How Genetic Testing Results in Improved Outcomes Mitochondria, methylation, inflammation, microbiome, nutrition, and toxins, oh my! There are so many talks on the causes and treatment options for autism, but can they all be right? Learn what reading the full DNA code (whole genome sequencing, WGS) in thousands of people with autism tells us. Dr. Boles will walk you through this complex subject to show how modern genetic testing revealed the causes of disease in individual patients he is following, and in many cases identified a treatment that worked. Additionally, WGS in Dr. Temple Grandin will be used to illustrate the powers and limitations of genetic testing in autism. Genetic causes do not exclude environmental causes, and certainly do not exclude meaningful recovery through treatment. So, who was right and who was wrong regarding the causes of autism? Come and listen. Hint, autism is complex, and most everyone has a valid point.
Speaker: Richard Boles, MD
Dr. Richard G. Boles is a medical geneticist and a pediatrician who specializes in mitochondrial medicine, functional disease (including cyclic vomiting syndrome, other atypical forms of migraine, and chronic fatigue syndrome) and autism spectrum disorders. His expertise stems from decades of both clinical work and research at a major academic center as well as from his most recent experience in cutting edge biotechnology and genomics. He uses an innovative and integrative approach in both diagnosis and treatment to best serve his patients. He treats children and young adults (up to age 25) with a variety of conditions, but his main focuses are on: mitochondrial disease and dysfunction; autistic spectrum disorders; complicated migraine including cyclic vomiting syndrome; other chronic pain disorders; chronic fatigue syndrome
