{"id":2280,"date":"2013-10-28T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-28T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med.sites.unc.edu\/cpg\/autism-article-rebuttal-the-perils-of-genetic-risk-prediction-in-autism\/"},"modified":"2018-05-18T14:30:19","modified_gmt":"2018-05-18T18:30:19","slug":"autism-article-rebuttal-the-perils-of-genetic-risk-prediction-in-autism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cpg\/autism-article-rebuttal-the-perils-of-genetic-risk-prediction-in-autism\/","title":{"rendered":"Autism article rebuttal: the perils of genetic risk prediction in autism"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dr. Sullivan and colleagues comment on findings published in Molecular Psychiatry<\/p>\n

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Dr. Patrick Sullivan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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“Last year, in <\/span>a paper published in <\/a>Molecular Psychiatry<\/a>,<\/i> Stan Skafidas and colleagues made a remarkable claim: a simple genetic test could be used to predict autism risk from birth. The degree of genetic predictive power suggested by the paper was unprecedented for a common disease, let alone for a disease <\/span>as complex and poorly understood as autism<\/a>. However, instead of representing a revolution in autism research, many scientists felt that the paper illustrated the pitfalls of pursuing genetic risk prediction. After nearly a year of study, two papers have shown how the Skafidas et al. study demonstrates the dangers of poor experimental design and biases due to important confounders.” <\/span>(from the article in Genomes Unzipped<\/a>: The perils of genetic risk prediction in autism, October 28, 2013)<\/em><\/p>\n

Read full article in Genomes Unzipped. <\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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