How about a bone marrow transplant to cure your autism?

[Loomis]

In the new study, the team of investigators first focused on creating a mouse model that connected autism-related behaviors with immune irregularities...

They were able to fix several of the autism-like behaviors by offering the offspring a bone-marrow transplant from regular mice....

Based on their work with mice, the researchers believe that the results cannot be completely be compared with humans. <---GOOD THINKING They still need to investigate whether an infusion of stem cells or the bone marrow transplant procedure helped correct the behaviors....

The study showed how immune irregularities in adolescents could be a possible target for treating behaviors related to the autism spectrum disorder.

Immune Irregularities Linked To Autism - Health News - redOrbit

The work was supported by an Autism Speaks Weatherstone Fellowship

 

[Loomis]

I was a bit premature with my criticism. I found this quote about the same research at another website:

The researchers emphasize that because the work was conducted in mice, the results cannot be readily extrapolated to humans, and they certainly do not suggest that bone-marrow transplants should be considered as a treatment for autism.

Caltech Researchers Find Evidence of Link between Immune Irregularities and Autism - Caltech Media Relations

One has to wonder why the first website I quoted in the post above this one left out the phrase "and they certainly do not suggest that bone-marrow transplants should be considered as a treatment for autism."

So much of the research is wrong headed. There is a paucity of research that shows any real understanding of ASD.