Scientists Cure Autism Symptoms Using $3 Epilepsy Drug

According to a study, scientists can cure autism symptoms using Lamotrigine, a drug that is used to treat epilepsy and calm the mood in people with bipolar disorder and costs $3.

A $3 per pill epilepsy medication may be used to "turn off" the signs of autism in mice, according to researchers' ground-breaking new research, which was just published in the peer-reviewed journal Molecular Psychiatry (pdf below).

A complicated developmental condition known as autism spectrum disorder affec...

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