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Effectiveness of studies on gut microbes for finding a possible autism cure intensified after John Rodakis' son showed improvements in autism symptoms after the molecular biologist (and dad)'s antibiotics effect showed positive results.
Meanwhile, Rodakis had prescribed amoxicillin to his autistic son for throat infection and it enabled the child to show eye-contact and speech improvements.
According to scientists, gut bacteria could be the culprit for the disabling disorder known as Autism.
As a medical report found, "Autism might seem to be all in the brain. But intriguing new studies suggest that some aspects of the disorder might originate in the gut."
A new study, in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggests that bacteria may affect the brain development, ultimately resulting in autistic behavior, according to Age of Autism.
A study involving 45,000 children in Norway showed that autistic children were two and half times more prone to gastrointestinal diseases.
In the Norwegian study, mothers of the children were requested to report gastrointestinal problems until the child attained an age of 3 years, at different instances of the child's growth.
The study implied that increased GI problems can be linked to autism, according to News Everyday.
The surprise is that fecal transplants could be the next big thing in health care. The preliminary studies are promising enough.
Ongoing studies have showed fecal transplant being effective in case of multiple diseases, including inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis, Type 2 diabetes, multiple sclerosis and autism.
Allen-Vercoe, a professor in Guelph's Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, made a special kind of synthetic fecal transplant containing all the gut microbes a healthy man has. They tested the transplant on two patients with chronic C. difficile infections.
Both patients were failing to respond to antibiotics but were cured within three days of treatment, and tested negative for C. difficile even six months later.
Allen-Vercoe thinks this is applicable to other GI problems as well.
So, gut microbes can really be important, and feces' study could be the next big healthcare revolution.
