Fecal transplants for autism deliver success in clinical trials (2019)

Post by SoftTalker » Sat, May 16, 2026, 3:05 PM UTC

ornornor wrote: post #94

_puk wrote: post #42

>> In early 2022 Krajmalnik-Brown and colleagues patented a specific bacterial formulation and spun-off a commercial company called Gut-Brain Axis Therapeutics. I was a little surprised to see this. So the university researchers use time and money from the university to make a discovery, extending on previous published research, and then patent it and start their own for-profit? Excuse my ignorance, but is that how i…

I think the university gets a cut. Kinda like how Gatorade is making I can’t remember which university incredible amounts of money for the last several decades.

Post by SoftTalker » Sat, May 16, 2026, 3:07 PM UTC

dahart wrote: post #88

an0malous wrote: post #48

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> So the university researchers use time and money from the university Don’t worry, the money is usually coming from taxpayers so the universities don’t have to dip into their endowments

Funny thing is, that may be a bigger concern here, that the research is often publicly funded while the uses of that research and the profits that come with them are kept private. It’s complicated and I buy the notion that research improves the economy as a whole, but it is also true that when research gets patented and becomes a billion dollar product, those dollars don’t reduce any taxes directly.

Post by dimes » Sat, May 16, 2026, 3:20 PM UTC

Aurornis wrote: post #84

dimes wrote: post #70

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Just to play devil’s advocate, isn’t it also possible that the preference for a monotonous diet is driven by gut makeup?

The microbiome might have some modulating effect, but the fidelity of gut-brain axis communication isn’t so strong that our gut microbiome is driving us around with highly specific inputs. The theories for how gut-brain axis modulation works include altering the balance of nutrients that get absorbed and modulating the vagus nerve, primarily. For someone with autism it might be possible that altering some of these ba…

Post by doctorpangloss » Sat, May 16, 2026, 3:30 PM UTC

Aurornis wrote: post #93

Arodex wrote: post #11

>Editor's note: Readers often ask us for follow-ups on memorable stories. What has happened to this story over the years? This article was originally published in 2019 but it has been re-edited and updated with new information current as of April 7, 2025. Enjoy! Now that is something that should be done more often - especially in science journalism, but not only. We cruelly lack long-term vision - not only forward bu…

I agree about the updates. However, news sites like this one aren’t combing through research to find things to update. They’re responding to PR outreach from companies. Did you notice there isn’t actually a link to a new publication? It’s only quotes from the company. They’re repeating PR material, not updates on the research. There’s a subtext here that isn’t immediately obvious without reading more from the company…

Post by dahart » Sat, May 16, 2026, 3:31 PM UTC

SoftTalker wrote: post #113

dahart wrote: post #88

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Funny thing is, that may be a bigger concern here, that the research is often publicly funded while the uses of that research and the profits that come with them are kept private. It’s complicated and I buy the notion that research improves the economy as a whole, but it is also true that when research gets patented and becomes a billion dollar product, those dollars don’t reduce any taxes directly.

The public funds the research so that it gets done in the first place. It's not a venture investment.