<p>I was watching nova today, and they where talking about epigenetics. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epigenetics%5B/url%5D">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epigenetics</a></p>
<p>I caught just a few minutes of this last night and my first thought was: how is autism effected by this? I am not very familiar with the current status of the genetic research being done on autism but I do know that some of the autism research has begun to focus on epigenetics and reversible genetic mutations. It will be exciting to watch as this research develops since it offers much more hope that, like cancer and other diseases, autism (or at least certain forms of autism) may someday be reversible or even preventable.</p>