Conceptual and methodological flaws undermine claims of a link between the gut microbiome and autism Claims that the gut microbiome causally contributes to autism regularly appear in the scientific literature and popular press. Mitchell et al. critically examine influential studies underpinning these...

Our first talk this year was on 14 January 2026 by Kevin Mitchell (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland). The title of his talk was "Autism and the gut microbiome - a case study in bad science". You can see the paper he spoke to us about here: www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...

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