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Nature Special – Innovations in the Microbiome
Innovations in the Microbiome ========================= **The Microbes Within David Grogan http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=98&ms=NDgxMDM3OTcS1&r=MjA1NzQ2MzIyOAS2&b=2&j=NjIzMTMwNzQxS0&mt=1&rt=0 **Gut Microbiome: The Peacekeepers Moises Velasquez-Manoff http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=81&ms=NDgxMDM3OTcS1&r=MjA1NzQ2MzIyOAS2&b=2&j=NjIzMTMwNzQxS0&mt=1&rt=0 **Why Microbiome Treatments Could Pay Off Soon Rob Knight http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=90&ms=NDgxMDM3OTcS1&r=MjA1NzQ2MzIyOAS2&b=2&j=NjIzMTMwNzQxS0&mt=1&rt=0 **The Gene–Microbe Link Ruth E. Ley http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=88&ms=NDgxMDM3OTcS1&r=MjA1NzQ2MzIyOAS2&b=2&j=NjIzMTMwNzQxS0&mt=1&rt=0 **Your Microbes at Work: Fiber … Continue reading
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Muscular Dystrophy and Autism – New Research focus on Females
Diagnostic and clinical characteristics of early-manifesting females with Duchenne or Becker muscular dystrophy. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25125379 Abstract Manifestations of Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy (DBMD) are present in up to 40% of heterozygous females, but there are few reports of females who … Continue reading
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IMFAR 2014 – Psychiatric and Medical Conditions Among Adults with ASD
Psychiatric and Medical Conditions Among Adults with ASD https://imfar.confex.com/imfar/2014/webprogram/Paper17783.html Background: Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have been shown to have a higher burden of medical and psychiatric comorbidities and increased utilization of health care services compared to the general … Continue reading
Autoimmune Etiology and Epilepsy – 5x Risk in Children
Population-Level Evidence for an Autoimmune Etiology of Epilepsy. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24687183 Abstract IMPORTANCE Epilepsy is a debilitating condition, often with neither a known etiology nor an effective treatment. Autoimmune mechanisms have been increasingly identified. OBJECTIVE To conduct a population-level study investigating the … Continue reading
Autoimmune Disease Treatment – Directing T-Cells : Implications for Autism ?
Researcher finds way to convert blood cells into autoimmune disease treatment http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q3/researcher-finds-way-to-convert-blood-cells-into-autoimmune-disease-treatment.html WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Cells from one’s own blood could be converted into a treatment for autoimmune diseases, like rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn’s disease, based on the discovery … Continue reading
Insulin Growth Factor-1 Treatment in Autism and Muscular Dystorphy
Insulin-like growth factor-1 rescues synaptic and motor deficits in a mouse model of autism and developmental delay. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23621888 Abstract BACKGROUND: Haploinsufficiency of SHANK3, due to either hemizygous gene deletion (termed 22q13 deletion syndrome or Phelan-McDermid syndrome) or to gene mutation, … Continue reading
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Webinar – SFARI – Sarkis Mazmanian – Probiotics for Autism
Webinar: Sarkis Mazmanian explores probiotics for autism http://sfari.org/sfari-community/webinar-series/2013/webinar-sarkis-mazmanian-explores-probiotics-for-autism/ “Mazmanian will discuss his lab’s investigation into the connection between gut bacteria, intestinal disease and autism — and how this work may lead to using probiotics to treat the disorder.” Full Details … Continue reading
Childhood Disabilities Rising – New Findings require Reflection.
Childhood disability rate jumps 16 percent over past decade http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-05/aaop-cdr042613.php Number of kids with neurodevelopmental disabilities increases, but limitations due to physical conditions decrease WASHINGTON, DC – More children today have a disability than a decade ago, and the greatest … Continue reading
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Thinking differently about Neurodevelopmental and Psychiatric Disorders
New Genetic Evidence Suggests a Continuum Among Neurodevelopmental and Psychiatric Disorders http://www.geisinger.org/ Apr. 2, 2013 — A paper published this month in the medical journal The Lancet Neurology suggests that a broad spectrum of developmental and psychiatric disorders, ranging from … Continue reading
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Mind Altering Microbes – TEDx Caltech – Microbe Based Therapeutics
Outstanding and unfortunately short presentation by Elaine Hsiao – Mind Altering Microbes presented to TEDx Caltech. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWT_BLVOASI&list=PL021C6C4EE6369EC4 Thanks to Paul Patterson Caltech – Infectious Behaviour blog – http://infectiousbehavior.wordpress.com/ Read the book http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/infectious-behavior
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