diagnostic

From a diagnostic standpoint, it overlaps with obsessive-compulsive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder and trauma-related syndromes.

Potential strategies could include microbial therapies -- such as stool-based diagnostic screening -- or dietary interventions designed to restore beneficial bacteria or inhibit harmful pathways.

"Free oxygen radicals damage proteins, which causes them to misfold and aggregate, then fatty protein deposits called drusen begin to accumulate, which is the main diagnostic criterion for the dry form of age-related macular degeneration."

AI diagnostic tools are “very close” to being market-ready, he said.

“Defendants and their allies have routinely suggested that the meteoric rise in autism rates is being driven by changed diagnostic criteria and greater awareness about autism,” the lawsuit says.