On baby teeth, metals and autism

So: " using novel biomarkers of early life exposure, we observed differences in uptake of multiple toxic and essential elements over th...

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The continued rise of autism research metabolomics

For anyone that has followed this blog down the years you'll probably have noticed that I'm quite a big fan of the inclusion of the ...

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Reduced zinc levels in schizophrenia: study AND meta-analysis

" Single element analysis indicated that the concentrations of cesium , zinc , and selenium were significantly reduced in patients wit...

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Organic diet and urinary pesticide concentrations

" Eating Organic Lowers Pesticide Levels in Children " went the headline reporting on the small study by Asa Bradman and colleague...

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Baby teeth and autism research

" This report provides evidence that teeth can be useful biomarkers of early life exposure for use in epidemiologic case-control studie...

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Elevated amniotic fluid steroid hormones and autism risk

" These results provide the first direct evidence of elevated fetal steroidogenic activity in autism ". Such were the sentiments ...

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Formulating low dose naltrexone into a cream

The opioid receptor antagonist naltrexone  has been on the periphery of my autism research career for as long as I can remember. As unusual ...

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