No increased risk for any autism subtypes No increased risk associated with prenatal exposure A new study published today in the journal “Pediatrics” indicated that there was no increased risk of Autism Spectrum Disorder associated with receipt of thimerosal-containing vaccines. The study also found no increased risk for any of the subtypes of Autism Spectrum [...]
Archive for September, 2010
Another Study Shows No Link Between Autism and Thimerosal
Posted in autism, autism research, vaccines, tagged autism, Autism and Vaccines, autism research, autism science, autism vaccines, thimerosal, vaccines on September 13, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Why Was Hannah Poling Compensated?
Posted in vaccine court, vaccines, tagged Autism and Vaccines, Hannah Poling, vaccine court on September 10, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Several people have written to us asking why Hannah Poling was compensated. Hannah Poling received 5 shots to protect against 9 diseases on a single day. She developed fever following that series of vaccines. Because she had an existing encephalopathy (presumably on the basis of a mitochondrial enzyme defect) and because worsening of an existing [...]
ASF Signs on to ASAT’s Open Letter to Autism Speaks
Posted in autism, Autism Science Foundation, vaccines, tagged autism, Autism and Vaccines, autism research, Autism Science Foundation, autism treatment on September 10, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Letter Urges Autism Speaks to Correct Website Statement Regarding Autism and Vaccines (September 10, 2010—New York, NY) —The Autism Science Foundation, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to supporting and funding autism research, today announced that it has signed on to an open letter written by the Association for Science in Autism Treatment (ASAT) to Autism Speaks, [...]
Seaside Therapeutics Reports Positive Data from Phase 2 Study of STX209 in ASD
Posted in autism, autism research, Treatment, tagged autism, autism research, autism science, autism treatment on September 9, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Note from ASF: These data are neither peer reviewed nor published, but we know many of our readers are following Seaside’s work. CAMBRIDGE, MASS., September 9, 2010—Seaside Therapeutics, Inc. announced today positive data from an open-label Phase 2 study of STX209 conducted in patients with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The primary endpoint of the study, [...]
ASF Issues New Request for Proposals for Pre and Post Doc Fellowships
Posted in autism, autism grants, autism research, Autism Science Foundation, tagged autism, autism research, autism science, Autism Science Foundation on September 7, 2010 | 1 Comment »
AUTISM SCIENCE FOUNDATION ISSUES NEW REQUEST FOR SCIENTIFIC GRANT PROPOSALS Grants will fund pre and post doctoral autism research fellowships (September 7, 2010—New York, NY)–The Autism Science Foundation, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to supporting and funding autism research, today announced that it had issued a new request for scientific proposals. ASF is inviting applications for [...]





