Arizona State University 研究人员给自闭症患者做了肠胃细菌移植试验，初步结果发现明显效果。
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases ... 011917.php
ASU gut microbe study shows promise as a potential treatment for autism
简而言之就是把健康人的，嗯，大便，处理之后，移植到患者的肠道里。患者先要用一些方法把原有的肠道细菌杀得七七八八，才能让外来细菌生根发芽，不，茁壮成长（好像也不对）。A team led by Arizona State University researchers is taking a novel approach the search for effective autism treatments by focusing on improving the gut microbiome through fecal microbial transplants.
Early results are promising, but additional testing is required before an FDA-approved therapy would be available or recommended to the public.
The team -- including collaborators from Northern Arizona University, Ohio State University and the University of Minnesota -- completed a study involving 18 participants with autism spectrum disorders who ranged in age from 7 to 16 years old. The results were recently published in the journal Microbiome.
Microbiome 研究是目前最红的领域之一，很多人猜想肠道细菌群影响到很多生理机制，包括炎症，自免疫系统病，肥胖症，心血管疾病，精神疾病，甚至性格脾气。。。
健康人肠道里有成千种不同细菌，研究发现各种病人的肠道细菌从种类到数量都远少于健康人。为啥涅？没人知道。其实现在我们对于肠道细菌的研究方法还不够先进，主要是混在一起打碎然后做 DNA 分析。然而我已经看到一些猜测，认为人的胃口甚至行为都受控于肠道里的细菌，这些神秘的单细胞生物组成一个庞大复杂的。。。生物体？？？叫人吃什么就吃什么，叫人怎么生活就怎么生活，给它们提供温暖湿润的环境舒舒服服地生存繁殖，它们有点不满意就让你浑身难受。很奇怪么？然而自然界充满了寄生虫控制宿主的行为，让它们做出有利于自身繁殖传播的事。
更多信息参见：
http://microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/
