In continuation of my update on Century-old drug reverses autism-like symptoms in fragile X mouse model.

In continuation of my update on Suramin

Researchers previously reported that a drug used for almost a century to treat trypanosomiasis, or sleeping sickness, reversed environmental autism-like symptoms in mice. Now, a new study suggests that a genetic form of autism-like symptoms in mice are also corrected with the drug, even when treatment was started in young adult mice.

Century-old drug reverses autism-like symptoms in fragile X mouse model  

Experimental Drug Eases Autistic Behaviors in Mice

Experimental Drug Eases Autistic Behaviors in Mice:  An experimental drug reduced two signature characteristics of autism   repetitive behavior and abnormal social interactions  in laboratory mice, new research finds. The drug, GRN-529, targets glutamate, a major...

Ref : http://stm.sciencemag.org/content/4/131/131ra51.abstract?sid=9becbd73-dc8d-4d31-8c4d-7725f32a0c8d