Disease Prevention and Health Reseach

"since we're off topic, i see that the admin authorized leucovorin for autism." @bisco posted elsewhere but it's on topic here..

It has been studied for examples:

Treatment of Folate Metabolism Abnormalities in Autism Spectrum Disorder - PMC
The Soluble Folate Receptor in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Relation to Autism Severity and Leucovorin Treatment - PMC

FDA reviewed literature on that and relabeled it. No longer only for cancer chemotherapy.

Rain on that parade can be viewed in these examples:

Why Leucovorin is Not a “Breakthrough Treatment” For Autism - Emergent Divergence
What science says about leucovorin, the drug Trump touted for autism | CNN
https://www.science.org/content/article/trump-s-autism-initiative-embraces-little-tested-vitamin-treatment

And prescribing physicians will assess factors and make recommendations. As they always do.

Folic acid itself has been used in pregnancy against spina bifida (if my memory serves). It is also one of the inexpensive and 'harmless' vitamin supplements here, so I do indulge.

 

Good additional RNA info from @Trollbait. This is why people collecting RNA store it at -78 oC before analyses. There is a chemical you can add to RNA samples if one is collecting out beyond where such freezers are available. I don't remember it's its name but must block RNA hydrolysis.

Probably not a good thing to injest