Ingabe i- autism ngempela iyinkinga yesifo sofuzo eyenziwe, ngokwengxenye, ngenxa yabazali asebekhulile? Ucwaningo olunzulu olwenziwa yiqembu eliseCold Spring Harbour Laboratory (CSHL) eLong Island, NY lithi, yebo, mhlawumbe.
Umsuka Wesizathu se-Autism
Ngokusho kocwaningo lweqembu, inhlanganisela yokuguquka nokuguquka kwezakhi zofuzo iyingxenye yezimo eziningi ze-autism.
Okuthakazelisayo kakhulu (futhi, mhlawumbe, ngokuphazamisayo), lezo zinguquko eziphathelene nezakhi zofuzo zingase zibe umphumela wesimo somphakathi sokuba nezingane kamuva ekuphileni. Ngaphezu kwalokho, abacwaningi bathi abanye omama bangase baphathe i-autism gene engabonakali imiphumela yayo ize idluliselwe - ngokujwayelekile kumntwana wesilisa.
Lesi isethi esiyinkimbinkimbi sokuthola, futhi kunzima ukugaya ngaphandle kokunye ukuchaza. U-Kenny Ye, omunye wabacwaningi abayinhloko kule phrojekthi, wavuma ngomusa ukuthi anikeze incazelo yesikhala sokuthola kweqembu:
Ukucacisa .., silinganisa ukuthi iningi lama-autism amacala (cishe ngo-2/3, noma, ngokuzenzekelayo ama-50%) abangelwa ukuguqulwa okusha (okungekho kubazali bama-genome kodwa kwenzeke emadodeni namaqanda). Kungaba khona izinto eziningi ezingozini zokuguquka okunjalo, kuhlanganise nobudala bomzali, ukuchayeka kwemvelo, isitayela sempilo njll. Ngikholelwa ukuthi ukukhula komzali okukhulayo kubangela ukwanda kwe-autism. Futhi ucwaningo olubalulekile lwesikhathi esizayo luzokhomba ezinye izinto eziyingozi.
Amancane amacala we-autism (cishe 1/3) abangelwa ukuguqulwa kwesabelo esivela kubazali (esixhomeke kakhulu kumama). Inzalo inethuba elingama-50% elithola ifa layo .... Umzali (mhlawumbe unina) [ngabe] uzothola izinguquko ezinjalo kodwa [ngeke] abonise izimpawu ezinzima.
Ngokucwaninga okuqhubekayo, Uyakholelwa ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi udale ukuhlolwa kofuzo nge-autism cishe eminyakeni emihlanu.
Uthi, "Ngenxa yokungaqiniseki komphumela, angicabangi ukuthi kufanele isetshenziselwe ukuhlolwa kokubeletha njenge-Down syndrome, kodwa njengethuluzi lokuqala ukungenelela kwangaphambi kwesikhathi."
Imithombo:
https://web.archive.org/web/20070928060938/http://www.cshl.edu/public/releases/07_new_autism_model.html