Vijendra K. Singh, Sheren X. Lin, Elizabeth Newell, Courtney Nelson: Abnormal Measles-Mumps-Rubella Antibodies and CNS Autoimmunity in Children with Autism : “Stemming from this evidence, we suggest that an inappropriate antibody response to MMR, specifically the measles component thereof, might be related to pathogenesis of autism… ” Journal of Biomedical Science This has been a persistent speculation; findings have been contradictory. Obviously, important public policy decisions about childhood immunization depend on getting a better bead on this issue.