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

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

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Post by LoganDark »

davisr wrote: post #2

So all I gotta do is eat some poop and it will save me from becoming a handsome, funny, unique genius?

Well no, what they're saying is it seems to be capable of reducing autism-related struggles and misbehavior, not that it can somehow remove autism. Truly removing autism in any meaningful way is probably impossible since the brain was trained with it since birth.

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

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Post by roywiggins »

LoganDark wrote: post #5
davisr wrote: post #2

So all I gotta do is eat some poop and it will save me from becoming a handsome, funny, unique genius?

Well no, what they're saying is it seems to be capable of reducing autism-related struggles and misbehavior, not that it can somehow remove autism. Truly removing autism in any meaningful way is probably impossible since the brain was trained with it since birth.

No, that appears to be the implication of this study, which frankly seems like such a large effect that I'm pretty skeptical! I'd say "where's the control group" except the claimed effect is so large that you kind of don't need one, if it's real:

> Prior to the study, 83% of participants had "severe" autism. Two years later, only 17% were rated as severe, 39% as mild or moderate, and incredibly, 44% were below the cut-off for mild ASD.

Emphasis mine. If you are below the cutoff for mild ASD you wouldn't be diagnosed at all.

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

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Post by saalweachter »

quux wrote: post #4
davisr wrote: post #2

So all I gotta do is eat some poop and it will save me from becoming a handsome, funny, unique genius?

You don't eat it, don't be silly.... you stick the poop up your butt

I believe the best procedure is actually sticking it in your nose.

(They run a tube through your nose, down your throat, through the stomach to the top of the intestines, and introduce the bacterial slurry there.)

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