A recent review article published in Current Medicinal Chemistry sheds light on the interplay between environmental factors and autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Authored by a distinguished team of researchers from Yerevan State Medical University (YSMU) – Konstantin Yenkoyan and Meri Mkhitaryan – alongside Geir Bjørklund from the Council for Nutritional and Environmental Medicine, the paper […]
Zinc, Copper, and Autism Spectrum Disorder
Joint Research Research indicates that children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) appear to be at risk for zinc (Zn) deficiency, copper (Cu) toxicity, and often disturbed metallothionein system functioning (1-4). Working with international researchers, the following is a summary of our work. Li et al. (2014) investigated the serum levels of Zn and Cu in 60 […]
The Interwoven Global Epidemics of Mercury Toxicity and Autism
In October 2017, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. published an article on the website of the World Mercury Project about one of CONEM’s studies (1). Kennedy is the son of former New York senator and U.S. attorney general Robert F. Kennedy and nephew of former President John F. Kennedy. He is an attorney, environmental activist and […]