http://www.blisstree.com/articles/fragile-x-a-disorder-of-excess-and-a-potential-drug-treatment/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:43:09 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.blisstree.com/articles/fragile-x-a-disorder-of-excess-and-a-potential-drug-treatment/comment-page-1/#comment-550349 Steps Forward in Clinical Genetics « ScienceRoll Sat, 29 Dec 2007 17:25:17 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/fragile-x-a-disorder-of-excess-and-a-potential-drug-treatment/#comment-550349 [...] The researchers of the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT have reversed symptoms of mental retardation and autism in mice. The FMRP protein binds to the mGR5 receptor on the surface of brain cells. A drug that inhibits the receptor may be useful in treating young Fragile X patients in the future. Check out the great report of Kristina Chew at AutismVox. [...] [...] The researchers of the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT have reversed symptoms of mental retardation and autism in mice. The FMRP protein binds to the mGR5 receptor on the surface of brain cells. A drug that inhibits the receptor may be useful in treating young Fragile X patients in the future. Check out the great report of Kristina Chew at AutismVox. [...]

]]> http://www.blisstree.com/articles/fragile-x-a-disorder-of-excess-and-a-potential-drug-treatment/comment-page-1/#comment-549778 The Cooked and the Raw Sun, 23 Dec 2007 00:40:25 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/fragile-x-a-disorder-of-excess-and-a-potential-drug-treatment/#comment-549778 [...] and cooked food does not go much further, though it does lead me to reflect on whether—-genetically altered mice that are used for scientific studies aside—autism is something that only humans can have. [...] [...] and cooked food does not go much further, though it does lead me to reflect on whether—-genetically altered mice that are used for scientific studies aside—autism is something that only humans can have. [...]

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