Discovery At University Of North Carolina Points To Possible Environmental Cause Of Autism

Circle Connections: New Products & Services Researchers at UNC School of Medicine have discovered a potential environmental cause of autism in a type of chemotherapy drug, and they are beginning to investigate the effects of other non-chemo drugs that work by a similar mechanism. Professors Mark Zylka and Benjamin Philpot made the discovery while studying a drug that's effective against cancer, but also shows potential as a treatment for a genetic disease called Angelman syndrome. In the process, they made some new observations that seem to point to a cause of autism. The duo, along with colleagues at . . .