http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Autism Speaks, the world's leading autism science and advocacy organization, is proud to announce the release of biological and clinical data from 383 new families participating in Autism Speaks Autism Genetic Resource Exchange (AGRE) to researchers. AGRE is a resource for scientists that is comprised of clinical and biological data from families who have two or more children on the autism spectrum. These 383 families are part of a larger pool of 653 individuals with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) bringing the total data available on people with an ASD to 3348. The family data also includes family members without an ASD bringing the total to 9335 individuals, which reflects an over 24 percent increase. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-autism-genetic.html Autism spectrum disorders Thu, 08 Nov 2012 13:20:20 EST news271603179 Today the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS) announced the launch of the Childhood Asthma Leadership Coalition, a multi-sector group of advocates and experts dedicated to raising awareness and advancing public policies to improve the health of children who suffer from asthma. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-fresh-air-childhood-asthma-leadership.html Immunology Wed, 29 Aug 2012 13:02:18 EST news265464131 Autism Speaks, the world's leading autism science and advocacy organization, today announced its expanded collaboration with Sigma Advanced Genetic Engineering (SAGE) Labs, an initiative of Sigma Life, to develop the first rat models with modified autism associated genes, intended to accelerate discovery and translational autism research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-autism-sage-labs-rat.html Autism spectrum disorders Thu, 02 Aug 2012 11:14:11 EST news263124842 Autism Speaks, the world's leading autism science and advocacy organization, today released An Introduction to Behavioral Health Treatments, Applied Behavior Analysis and Toilet Training parent's guides. These latest tool kits, all developed as part of the work of the Autism Treatment Network through its participation as the HRSA-funded Autism Intervention Research Network on Physical Health (AIR-P), are available for free download on Autism Speaks Tool Kits webpage. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-autism-strategies-child-difficult-behaviors.html Autism spectrum disorders Thu, 21 Jun 2012 13:26:14 EST news259503928 Autism Speaks, North America's leading autism science and advocacy organization, today released the Sleep Strategies for Children with Autism: A Parent's Guide and Treating Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Tool Kit for Dental Professionals, both available for free download on Autism Speaks Tools You Can Use webpage. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-autism-strategies-dental-treatment-tool.html Autism spectrum disorders Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:40:07 EST news249050397 Autism Speaks, the world's largest autism science and advocacy organization, and BGI, the largest genomic organization in the world and a global leader in whole genome sequencing, jointly announce their partnership to create the world's largest library of sequenced genomes of individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Using the Autism Speaks Autism Genetic Resource Exchange (AGRE), this collaboration will perform whole genome sequencing on more than 2,000 participating families who have two or more children on the autism spectrum. The data from the 10,000 AGRE participants will enable new research in the genomics of ASD, and significantly enhance the science and technology networks of both Autism Speaks and BGI. In addition, Autism Speaks and BGI will collect and sequence genome samples from individuals in China. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-autism-bgi-genome-sequencing.html Genetics Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:14:39 EST news237726861