle with the viruses of the times of our distant ancestors, now...

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Methylcobalamin and folinic acid for autism? Hold it right there...

The title of this post should also have included the word 'glutathione' too based on the results reported by Richard Frye and collea...

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The big H and schizophrenia

Frankly I am more than a little interested in all-things homocysteine when it comes to behaviour and psychiatry. Perhaps more readily findi...

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Increasing parental age and autism

I am trying to pitch at two proverbial birds with this stone of an entry. The title is quite ambiguous on purpose in that I am discussing bo...

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MTHFR and autism

If I say the letters 'MTHFR' would you know what I was talking about? Up until about 4 or 5 years ago, I would have said something a...

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