2009-11-20

More Vaccine Nonsense?

Today's meme in the autism blogosphere:

Scientific Link To Autism Identified
[...] 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. [...]
This study does not explain why there still no statistical correlations between vaccines and ASD/Autism. To me, it seems to be merely another phantom mechanism that would explain such a correlation if one existed in the first place.

Further study will undoubtedly happen. One would hope that they would compare the vaccine stabilizer's behavior in neural-typical individuals to that alleged in those diagnosed with ASD.

While interesting on first glance, right now I would write it off as more pseudo-science vaccine scare-mongering.