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Our new paper due out in Dec 5 CELL
This is the paper showing probiotic therapy works in the mouse model of an autism risk factor.
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Tagged autoantibodies, cytokine, diet and autism, GI symptoms and autism, leaky gut, maternal infection, microbiome, OCD, schizophrenia
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Stem cell therapy for autism – first clinical trial
A paper just out from the Shenzen Beike Cell Engineering Research Institute in Guangdong, China presents the first results of a proof-of-concept, safety trial of stem cell (SC) injections in 37 autistic children. The justification for this intervention is primarily … Continue reading
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Tagged autism, autoimmune disease, cytokine, GI inflammation, health, mental-health, OCD, PANDAS, Rett syndrome, Tourette
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The President speaks at a mental health conference at the White House
This conference received virtually no press coverage at all.
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Tagged autism, bipolar, depression, mental-health, OCD, Rett syndrome, schizophrenia
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Are common bacterial infections making children mentally ill?
“A feverish debate” – Excellent new article on PANDAS etc by Alison Motluck.
“Infectious Behavior” blog – 2012 in review
4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 16,000 views in 2012. If each view were a film, this blog would power 4 Film Festivals Click here to see the complete report.
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Tagged antipsychotic, autism, autoantibodies, autoimmune disease, bipolar, cytokine, depression, diet and autism, flu, fragile x, GI inflammation, GI symptoms and autism, helminth therapy, IL-6, inflammation, influenza, leaky gut, maternal infection, mental-health, microbiome, multiple sclerosis, OCD, PANDAS, Rett syndrome, schizophrenia, stereotyped behavior, streptococcus, stress, Syndenham, Tourette
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PANDAS child trapped in Boston Children’s Hospital
Amazing story in the Boston Globe about what can happen if a child with PANDAS is put into the wrong hospital – one that does not agree with the PANDAS diagnosis. PANDAS is short for Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with … Continue reading
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Tagged antibiotic, inflammation, Maloney. Tourette, OCD, PANDAS, stereotyped behavior, streptococcus, Syndenham, Tourette
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Toxo infection increases risk for suicide
At the PANDAS meeting last week in Irvine, my Swedish publisher, Gunilla Gerland of Pauvus Utbildning, told me about 2 new articles on Toxoplasma gondii infection, which are of interest in light of the discussion in Chap. 5 of my … Continue reading
Live chat on Autism Speaks Facebook Tue, 8/29
I’ll be answering questions and discussing the NYT article on immune involvement in autism tomorrow, 8/29, 3pm EDT: https://www.facebook.com/autismspeaks?ref=stream&sk=app_226961267321617 So it turned out than an hour was no where near long enough to answer all the questions. Therefore, I’ll attempt to … Continue reading
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Tagged antibiotic, antipsychotic, autism, autoantibodies, autoimmune disease, cytokine, flu, GI inflammation, GI symptoms and autism, inflammation, leaky gut, Maloney. Tourette, maternal infection, mental-health, mouse model, multiple sclerosis, OCD, PANDAS, schizophrenia, stereotyped behavior, streptococcus, Tourette
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Anti-inflammatory treatments for autism
With the publication of our new paper (see the prior post), folks have asked, since bone marrow transplant (BMT) ameliorates several of the autism-like behaviors in our mouse model of maternal infection, are we saying that such transplants should be … Continue reading
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Tagged autism, cytokine, GI inflammation, IL-6, inflammation, mental-health, OCD, Rett syndrome, socialability, stereotyped behavior
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Visual map coding nature versus nurture across England
O.S.P. Davis and colleagues at King’s College, London just published a provocative paper that aims to plot on a map of England the geographic distribution of the relative contributions of genetics and environment to 45 different childhood cognitive and behavioral … Continue reading
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Tagged autism, communication, developmental delay, nurture, OCD, schizophrenia, socialability, stereotyped behavior, Tourette
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Infectious Behavior 