1. Good article, misleading headline
    Alexander MacInnis Alexander MacInnis United States says:
    August 6, 2014 at 12:00 PM

    Thanks for publicizing the good news of this grant, which is for studying GxE interactions in autism etiology.

    However the headline is misleading, which is evidenced by the quote in the article itself from the principal investigator. It's not genes that "cause" autism, but rather genes that studies have indicated to be somewhat associated with autism. As Ms Hu indicated, some such genes may make on more susceptible to autism, requiring combination with environmental factors, i.e. GxE interactions. As she says, genes are not sufficient to cause autism, in general.

    Her statement is consistent with the best evidence of autism etiology: GxE is the most likely explanation.

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