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  zurvan : Weary Traveler

Autism symptoms reversed in lab

zurvan said Jun 27, 2007, 7:02 PM:
 

Symptoms of mental retardation and autism have been reversed for the first time in laboratory mice.

US scientists created mice that showed symptoms of Fragile X Syndrome - a leading cause of mental retardation and autism in humans.

They then reversed symptoms of the condition by inhibiting the action of an enzyme in the brain.

The study, by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, appears in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6245742.stm