Biomedical Treatment For Autism Symptoms?

Could it be? Are they on the verge of identifying a drug capable of treating some of the symptoms of autism? Disability Scoop reports about some promising developments:

http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2012/04/26/drug-treat-autism-core/15474/

Question: what does it mean that "researchers tested the compound on a strain of mice known to exhibit autism-like behaviors" ??