carlos55 wrote:
Maybe it will work maybe it won’t, personally I’m not a great fan of lifelong pill popping, I prefer the potential idea of a permanent solution such as gene editing although if it helps some people then that’s great .
The law of unintended consequences , could cause it to result in something like this Outer Limits episode .
" Unnatural Selection " I feel that one should be careful when , playing God , and messing with nature .
Balovaptan WikipediaQuote:
Balovaptan (INN; developmental code name RG7314), is a selective small molecule antagonist of the vasopressin V1A receptor which is under development by Roche for the treatment of autism. As of August 2019, it is in a phase III clinical trial for adults and a phase II clinical trial for children for this indication.On 29 January 2018, Roche announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation for balovaptan in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).The FDA granted this based on the results of the adult phase II clinical trial called VANILLA (Vasopressin ANtagonist to Improve sociaL communication in Autism) study.
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Ah yes , from the same people who gave us this drug , Accutane , which has been seen by some as having contributed to the homicidal death of this one dermatologist .
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/23592456#.XnZNIiPD_bU
21 Mar 2020, 12:49 pm
