tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714644500764382742.post778621040453409096..comments2010-06-13T15:45:52.800-04:00Sam Wanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04501682484900088669noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714644500764382742.post-60050770955840597342009-02-04T11:46:00.000-05:002009-02-04T11:46:00.000-05:00<A HREF="http://mr.caltech.edu/media/Press_Releases/PR13039.html" REL="nofollow">Here</A> is a good summary of some of Patterson's recent research.Sam Wanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04501682484900088669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714644500764382742.post-36708987538708272162009-01-31T11:13:00.000-05:002009-01-31T11:13:00.000-05:00NB, research on hypotheses that have been ruled out is "discouraged" in the sense that it is unlikely to pass peer review. For example, if I seek funding to test an interesting new idea, it needs to have some plausible support and can't be flatly contradicted by a large body of past work.<BR/><BR/>The belief that vaccines have something to do with autism is a subject I've written about <A HREF="http://www.welcometoyourbrain.com/2008/04/myths-about-autism.html" REL="nofollow">on this site</A> and in <A HREF="http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2008/04/autism-myth-liv.html" REL="nofollow"><I>USA Today</I></A>. In addition, I recommend a recent book by Paul Offit, <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/Autisms-False-Prophets-Science-Medicine/dp/0231146361" REL="nofollow"><I>Autism's False Prophets</I></A>. I find it notable that antivaccine activists have been around for a long time, but the reasons for their opposition shift often. Now they have co-opted concerned parents of autistic children.<BR/><BR/>You really ought to read more about Patterson's work. It seems promising and addresses the role of neural-immune interactions in autism, a subject that should interest you. And it is <A HREF="http://crisp.cit.nih.gov/crisp/CRISP_LIB.getdoc?textkey=6731285&p_grant_num=1R01MH067978-01A1&p_query=&ticket=86533304&p_audit_session_id=400274828&p_keywords=" REL="nofollow">funded by the NIH</A>.Sam Wanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04501682484900088669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714644500764382742.post-19524888321658826542009-01-30T02:25:00.000-05:002009-01-30T02:25:00.000-05:00Why do you say the vaccine-autism hypothesis has been thoroughly tested? <BR/><BR/>Former NIH and American Red Cross head Dr. Bernadine Healey said twice in the last 9 months that the epidemiological studies are not thorough, that they do not address vulnerable population subsets and that lab studies are necessary. <BR/><BR/>Public health authorities have in fact discouraged any such research and directed funding towards research of genetic bases of autism for over 10 years, according to Teresa Binstock 1999 and the ION vaccine and autism report 2004, p.152Autism Reality NBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05838571980003579163noreply@blogger.com