Cancer Drugs to treat Autism soon?
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Autism Patients Could Soon Be Prescribed Cancer Drugs for Treatment
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Many prescription drugs are interchangeable to some extent when it comes to treating illnesses and conditions, and now scientists have discovered that certain cancer drugs could be effective in treating those diagnosed with autism. Most experts will agree that both genetics and environmental factors lead to autism. Gene mutations are categorized into two types: germline – meaning the person is born with the mutation in almost every single cell inside them, or somatic – meaning it occurred after birth and affected only a portion of the body’s cells. But, while cancer is a disease caused by somatic mutations, autism is linked to germline mutations, so to find that these two could essentially be treated with the same drug was quite surprising.
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