Experts to Hold Meeting on Mitochondrial Disorders
June 27, 2008 by Kristina Chew, PhD
Filed under Health
Ever since March when the government conceded that vaccines had “aggravated” a pre-existing mitochondrial disorder and led to symptoms of autism in a 9-year-old girl, Hannah Poling, whether there’s any link between mitonchondrial disorders and autism has been under questions. Is there a “subpopulation of mitochondrial autism“?, Hannah Poling’s father, Dr. Jon Poling has asked. Researchers at Medical Neurogenetics have said they have found evidence of a genetic link and mitochondrial disease. Anecdotally, I’ve heard parents of autistic children seeking out tests for mitochondrial disorders.
In the June 28th New York Times, Gardiner Harris (who has previously reported on vaccines and …read more




