That 1971 case report, along with numerous lab studies, have suggested that the 6 - decade - old drug disulfiram (commercially known as Antabuse), which makes people feel sick from drinking small amounts of alcohol, might also be a cancer fighter. (sciencemag.org)
However, the results from numerous labs over the past 15 years have yielded long lists of genes with very little overlap, making it difficult to come to a consensus as to how mutations in MeCP2 lead to neurological dysfunction. (sciencedaily.com)