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Scientists Grow Miniature Brains From Skin Cells Of Autistic Patients | IFLScience
Scientists Grow Miniature Brains From Skin Cells Of Autistic Patients | IFLScience
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I've seen many of us overcome the effects of ASD almost completely, myself being one of those. Is it possible that by learning, enduring the stress and melt downs, consciously overriding those effect we are able to disable some of those excess inhibitory neurons? Are we capable of removing or, tuning the power off to our mental traffic lights?
If so, could that ability be taught to everyone who is on the spectrum? Do we possess the ability to cure or improve our functioning within ourselves and just haven't realized that yet?
While I would be gung ho for a medical cure, I think your beliefs are positive and progressive. If this research leads to you description of a "cure" I applaud you. However, I do think that those on the spectrum who refused this form of treatment might find themselves the recipients of severe criticism. Do I really have the right to annoy most of the people I interact with when there is a valid cure available?No, I wouldn't accept the cure, if it were available and worked but, it does raise some interesting questions.
I've seen many of us overcome the effects of ASD almost completely, myself being one of those. Is it possible that by learning, enduring the stress and melt downs, consciously overriding those effect we are able to disable some of those excess inhibitory neurons? Are we capable of removing or, tuning the power off to our mental traffic lights?
If so, could that ability be taught to everyone who is on the spectrum? Do we possess the ability to cure or improve our functioning within ourselves and just haven't realized that yet?
We know that as we learn, we develop new neuro pathways and, make new connections. Once we know something well, it's second nature for our minds to rout input the correct way, for us to think that way so, can we also destroy faulty pathways when we learn?
The human brain is a powerful tool that can affect every part of the body with only a thought so, it seems reasonable to me that it can also affect itself physically with only a thought. How much could we cure or resolve with thought alone if we could unlock the full potential of our brains?
"the researchers focused on the approximately one-fifth of autism patients that share a distinctive feature correlated with disease severity--an enlarged brain."
The scientists used the most severe cases to develop a baseline for study. The tiny peti-dish grown brains showed 'an unexpected overproduction of inhibitory neurons' which were cultured from skin cells.
This kind of study would help to rule out certain factors, and indicate areas of the brain to look for genetically mutated DNA. Growing cells in a lab would not account for invitro influences, birth trauma, nutrition, or environment, all factors related to autism. Although I applaud the 'looking' for mutations, I don't necessarily agree that mutated DNA can actually be repaired.
While I would be gung ho for a medical cure, I think your beliefs are positive and progressive. If this research leads to you description of a "cure" I applaud you. However, I do think that those on the spectrum who refused this form of treatment might find themselves the recipients of severe criticism. Do I really have the right to annoy most of the people I interact with when there is a valid cure available?
Despite this being an autism forum, when I read "The Cure" I was thinking about music.
Do I really have the right to annoy most of the people I interact with when there is a valid cure available?