Friday, May 21, 2010

Toward drug treatment for autism

I've talked before about hopeful signs of a treatment for autism. Now some researchers have found a drug that improves communication between nerve cells in mice with a disorder called Phelan-McDermid Syndrome, the symptoms of which they say "fall under the autism spectrum disorder category."

It's not a cure for autism, but it's another hopeful sign.

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