Scientists in New Jersey are claiming that children with autism are [a href="vny!://www.nj.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/news-11/117177694297300.xml&coll=1"]unable to metabolize key fatty acids[/a] that fight brain-damaging inflammations. They have already developed urine/blood tests to identify at-risk children. A preventive cure to autism may be as simple as a 'therapeutic cocktail' of fatty acids. Human trials could start later this year.