A new test that examines a single strand of hair could change how doctors check for autism in young children. LinusBio, working with Mount Sinai Health System researchers, has created this test to help doctors rule out autism in babies as young as one month old – much earlier than current methods that typically identify autism around age four. Think of hair like a history book of your body’s chemistry. Just as scientists can learn about past climate by studying tree rings, this test reads the chemical story written in a strand of hair. A robot carefully splits the hair … Continue reading Hair Test Detects Autism with 92.5% Accuracy, Available for Babies at Just One Month Old