Gut microbe study shows promise as a potential treatment for autism

1/26/2017

The key to fighting autism might lie not in the mind, but in the gut. A recent publication in the journal Microbiome by the members Krajmalnik-Brown Lab and collaborators, approaches the search for effective autism treatments by focusing on improving the gut microbiome through fecal microbial transplants.Early results are promising, but additional testing is required before an FDA-approved therapy would be available or recommended to the public.

​This is exciting news to the authors of the paper Dae-Wook KangJuan Maldonado and Rosa Krajmalnik-Brown at the Krajmalnik-Brown Lab. Also, the research includes collaborators from ASU’s Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, Northern Arizona University, University of Arizona, Ohio State University and the University of Minnesota.

Read ASU’s press release here.
Read the paper here