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In addition to all the wonderful resources being shared highlighting mental health, here is a fantastic new breakthrough that shows promising effects for those suffering from autism and mental retardation. The pharmaceutical company Novartis has developed a drug that targets Fragile X Syndrome, the most common cause of autism and mental retardation. Though the drug is far from commercial development, 3 decades of genetic research have gone into its' development, and produced fantastic results in

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Tags: Mental Health, Developmental Disability, Mental Retardation, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Autism, Drug, Pharma, Novartis

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