Behavioral Health Business December 9, 2024
Matthew Blake

Researchers may be on the verge of finding biomarkers to help detect autism.

Last year, a team of University of California-Davis scientists released a study that linked a widespread autism spectrum disorder (ASD) subtype to autoantibodies in the diagnosed patient’s mother.

The researchers took blood samples from 68 mothers in Pennsylvania and Arkansas who have children diagnosed with ASD.

They detected in 16, or 24%, of the mothers patterns that can lead to their child’s diagnosis of maternal autoantibody-related (MAR) autism.

“This pilot study supports the potential usefulness of positive MAR autoantibodies as biomarkers of ASD risk,” the study concluded.

One of the study authors is Dr. Judy Van de Water, a longtime UC Davis health system professor, and founder...

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