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The research cited in the article directly refutes what you are positing and shows that ASD symptoms are transferable via fecal transplant.

• oldgradstudent 7y ago
  IN MICE.
  • dang 7y ago
    Please don't use uppercase for emphasis. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.
    • parsadotsh 7y ago
      Doesn't change anything but I think he's referring to this twitter account: https://www.twitter.com/justsaysinmice https://www.twitter.com/justsaysinmice
      • m463 7y ago
        I wonder if there should be a similar account for "in males". I believe many medicines are tested in males only because it would be unethical to test them in possibly pregnant females. However, one ridiculous example is birth control pills.
      • deleted 7y ago
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      • dang 7y ago
        Ah interesting. Thanks! How did you know about that?
        • parsadotsh 7y ago
          Been following it for a while, btw: https://mobile.twitter.com/michaelhoffman/status/1122839074375655424 https://mobile.twitter.com/michaelhoffman/status/11228390743...
  • wolco 7y ago
    This is not the first study ever to use mice for testing. I think it is very common.
    • oldgradstudent 7y ago
      Indeed, mice are often used as guinea pigs. The problem with autism research on mice is that it is not at all clear that the mouse autism model has anything to do with autism in humans.