Fwd: Drug limits foetal alcohol damage??

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Tue, 21 Feb 2006 09:41:49 +0000

" Drug " limits foetal alcohol damage??

" P.Taylor "

 

 

BBC News Tuesday, 21 February 2006

 

Drug limits foetal alcohol damage

 

A drug may be able to reduce the damage caused to babies whose

mothers drink heavily during pregnancy.

 

Foetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) - for which there is no current

treatment - is associated with problems such as abnormal growth and

mental retardation.

 

A team at Cornell University found a drug called nicotinamide, used

to treat autoimmune diseases, helped protect mice from FAS.....

 

See

<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4731494.stm>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health\

/4731494.stm

 

Er, I don't want to picky here, but shouldn't that read " Vitamin B3

limits foetal alcohol damage " ?

 

;-)

 

Paul

 

 

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