Scorpion venom shows promise for treating fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
WASHINGTON – A research team led by Children’s National Hospital faculty was able to “rescue” a pre-clinical model of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) in juvenile models, reversing motor skill deficits with the help of a novel drug derived from scorpion venom. The finding, in the Nature Neuroscience, could offer hope to an estimated 119,000…