<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2025/10-07/04-research-on-folate-and-autism.html" dsn="blogs"><featured/><categories>Research</categories><pubDate>10/07/2025 04:30:00 AM</pubDate><title>Downstate Folate and Autism Research Goes National</title><sub-title/><description>Recent media coverage has focused on leucovorin (folinic acid) as a possible treatment for autism. While the headlines may be new, the science behind them is not. At the heart of this story is Edward V. Quadros, Ph.D., Research Professor of Medicine and Cell Biology, whose pioneering research on folate receptor autoantibodies, begun in the early 2000s, has advanced the understanding of their critical role in health and disease for over two decades.</description><author>Office of the President</author><image><img xmlns:ouc="http://omniupdate.com/XSL/Variables" src="https://www.downstate.edu/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2025/10-07/_images/antibodies_autism_thumb_v1.jpg" alt="Folate and Autism Research"/></image><loc>/var/staging/oucampus/suny-downstate/downstate/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2025/10-07/04-research-on-folate-and-autism.xml</loc><tags><tag>Research</tag></tags><categories><category>Research</category></categories></item>