http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (HealthDay)—A new study failed to find any evidence to back up a suggested association between Lyme disease and autism spectrum disorders. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-evidence-lyme-disease-children-autism.html Autism spectrum disorders Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:00:01 EST news286548097 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 (Medical Xpress)—A team of Australian researchers, led by University of Melbourne has developed a genetic test that is able to predict the risk of developing Autism Spectrum Disorder, ASD. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-genetic-at-risk-autism-spectrum-disorder.html Autism spectrum disorders Wed, 12 Sep 2012 08:26:30 EST news266655952 Genetic information provided by a large group of specially-designed mice could pave the way to faster human health discoveries and transform the ways people battle and prevent disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-genetic-special-mice-rapid-human.html Genetics Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:07:07 EST news248609207 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