US EditionScientists Debunk Gut Microbiome-Autism Connection
Researchers criticize prior autism-microbiome studies for small samples and flawed methods, noting NIH spends $20 million to $25 million annually on this topic with no causal link found.
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Microbiome: The scientific evidence for the link between gut microbes and autism is shaky. The Irish geneticist and…
Few scientific questions raise as much dust as the origin of autism. Science knows that it has a genetic basis, but it does not know the exact causes. And as it continues to seek answers, rocky ideas and recurring bulls spring up. Like that fraudulent article by the British physician Andrew Wakefield in which it pointed out, 25 years ago, that vaccines cause this neurodevelopment disorder. Or Donald Trump’s recent announcement linking, without a…
The link between the gut microbiome and autism is not backed by science, researchers say
There's no scientific evidence that the gut microbiome causes autism, a group of scientists argue in an opinion paper published in Neuron. They point to the fact that conclusions from past research that supported this hypothesis—including observational studies, mouse models of autism, and human clinical trials—are undermined by flawed assumptions, small sample sizes, and inappropriate statistical methods.
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