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Sunday, July 1, 2007

 

Autism symptoms reversed in lab

‘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. [..]

Researcher Dr Susumu Tonegawa stressed that the mice were not treated until a few weeks after symptoms of disease first appeared.

“This implies that future treatment may still be effective even after symptoms are already pronounced,” he said.’




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