"Plasticity Pill" Could Rewire Brain to Treat Autism and Schizophrenia

http://discovermagazine.com/2013/oct/12-brain-benders

“Today, a growing number of researchers are examining the complex ways in which immune molecules affect the brain and nervous system. Manipulating such molecules, these scientists believe, may be key to treating many devastating neurological ailments, from autism and schizophrenia to Alzheimer’s and ALS. Shatz even dreams of a “plasticity pill” to restore the neural suppleness of stroke victims — and her latest experiments offer hope that it could someday come to pass.”

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I don’t want my autism treated, it’s not a deficit.

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The article is from 2013.
Has anything happened since then?

I couldnt find anything more recent

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Btw, video is not about schizophrenia, but it is Dr Schatz and her work on regenerative medicine.

It’s a long video. Interesting stuff starts about 7 min in.

I think sz people really should push on the cure.
After all sz is an illness and that means it cold do people wrong not only oneself

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