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Autism Reversed in Mice at MIT Lab
ClayTapes writes "It seems that scientists at MIT have been able to reverse the effects of autism and some forms of mental retardation in mice caused by fragile X chromosomes. They do so by targeting an enzyme that changes the structure of connections between brain cells. The treatment actually repairs these structural abnormalities which suggests that it may be possible to reverse the effects in children who already show symptoms."
The mice are still not talking... except for one.
Is a drug that turns people into mice and 99% of diseases will be a solved problem.
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Just being small and furry makes it hard for mice to socialize at parties. I can't even imagine how hard it would be for an autistic mouse.
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We've been needing some of that down here in the South for a looong time...
but then in the morning you find yourself unable to count matches spilled on the floor, break the bank playing blackjack and eventually communicate with the objects around you. Beware, beware.
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Sadly, the project was cut short when the mice intentionally reversed the treatments, having found themselves unable to relate to their newly-lovestruck trainers.
I'm not an authority on this, except that I once did a 6 minute presentation for one of my biology classes. On the Slashdot scale, that makes you a Doctor of Autistic Studies.
I swear to God...I swear to God! That is NOT how you treat your human!
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I for one welcome our socially outgoing, well-adjusted, fuzzy minuscule overlords.
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But, People magazine and Tom Cruise told me that vaccines cause autism! How can a vaccine cure autism?
Isn't that, one hand fapping?
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The pointer keeps going to a corner.
You are being MICROattacked, from various angles, in a SOFT manner.
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