LOS ANGELES - Parents of an autistic child face the grim fact that there is no known cause or treatment for the condition. Autistic children generally go into social withdrawal, disconnection, and repetitive behaviors. However - there are new causes for hope. In a study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association by researchers from the University of California, "Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Autism" discovered a profound and serious biological underpinning of autism -- an acquired loss of the ability to produce energy in the cells, damage to mitochondria and an increase in oxidative stress.
In short, the same chemical reaction that causes cars to rust, apples to turn brown, fat to become rancid, and skin to wrinkle factor into autism.
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