Emily Willingham emilywillinghamphd.com Stomach Endoscopy. Source: Wikimedia Commons Are autism, gut inflammation, and immune issues linked? One recent sponsored supplement published in the journal Pediatrics argues that they are. There’s certainly some evidence, although quite mixed, hinting at a link between immune or gut issues and a subset of people with autism, although which one triggers the other is nowhere near resolved. What one might hope is resolved is that it’s difficult to construct solid scientific arguments on a shaky foundation that incorporates retracted papers. Th Pediatrics GI-autism supplement reflects information derived from a symposium conducted in 2009, one convened to talk about GI problems and autism. The authors are recognizable as those whose interest has very much been focused on autism as inflammation, particularly gut inflammation. The problem has been pinning down specifically what that inflammation might be and where it occurs. To demonstrate that such evidence has been identified,…