Baby's immune system might hint at autism risk

While the origins of autism remain mysterious, new research points to the infant immune system as a potential contributing factor.

 

A team of Swedish and American researchers said levels of certain protein "markers" in newborns' blood seemed to predict which children would go on to develop an autism spectrum disorder.
This is "important evidence that the immune system in early life may be a key determinant of later risk of autism spectrum disorders," wrote the team led by Dr. R. M. Gardner of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm.

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