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Scientific Link To Autism Identified
19 Nov 2009
During its research into the application of neuroscience in business, a New
Jersey based think tank, The Center for Modeling Optimal Outcomes®, LLC (The
Center) made an inadvertent and amazing discovery.
The Center examined the neuroscientific dynamics of logic and emotion in
decision making while researching neuroscience in business. They found unique
corollary relationships between various brain chemicals (neurohormones,
neurotransmitters, etc.). This apparent pattern led to a new path of research
for the team outside of business. By looking at extensive scientific literature
they discovered a cascade of hormones that emanate from the brain
(hypothalamus). This same pattern of correlations was again apparent throughout
the cascade. The group added a research biologist and started to test the
pattern on genes (proteins). It remained consistent. The Center then called upon
advisors from chemistry and physics to see if the pattern would apply in
physical sciences.
To the amazement of the group, it became apparent that this pattern of corollary
relationships could be applied to scientific processes for maintaining
equilibrium (homeostatic relationships) throughout all of science; from
subatomic particles to chemistry as well as between biological substances.
While the entire scientific community knows that homeostasis exists, this tacit
knowledge has not been converted into a step-by-step, replicable model. The
Center identified precisely such an explicit process.
Challenged by several of The Center's advisors, members of the team decided to
test the efficacy of the model to determine if the disruptions that cause autism
could be identified.
After careful review of countless scientific studies, meeting with several
renowned scientists to discuss their findings, and then applying the modeling
process to numerous hypotheses, The Center's Life Sciences group was able to
formulate a scientifically verifiable model for the highly probable causal path
of autism. Through the application of their model, it became apparent that
autism is an outcome of several variables that, when the homeostatic
relationship of each one is disrupted, a "perfect storm" scenario results in
autism. The application of the model identified several of the variables that
account for why boys have a 4 to 1 ratio of instances over girls as well as why
not every boy is affected.
While the scientific community will have to validate The Center's findings, the
model for assessing homeostatic relationships indicates the "trigger" behind
autism is an imbalance between a pair of amino acid neurotransmitters; glutamate
and glycine.
According to The Center's founder, William McFaul, a retired business person and
not a member of the scientific community, "Because of its universal
applicability, our Life Sciences group has already used the model as a tool to
identify highly probable causal paths for several illnesses and disease
entities. Autism was one of most difficult illnesses The Center had attempted to
analyze.
If it hadn't been for so many parents insisting that vaccines were responsible
for the condition, we might never have found the fact that the stabilizer in MMR
and a few other vaccines is hydrolyzed gelatin; a substance that is
approximately 21% glycine.
It appears that, based on readily verifiable science, the use of that form of
glycine triggers an imbalance between the amino acid neurotransmitters
responsible for the absorption rate of certain classes of cells throughout the
body.
It is that wide-spread disruption that apparently results in the systemic
problems that encompass the mind and the body characterized in today's 'classic'
autism."
He also added, "The use of our model indicates each of the disorders within
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is attributable to different disruptions in
homeostasis. We look forward to sharing our findings relative to each disorder
with the scientific community."
According to Linda Oliver-Perrier, The Center's spokesperson for their Life
Sciences group, "The details of the disruptive process are somewhat complex and
not conducive for explanation in a press release.
McFaul added, "The Center is seeking to affiliate with academic centers to
provide its model for homeostasis to the scientific community for use as a tool
to enable researchers to identify root causes of illnesses and disease entities.
The Center is a think tank that creates models. We are not an operating company
with the resources to educate individuals or organizations on the application of
the models we create.
Source: The Center for Modeling Optimal Outcomes LLC
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