Microbiota Transplant Therapy for Treating GI Problems With Autism Spectrum Disorders Dr. James Adams

How much does the health of the gut really affect the symptoms of autism? Clinical trials with a broad range of ages have reflected the transfer of microbiota from a healthy human to the GI of individuals with autism spectrum disorders to be helpful in “reducing their GI symptoms, reducing their ASD symptoms, and increasing their diversity of gut bacteria”. Further, “At the beginning of the study, the majority – 83% of participants – were classified as “severe” on an autism diagnosis scale. At a 2 year follow up, only 17% were still “severe”, and 44% no longer met the criteria for an autism diagnosis. Most participants had significant improvements in core autism symptoms and gastrointestinal problems.  Microbiota Transfer Therapy for Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Who Have Gastrointestinal Disorders (MTT-ASD) See study In my recent radio show interview with Dr. James Adams, Director of the Autism/Asperger’s Research Program at Arizona State University, we discuss this topic at length and answer many of your questions: Why did you think GI problems and autism symptoms might be due to gut bacteria? Why did you think children with ASD had abnormal gut bacteria? What happened with the first children with autism treated by Dr. Borody in Australia? For your phase 1 treatment study, what treatments did you use?  What were the initial results?  Why did you do a long-term follow-up, and why? What is the status of your adult study? What is the future of microbiota transplant for autism? What are your plans for a future child study? What about other treatments for autism, such as your comprehensive nutritional intervention study? Please listen to my radio show interview with Dr. James Adams on Microbiota Transplant therapy for treating GI problems in children with autism spectrum disorders. It’s show #46. Click Here for more details.