Är autism snart ett minne blott? Folsyra motverkar autism enligt Trump.

Officials will also tout the drug leucovorin as a potential autism treatment, in what President Donald Trump has billed as a “very important” announcement.

What is leucovorin? Inside the drug giving new hope to autism patients

Can a generic drug designed to make chemotherapy work better benefit people with autism?

President Trump is touting an “amazing” drug — leucovorin — as “an answer to autism,” a broad range of conditions that affect how people learn, behave, communicate and interact with others.

A form of vitamin B9, also known as folate, leucovorin has been prescribed to protect healthy cells from the toxic side effects of chemotherapy, to enhance chemotherapy and to treat cerebral folate deficiency

Presskonferensen kommer att hållas i Vita huset klockan 22 svensk tid.

Sven Bölte, professor i barn- och ungdomspsykiatrisk vetenskap vid Karolinska institutet

En annan fråga som väntas dyka upp på presskonferensen i kväll är en möjlig autismbehandling med leucovorin, ett läkemedel som använts mot skadliga beverkningar av vissa cancermediciner. Enligt Sven Bölte finns en teoretisk möjlighet att leucovorin kan ha en effekt