A new study has found that a growth factor known as IGF1 is beneficial in treating some of the symptoms associated with Rett syndrome, a rare genetic disorder that causes mental retardation, autism, and physical deformities. Children who received the drug for four weeks showed improvements in mood and anxiety, as well as easier breathing, in a trial led by researchers at Boston Children's Hospital. MIT scientists first identified IGF1 as a possible treatment for ...
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