🦊

  • 0 Posts
  • 11 Comments
Joined 4 months ago
cake
Cake day: June 4th, 2025

help-circle
  • Here’s a review that I really enjoyed. I like this review because it really breaks down why autism is unlikely to have a one-for-all cure, and it’s possible there will be a further classification system and renaming of ASD in the future.

    This is an interesting study that touches on two specific MTHFR mutations that increase the risk profile of ASD.

    If I had more time this evening I would hunt down the study I was originally thinking of, I’m fairly certain I found it by searching the rs# of one of those mutations, but it was a while ago.





  • FoxyFerengi@startrek.websitetoScience Memes@mander.xyzQUACK QUACK QUACK
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    7
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    2 days ago

    I think this is based on poor understanding of genetics. A lot of neurodivergent people have mutations in a gene (MTHFR) that deals with processing folate, but that doesn’t mean they have reduced folate by itself. But, taking folic acid if you have decreased ability to process it can actually cause health problems. I’m not sure what the difference is for folinic acid, but this just all sounds very pharma-bro and unscientific to me





  • He’s famous for creating a conservative organization while in college, called Turning Point USA. The org puts out a lot of smug memes to appeal to young conservative folks, so naturally people made fun of them and counter-memed.

    He’s said a lot of very vile things, like “Black women don’t have the same kind of brain processing power” (paraphrased) when talking about how bad DEI is.

    My BFF hadn’t heard of him either, but they curate their feeds to be mostly uplifting fluff, and they aren’t terminally online like I am lol. I was kind of surprised that he was the influencer that got shot though, I might have expected someone like Loomer or Fuentes