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Paribello, Carlo

Encouraging Results from First Trial of Minocycline in Fragile X

FRAXA Research Foundation October 10, 2010March 19, 2025

With a $40,000 grant from FRAXA, Dr. Carlo Paribello and his team at the Surrey Place Centre Fragile X clinic in Toronto, Ontario, ran an open label trial to see if minocycline can improve learning and reduce anxiety and behavioral problems in people with Fragile X. Twenty participants between the ages of 13 and 35 years took minocycline for two months.

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