Submitted by hadyou on April 21, 2008

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Autism

Researchers have long suspected that autism's causes are rooted in one's genes, combined with some kind of a hit from the environment.
But pinpointing the interplay of these factors has been daunting, in part because the probing tends to come after a child is diagnosed.
A new study at the University of California, Davis will examine potential clues pointing to the neurodevelopmental disorder before it occurs _ prior to birth and during a baby's earliest years.
"We are quite concerned about the role that environment might play in autism," said Nigel Fields, a scientist at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, one of two federal agencies to fund the $7.5 million...

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