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by vwat 2134 days ago
This guy theorized that autism is caused by a problem with ATP and mitochondria. He did a trial of an old, obscure drug that blocks ATP receptors (for signaling, not metabolism) on young ASD patients and there was noticeable improvement in their symptoms. More studies are underway.

http://naviauxlab.ucsd.edu/science-item/autism-research/

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>>> obscure drug that blocks ATP receptors

In case you are wondering, Suramin[1] is the drug

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suramin