"a leaky gut may play a critical role in the development of age-related inflammation and frailty"

The quote heading this post is taken from the findings reported by Yanfei Qi and colleagues [1] who set out to investigate whether " a...

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Welcoming zonulin into autism research

I was VERY happy to read the paper published by Erman Esnafoglu and colleagues [1] suggesting that: " zonulin , which regulates intest...

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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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Coeliac Disease - a training post

You're probably wondering why, with all the reams of autism research being produced every day, that I'm dedicating a post to describ...

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