Algorithm leads to blood test for autism

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An algorithm based on levels of metabolites found in a blood sample can accurately predict whether a child is on the Autism spectrum of disorder (ASD), based upon a recent study. The algorithm, developed by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, is the first physiological test for autism and opens the door to earlier diagnosis and potential future development of therapeutics.

https://scienceblog.com/492928/algorith ... st-autism/

This could be a breakthrough.

I wish, though, that they specified "where" on the Spectrum the 70 or so autistic study subjects were. I sense that this might be applicable to one cause of autism, but not to others.

The article does say it can predicte severity.

A note of caution.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/21 ... SS%7CNSNS-

We should keep track of further research into this.