The Connection Between Autism And The Gut Microbiome Is Clearer Than Ever

The link between autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and the body's 'second brain' is more apparent than ever before.

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Even today, carefully designed, long-term studies are hard to come by, and there is little agreement from paper to paper. Rather than analyzing study averages, these 600 pairs were each considered a single data point, allowing researchers to simultaneously analyze the gut microbe differences across more than a thousand individuals.

Together, the findings suggest a potential role of the microbiome in improving autism symptoms, although how those underlying gut changes might relate to actual brain changes is still not clear.

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