A simple urine test may be able to detect autism sooner than traditional screening, a new study suggests.
As autism now affects one in 31 American children – a stark increase from one in 150 in the early 2000s – experts are searching for potential causes and screening tools to catch the condition sooner.
Doctors typically use questionnaires, observational tests and cognitive screening to detect autism, but the process can take months or even years.
Now, scientists at Arizona State University have created a urine test that screens for 17 microbial metabolites, molecules produced by microorganisms in the gut.
They found as many as nine in
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