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New treatments for childhood epilepsy on the horizon
Researchers have discovered a potential new way to treat childhood epilepsy using a widely available therapeutic drug.
Date: 23 June 2009
Article title: Researchers Tackle Childhood Epilepsy
Summary:
In research carried out on mice, the introduction of the drug rapamycin, originally used to prevent rejection in organ transplants, suppressed epileptic seizures in the mice. The research raises hope for a new treatment.
Source: Science Daily
Link: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090610124817.htm
