Ryan McGinley | Life Adjustment Center (NSFW)
This post is by Kateoplis as part of Photojojo’s Show & Tell week.
In autism, there is an increase in the chromosomal material, an extra copy of this region, and in Williams syndrome, there’s a loss of that same material,” said State. “What makes this observation particularly interesting is that Williams syndrome is known for a personality type that is highly empathetic, social, and sensitive to the emotional state of others. Individuals with autism often have difficulties in the opposite direction. This suggests that there is an important key in that region to understanding the nature of the social brain.” State and his team also found about 30 other regions in the genome that are very likely contributing to autism and are focused on about six of those regions that showed the strongest evidence. “We’re now moving on to a second phase of the study looking at an additional 1,600 families and should be able to identify multiple new regions that are strongly implicated in autism,” he said. (via Many genetic keys needed to unlock autism, researchers discover)
The art: Mia Pearlman, Tornado, 2007.
The news: “Closeup: April’s Tornado Outbreaks,” an awesome big-idea view from Andrew C. Revkin and the New York Times’ Dot Earth blog.
The source: miapearlman.com
