Autism Genes

02/06/2026

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This is part 2, slowly cook your blended sprouted mungbeans. Remeber to use a non-toxic non-stick pan. Cook on a low and slow heat. Adding more water to the ...

02/06/2026

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Sprouting is the first step to making mung bean wraps. Blend 4 day old organic mung bean sprouts with a little organic extra virgin olive oil, salt amd a da...

30/05/2026

03/05/2026

It's been a wonderful week at the MAPS conference in Sydney. I was honoured to present alongside all the American leaders in this Autism space.

16/04/2026

We've been talking about gut microbes breaking down microplastics at conferences for years, so this new paper didn't surprise me, but what did genuinely excite me is the scale of what they've found. We knew certain species could do it. What this research is now showing is that it's almost universal. 95% of bacterial species carry the genes to break down microplastics. Not just a handful of specialists. Virtually all of them! 😁
So all the probiotic foods, coconut yoghurt, fermented vegetables, kombucha, everything we've been doing to build a rich diverse microbiome has been supporting this capacity all along, across the board. That makes me very happy. 💚
Paper is in the comments.

10/04/2026

So this just dropped in the Journal of Neuroinflammation about children with autism and gut issues.

Researchers at UC Davis looked at a type of immune cell called Regulatory T cells, Tregs for short. These are essentially your immune system's peacekeepers. Their whole job is to calm things down, protect the gut lining and stop inflammation from running out of control.

In autistic children they found these cells are depleted. And the children who also had gut symptoms had the fewest of all. The worse the gut, the fewer the peacekeepers, and the worse the behaviour scores, including speech.
What's interesting is it wasn't just that there were fewer of these cells. The genes inside them were dysregulated too, particularly the ones involved in epigenetic control and mitochondrial function. So they're not just reduced in number, they're not working properly at a fundamental biological level.

This matters because it helps explain why so many of our children have this triple picture of immune dysfunction, gut problems and neurological symptoms all at once. They're not separate issues. They're the same issue expressing in different places.

The gut homing subset, the Tregs that are supposed to travel to the gut and maintain mucosal immune tolerance, were the most depleted of all in children with both autism and GI symptoms. That's a really important finding.

This is why we use GcMAF.
So if your macrophages are compromised, your Treg population collapses. Which is exactly what this paper is showing in these children.
GcMAF restores macrophage function. Macrophages are what produce and sustain these Treg cells. Fix the macrophages, you start to rebuild the regulatory immune system. That's the mechanism. That's why it's a core part of what we do in our program at "Autism Genes".

We've been working within this immune / gut / brain framework for Autism since 2012. It's good to see more research validating it.

Full paper here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12974-026-03701-w

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by social deficits and stereotypic behaviors. In ASD, increased numbers of i

02/04/2026

Happy International Autism Day 🥰