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FDA declines leucovorin for autism

US FDA approves leucovorin for rare genetic disorder causing autism-like symptoms

WASHINGTON, March 10 (Reuters) - The U.S. FDA approved leucovorin, a decades-old generic drug, to treat a rare genetic disorder which causes autism-like symptoms on Tuesday, but not for children with...

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FDA approves leucovorin as first drug for rare genetic disorder, after touting it as autism treatment

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FDA finds little evidence that a drug touted by Trump can help people with autism

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FDA won’t endorse Leucovorin for autism

The FDA expanded the use of prescription drug Leucovorin, but said it won’t recommend it for autism.

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FDA OKs drug for rare brain disorder

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RFK Jr.’s Autism Drug Claims Face Pushback From FDA — Report

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Long-read genome sequencing uncovers new autism gene variants

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have identified new genetic variants associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) by using long-read whole genome sequencing (LR-WGS), an emerging approach that reads large sections of the genome at once,

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Trump administration does about-face on autism treatment it promoted

The Trump administration did an about-face Tuesday on an autism treatment Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had promoted with great fanfare.

Acetaminophen use fell among pregnant women after White House linked drug to autism

In response to statements made by the White House, The American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists (ACOG) strongly rejected the claim that acetaminophen in pregnancy causes autism, calling it "highly concerning," "irresponsible" and "not backed by the full body of scientific evidence."

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Large-scale study challenges link between acetaminophen use during pregnancy and autism risk in children

A team of Taiwanese researchers have used a nationwide, population-based cohort to examine whether taking acetaminophen during pregnancy might be linked to a higher likelihood of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) in the offspring.