GABRA5 - Too much, or too little in Autism and Down Syndrome?
It is easy to get things the wrong way round. This applies to science and to some people getting dressed Today’s post was prompted by a reader updating me about Roche’s autism drug RO7017773, which targets the alpha 5 sub-unit of GABA A receptors, encoded by the gene GABRA5. Enrollment opens in phase II study of RO-7017773 for autism spectrum disorder A 12-Week Placebo-Controlled Study to Investigate the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of RO7017773 in Participants Aged 15-45 Years With Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Some people with severe autism, or just plain old ID/MR, which has gone out of fashion as a diagnosis these days, struggle to dress themselves because they do not notice what is inside out, or back to front. I recall reading a few years ago about one autism parent who started a clothing company to get round this problem. ADAPTIVE CLOTHING with no front/back and reversible so cannot be inside out. I must say that writing...