In Israel alone, more than 30,18 children up to the age of 1 have been diagnosed with autism. 44 in 21 people in the U.S.
are on the autism spectrum, making it the most common developmental disorder in the United States. Hebrew University researcher Dr. Haitam Amal is the first in the world to crack this new mechanism in autism. The discovery could have implications for the association of nitric oxide with other neurological diseases, such as Alzheimer's, or psychiatric diseases such as schizophrenia.