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I wish he invested in studying the microbiome. It is a relatively new field and requires computational powers. From the article, if I understand correctly, they
by nyc111 9y ago
I wish he invested in studying the microbiome. It is a relatively new field and requires computational powers. From the article, if I understand correctly, they study autism only in the context of the DNA. But it is now known that the disorders in the gut microbiome is related to autism.
- mercer 9y agoDo you have some links for that and/or could you elaborate? Sounds like a fascinating connection.
- nyc111 9y agoThese are the first two in google results: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3564498/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3564498/ https://microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40168-017-0242-1 https://microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186... I have more references at home but cannot reach them now. There is a also a doctor here in Turkey who tried fecal transplant on an autistic kid. She was optimistic about the results but reluctant to publish just for one patient. This was months ago. I don't know the status now.
- Renfrew 9y agoThe gut microbiome is a main focus of the Systems Biology group in the Center for Computational Biology. https://www.simonsfoundation.org/flatiron/center-for-computational-biology/systems-biology/ https://www.simonsfoundation.org/flatiron/center-for-computa...
- nyc111 9y agoGreat. I found this research https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2017/09/26/microbiome-project/ https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2017/09/26/microbiome-proje... But do they study microbiome in relation to autism? I could not find any such research.