Autism Drugs

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have pinpointed two genes related to autistic like symptoms in mice.  The breakthrough brings hope that autism drugs could soon be developed that target the signaling mechanisms between the equivalent two genes in the human DNA.  The two genes involved are the PTEN gene, which encodes the phosphatase and tensin homolog protein, and the serotonin transporter gene.  Mutations in either were found to impair sociability in the mice.