Toxoplasma infection may be a risk factor for manifestation of psychotic-like symptoms

It's been a while since I last talked about  Toxoplasma gondii on this blog ( see here ). All the initial research excitement from a fe...

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Immune Problems Causing ENT Problems

The immune system is what helps a body fight off infections. However, the immune system can also cause problems when it does not work proper...

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ALV003 glutenase and more

Today's post is a bit of mash-up but hopefully containing some common threads. If you're also reading the title of this post and won...

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Gluten-free diet, immune response and autism?

I was heartened to see the publication of the paper by Giacomo Caio and colleagues* (open-access version available here ) discussing how th...

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The gut and 22q11.2 deletion syndrome

A rather peculiar thing seems to be happening in autism research. For years, to make mention that at least some cases of autism might also s...

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MAR autism and maternal autoimmune conditions: speculations

The term MAR autism -  maternal autoantibody-related autism - whilst still a relatively new addition to the autism research vocabulary, has...

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MAR autism: a storm brewing?

It looks like a storm is brewing. I refer to the commentary by Emily Underwood * titled: Alarm over autism test . The centre of the argument...

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Leaky gut, food antibodies and autism

I'm back. After a couple weeks of hot Greek sunshine and good times it's back to work. So... food and autism. It's a research to...

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Maternal autoantibody-related (MAR) autism?

Yes you heard me right: maternal autoantibody-related autism or 'MAR autism' for short . The term comes from some of the latest inve...

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Allergy and intolerance and autism

Summer is upon us yet again. The sun is shining, birds are singing and oh yes, people sneezing thanks to that most exquisite allergy to poll...

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