Study Confirms Mitochondrial Deficits in Children with Autism

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Article from Bioscience Technology online

Eosinophilic granulocyte 

Children with autism experience deficits in a type of immune cell that protects the body from infection. Called granulocytes, the cells exhibit one-third the capacity to fight infection and protect the body from invasion compared with the same cells in children who are developing normally.

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