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Published online 19 December 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2007.386
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Fragile X fixed in mice
Animal studies suggest a way to treat the devastating mental retardation disorder.
Researchers have reversed almost all symptoms of fragile-X syndrome in a mouse model for the disease. In humans, fragile X is the most common form of heritable mental retardation and one of the leading known causes of autism.
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Speaking of the causes of autism... New Study: Declining Autism Cases Tied to Removal of Mercury from Vaccines http://www.infowars.com/articles/science_technology/health_medicine/vaccines/new_study_declining_autism_cas.html I keep hearing that autism cases have skyrocketed except in Amish communities and other communities where mercury isn't injected into the body.