Southwest Autism Research Center (
SARRC basically)...
Jonah Shacknai ... donated $100,000 from his foundation called Noah's Family Foundation (2)
"That served as a challenge grant to inspire others at the breakfast
to pledge generously," said
Denise Resnick,
co-founder of the nonprofit research organization in Phoenix.
...The center is one of five U.S. clinical centers to conduct a study of the use of secretin, made by Needham, Mass.-based Repligen Corp., in children with autism.
The company released its results yesterday, finding that three doses
of secretin produced a statistically significant clinical response in a
subset of autistic children, said Walter Herlihy, president and chief
executive of Repligen.
...
Raun Melmed ... co-founder of SARC and co-medical director, said
he was encouraged to hear that the use of secretin could be efficacious in
certain subsets of autistic children. He said Repligen officials also hinted
that they've identified a specific marker, which can determine which
children will respond to the drug.
The company is not ready to reveal the marker until it gets a patent,
Melmed said.
http://phoenix.bcentral.com/phoenix/stories/2001/04/02/daily34.html