ASD jab: Chinese scientists reach milestone in revolutionary gene therapy for autism

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• RobotToaster@mander.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  when tested on mice

  How do they know if a mouse is autistic?

  I didn’t even know mice could be autistic.

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  • SCB@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You just look for the mice that are really into trains.

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    • Blaster_M@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      or dinosaurs

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    • ultra@feddit.ro ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      My Trains by Lemon Demon starts playing

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  • finkrat@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Lots of animals can. I think they discovered dogs and cats can be in the 60’s or something?

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• Ranvier@sopuli.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The headline is so hyperbolic it’s basically a lie. It becomes a little tricky because autism spectrum disorder is kind of a broad category. There are certain diseases that have clear genetic causes, other features to their phenotype besides just autism like features, but may share some aspects of autism spectrum disorder symptoms. So often these get lumped in with autism and patients with those disorders also get a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder. For instance people with fragile x syndrome commonly get an autism diagnosis, but there’s many other features to it as well.

  This article stub if following a link at the end is referencing a gene called shank3. It’s not involved in most people classified as having autism spectrum disorder. Mutations in shank3 causes a distinct disorder called Phelan-McDermid syndrome that causes severe intellectual disability, dysmorphic features, autism like features, motor issues, and abnormalities across multiple body systems. Shank3 mutations have also been linked with some cases of schizophrenia. A small minority of people with a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder have shank3 mutations that may be responsible or pre disposing. So they are testing a gene therapy for shank3 mutations which can have a broad array of phenotypes, many devastating and severe, some phenotypes of which include autism like features. This will not be very applicable to the vast majority of people classified as having an autism spectrum disorder.

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  • wahming@monyet.cc ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    So essentially, similar to cancer cures that cure one specific type of cancer but not the rest. I suppose it’s still progress, one step at a time

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• NOSin@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Hello Genism my old friend

  Do we really need to have the debate about ASD not needing to be “cured”, again ?

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  • thegreatgarbo@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Do you include folks with level 3 non verbal autism with greater epilepsy frequency and self harm in the group that doesn’t need a therapy?

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    • LavaPlanet@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Imagine a world more inclusive, for them, first, then ask that question. Imagine if the world could be made more comfortable and less traumatic and painful, for them. And there are some who are of that category that do just fine. So do we force them to change too?

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    • NOSin@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yes, because we still got things we wouldn’t have without those people. Because some are barely functioning doesn’t mean they don’t function. And they’re so different than most people than they bring entirely different things to humanity.

      It is also an obvious slippery slope to Genism and don’t even try to tell me that humanity can control itself and that this won’t be used the wrong way.

      Either you know it will, or you’re clueless about the horrors humanity exacts.

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  • reksas@sopuli.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They have right to choose for themselves.

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• Tattorack@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Article above is paywalled. This seems to be word for word the sane but isn’t paywalled (maybe):

  fiorreports.com/asd-vaccine-chinese-scientists-re…

  Anyway. Quite impressive if true. So far this seems to have an effect on mice. But humans aren’t mice. We shall see if anything comes from this.

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  • LavaPlanet@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s really not cool, man.

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    • Tattorack@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I don’t see why not. Or is this an animal rights thing?

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• Pyrozo007@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  What the actual fuck

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  • A_A@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Gene therapy … 🥳👍!
    Why are you asking ?

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• AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You know those vast cities in China full of brand-new, empty buildings that keep showing up in the news? They’re empty because China doesn’t have enough neurotypical people who could master the sales skills to fill them. This drug is a last-ditch attempt to fill that gap, at the potential expense of sacrificing some engineering capacity.

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  • Korkki@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    wtf is this comment 😅

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    • Skullgrid@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      it’s a good joke.

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  • A_A@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I like your ideas since it’s the type I need for my writing of fantasy stories. I have quite many wild ideas myself and try to push them to the limit. But, in this area, it’s hard to fend off the disbelief of the reader.

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    • LavaPlanet@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Or fend off the ablism of trying to eradicate autism, instead of just forming a more inclusive world.

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• Pilokyoma@mujico.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This be end very bad

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  • A_A@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You mean to say : “This will end very badly”. How do you say it in your native language ?

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    • Pilokyoma@mujico.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Esto terminara muy mal.

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    • lemann@lemmy.one ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Mujico sounds spanish to me, using an app though so can’t actually visit that instance to have a look…

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• onlinepersona@programming.dev ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  If I’m not mistaken, this can already be detected before birth and the woman can have an abortion?

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  • rosymind@leminal.space ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You’re thinking of downsyndrome, trisomy …somenumber. You can test for chromosomal abnormalities, but people with autism are often genetically normal. Just like someone with ADHD.

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• Wahots@pawb.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Heads up, South Morning China post is an unreliable source for news.

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• Mango@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  X

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