{"id":3427,"date":"2015-06-26T08:00:29","date_gmt":"2015-06-26T15:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autism-tips.com\/?p=3427"},"modified":"2026-02-25T11:14:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T18:14:06","slug":"why-is-it-so-hard-to-find-a-cure-for-autism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/?p=3427","title":{"rendered":"Why Is It So  Hard To Find A Cure For Autism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dna.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Parents with a child on the autism spectrum must be wondering all the time: &#8220;How come after all these years of research and still no cure or treatment is made available for autism?&#8221;. Actually, it is a complex problem because:<\/p>\n<p>1- &#8220;It is currently estimated that 400 (four hundred) genes may be involved in the developmental disorder of autism.&#8221; The problem is not to identify a certain gene(s), (there is no one gene for autism), it is the different possible combinations of genes that might be responsible for causing the condition.<\/p>\n<p>2- The same genes causing autism may also be involved with other developmental disorders.<\/p>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2015\/06\/150619103355.htm\" target=\"_blank\">new integrated approach<\/a> to diagnose autism.<\/p>\n<p>Source: INSERM, June 19, 2015<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned!<\/p>\n<p>nadia shanab<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parents with a child on the autism spectrum must be wondering all the time: &#8220;How come after all these years of research and still no cure or treatment is made available for autism?&#8221;. Actually, it is a complex problem because: 1- &#8220;It is currently estimated that 400 (four hundred) genes may be involved in the &#8230; <a title=\"Why Is It So  Hard To Find A Cure For Autism\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/?p=3427\" aria-label=\"Read more about Why Is It So  Hard To Find A Cure For Autism\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3444,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6,5,4],"tags":[23,381,111,77,383,92,31,52,382],"class_list":["post-3427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-autism","category-general-advice","category-parenting","category-tips","tag-aspergers-syndrome","tag-autism","tag-early-intervention","tag-health","tag-parenting","tag-research","tag-social-interaction","tag-symptoms-of-autism","tag-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3427"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4046,"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3427\/revisions\/4046"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}