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This is not surprising to me at all. Pathogenic bacteria linked to diseases such as Crohn's and IBS are only pathogenic if we get them later in life. When we ge
by shanev 13y ago
This is not surprising to me at all. Pathogenic bacteria linked to diseases such as Crohn's and IBS are only pathogenic if we get them later in life. When we get these bacteria in childhood, before the age of 7, they grow symbiotically with us and help ward off disease. Check out the book An Epidemic of Absence by Moises Valesquez-Manoff [1] if you guys want to learn more about this stuff. It's a fascinating account of a man who experiments with altering his gut biome to overcome Alopecia areata (total hair loss). The book is loaded with science and references a lot of other studies dealing with the gut biome.
[1] http://www.amazon.com/Epidemic-Absence-Understanding-Allergies-Autoimmune-ebook/dp/B0061P2L5U/ http://www.amazon.com/Epidemic-Absence-Understanding-Allergi...
- tokenadult 13y agoI would ask my friends here on Hacker News to be cautious about taking the statements in that book at face value without a lot of careful follow-up.[1] And I write that, with chagrin, as a participant here who previously submitted an opinion piece by the author to Hacker News, where it reached the front page and sparked a lot of discussion. The claims in the book are very far from settled science, and many of the anecdotes have not been independently verified or replicated. [1] http://www.emilywillinghamphd.com/2012/08/autism-immunity-inflammation-and-new.html http://www.emilywillinghamphd.com/2012/08/autism-immunity-in...
- coopermor 13y agoThere's a small public biotech company Coronado Biosciences that just announced a trial to study their drug (pig whipworms) in autism http://ir.coronadobiosciences.com/Cache/1001185864.PDF http://ir.coronadobiosciences.com/Cache/1001185864.PDF. They have other studies in a couple different autoimmune diseases in various stages http://www.coronadobiosciences.com/research-development/pipeline.cfm http://www.coronadobiosciences.com/research-development/pipe... So we'll have some more data regarding this soon.
- mtew 12y agoI found the book straightforward about how unproven the science is, and thought it did a good job of being clear about how speculative the theories are. Were there areas where you thought the book's claims were stronger than what is warranted?