The punishment fits the crime.

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  • Author(s): Berreby, David
  • Source:
    Nature. 3/9/2006, Vol. 440 Issue 7081, p254-254. 1p. 1 Color Photograph.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      AUTISM; PATIENTS; PHYSICIANS; DEVELOPMENTAL disabilities; GENETIC engineering; CONTROL (Psychology)
    • Abstract:
      The article presents a counseling session with a man having a severe autism. The physician has given the best treatments for his patient including the best techniques for somatic-genetic engineering. In his case, a patient produces a toxin that kills new-forming brain cells that has some effects for his mood and memory. And the expression of genes in his frontal cortex has been reorganized so that the level of his self-control has been approximately that of a normal three-year old.