Dear RM Agents and Readers,
As I was reading through the article I posted below, I was surprised to see a name I KNEW I had seen before and sure enough, there it was at the Charles E Holman foundation which had its annual conference this past weekend. I'll let you know when I hear how it went:)
http://www.thecehf.org/presenters-2015.html
Eva Sapi, PhD
West Haven, CT
University of New Haven
Associate Professor, Research Scholar & Coordinator
Department of Biology and Environmental Science
Cellular and Molecular Biology M.S. Program
Title: Investigation of the Infectious Etiology of Morgellons Disease
Abstract: The goal of this study was to confirm potentially infectious organisms identified previously in Morgellons (MD) patient skin lesions using whole genome sequencing, nested PCR and different molecular biology staining methods. Evidence of the human pathogens Borrelia burgdorferi and Helicobacter pylori were identified previously by the analysis of whole genome sequencing data from two MD patient samples. Further PCR investigation of these two pathogens in MD patient skin samples identified that Borrelia burgdorferi and Helicobacter pylori DNA were co-present in at least 60% of the samples. Furthermore, immunohistochemical and in situ DNA staining methods provided further evidence for both of the pathogens in the skin lesions. Skin samples from four healthy control volunteers with no signs of MD skin lesions were negative suggesting the findings of these infectious organisms is specific to MD skin lesions. The MD skin samples were also studied for potential amyloid protein production and results from this study will be also presented.
Learn more about Eva Sapi, PhD
Many Blessings,
CrystalRiver
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How a bee sting saved my life: poison as medicine
Ellie Lobel was ready to die. Then she was attacked by bees. Christie Wilcox hears how venom can be a saviour.
24 March 2015
“I moved to California to die.”
Ellie Lobel was 27 when she was bitten by a tick and contracted Lyme disease. And she was not yet 45 when she decided to give up fighting for survival.
Caused by corkscrew-shaped bacteria called Borrelia burgdorferi, which enter the body through the bite of a tick, Lyme disease is diagnosed in around 300,000 people every year in the United States. It kills almost none of these people, and is by and large curable – if caught in time. If doctors correctly identify the cause of the illness early on, antibiotics can wipe out the bacteria quickly before they spread through the heart, joints and nervous system.
But back in the spring of 1996, Ellie didn’t know to look for the characteristic bull’s-eye rash when she was bitten – she thought it was just a weird spider bite. Then came three months with flu-like symptoms and horrible pains that moved around the body. Ellie was a fit, active woman with three kids, but her body did not know how to handle this new invader. She was incapacitated. “It was all I could do to get my head up off the pillow,” Ellie remembers.
Her first doctor told her it was just a virus, and it would run its course. So did the next. As time wore on, Ellie went to doctor after doctor, each giving her a different diagnosis. Multiple sclerosis. Lupus. Rheumatoid arthritis. Fibromyalgia. None of them realised she was infected with Borrelia until more than a year after she contracted the disease – and by then, it was far too late. Lyme bacteria are exceptionally good at adapting, with some evidence that they may be capable of dodging both the immune system and the arsenal of antibiotics currently available. Borrelia are able to live all over the body, including the brain, leading to neurological symptoms. And even with antibiotic treatment, 10–20 per cent of patients don’t get better right away.
More at this link:
http://mosaicscience.com/story/how-bee-sting-saved-my-life-poison-medicine
