Autism: genetics, early detection and the ethics of screening newborns

January 23, 2010

New from All in the Mind. News of the largest studies on the genetics of autism to date is out, paving the way for genetic risk testing in the future. And, Australian research suggests autistic behaviours can be detected as early as eight months. So should we be screening newborns for neurological disorders like autism? The ethical debate unfolds

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