5|25: Celebrating Five Years of Autism Science Day 12: Clinical
Trials for Core Symptoms of Neurodevelopmental Disorders 5|25:
Celebrating Five Years of Autism Science Day 3: Potential
Reversal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders In honor of the
anniversary of Autism Speaks’ founding on Feb 25, for the next
25 days we will be sharing stories about the many significant
scientific advances that have occurred during our first five
years together. Our third item, Potential Reversal of
Neurodevelopmental Disorders, is from Autism Speaks’ Top 10
Autism Research Events of 2007. 2007 saw the publication of
several studies that documented successful treatment of disease
symptoms in mouse models of three different neurodevelopmental
disorders related to autism. Most significantly, two of three
(Fragile X and Rett) involved reversal of the phenotype AFTER
the mice had already become sick, suggesting that developmental
disorders such as autism may be treatable in adolescence or
adulthood. In February 2007, researchers in Sco