eIF4E inhibitors for Autism – Why not Ribavirin?
Some people find this blog too complicated and would prefer it to be simplified; i t would be great if all the science could be accurately described in very simple terms. This blog has ended up going into far more detail than I had ever intended, because if you want to get to the bottom of a problem you have to keep digging until you get to what is relevant. The relevant part is not near the surface, as you will see in today’s post, but many potential therapeutic options are sitting there in plain view, obscured only by the scientific jargon. eIF4E, ADNP, Alzheimer’s, Tauopathy and Autism In today’s post I am drawing together material from autism, Alzheimer’s and other so-called tauopathies. The post ends up with the suggestion that an existing antiviral drug called Ribavirin, which affects a very specific part of mTOR signaling, could be a useful autism therapy and should be the subject of a serious clinical trial. Tauopathies sound interesting. Tau pr...