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Drug Trials for Autism

Treatments are being tested for three inherited forms.

By Emily Singer

Three drugs will be tested in humans to treat rare, inherited conditions that are often linked to autism: Rett syndrome, fragile X, and tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC). Scientists hope that the new drugs, if successful in the current trials, will eventually help treat more common forms of autism, which affects about 1 in 166 children in the United States. Existing drugs are used to treat symptoms of autism, such as digestive problems and psychosis, rather than the root of the disease.

"We may have our finger on a biochemical pathway that is applicable more generally in autism," said Mark Bear, a neuroscientist at MIT, at the Autism Consortium annual symposium in Boston last month......계속

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