The largest study to date of leucovorin’s effectiveness for treating autism traits has been retracted because of data inconsistencies and statistical issues, according to a notice posted last week by the European Journal of Pediatrics. The study included 77 autistic children and is one of only five randomized clinical trials that have tested leucovorin, also […]
A neurochemistry journal has retracted a paper that claimed prenatal vaccine exposure caused autism-like behaviors in rats. The retraction comes more than a year after the paper’s publication and amid criticism of its methodology. The paper, which was originally published 10 January 2024 in Neurochemical Research, purported to show reduced sociability in rats born to […]
Price Tag: Parents of autistic children have been charged with participating in clinical trials attempting to use stem cells to treat the condition. Vital Hil / iStock A critically criticized 2019 paper describing a study using stem cells to treat autistic children was withdrawn after the authors failed to disclose that participants paid thousands of […]
