Jenna’s Lyme Blog

On June 18, 2010, Dr. Cameron released a scientific paper that is sending shock waves through the medical community for the rigorous standard of testing and reporting, with explosive conclusions which at the very least will demand further testing, especially when you begin to evaluate medical records showing the terrible suffering of children that could have been avoided with more proactive and serious treatment at the initial exposure to Lyme infection.

Posted on June 24th, 2010 under Chronic Lyme Disease, Research and Development. Tags: Chronic Lyme disease, Lyme disease epidemic, Research on Lyme Disease. Comments: 6

Robert Lane, PhD, uncovered a curious quirk about Lyme disease back in 1998 and the black-legged ticks that carry it there: the infection rates for young ticks, while low, was three to four times higher than the rate in adult ticks.

Early experiments ruled out the possibility that antibodies produced by the lizard’s immune system were able to neutralize the Lyme disease bacteria.

The puzzle continued to interest Lane who found later that when young nymphal ticks feed on the fence lizards, the mysterious protein not only protects the lizard from infection — it actually leaches into the tick’s gut and kills the bacteria there. Additional lab tests showed that when infected nymphs fed on the lizards, and then metamorphosed into adult ticks, they were no longer infected.

Posted on November 12th, 2009 under Chronic Lyme Disease, Lyme News, Product Reviews, Research and Development, Symptoms, Treatment Protocols. Tags: Add new tag, Hope for a cure to chronic Lyme disease, Lyme disease epidemic, Research on Lyme Disease. Comments: 6

Business Wire announced 2 days ago that Viral Genetics had received a grant of $75,000.00 to follow up on the research they began last year on chronic Lyme disease almost accidentally when they were trying to discover immune based treatments an therapies for HIV and AIDS.  See http://www.lymediseaseresource.com/wordpress/great-news-re-possible-lyme-vaccine-from-viral-genetics/ .  The generous grant has come from [...]

Posted on March 20th, 2009 under Chronic Lyme Disease, Lyme News, Personal stories, Research and Development, Symptoms, Treatment Protocols. Tags: Chronic Lyme disease, Research on Lyme Disease. Comments: 4

“…not only are there new research dollars being supplied, the issue has become (and has been) an international concern that will quickly supersede the turf wars being fought in New England.”

Posted on March 3rd, 2009 under Chronic Lyme Disease, Coping with Lyme Disease, Product Reviews, Treatment Protocols. Tags: Chronic Lyme disease, Research on Lyme Disease. Comments: None

- Viral Genetics, Inc. (OTC:VRAL), a biotechnology company that discovers and develops immune-based therapies, today unveiled to the general public initial findings of its ongoing Lyme Disease study. Viral Genetics initially unveiled its new model and early findings on Saturday, October 18th, at the 2008 International Lyme & Associated Diseases Society (ILADS) Scientific Session.

Posted on October 21st, 2008 under Chronic Lyme Disease, Lyme News, Research and Development. Tags: Chronic Lyme disease, Lyme disease vaccine, Research on Lyme Disease. Comments: 2

A new type of immune-based therapy has recently been discovered by Viral Genetics, Inc. This biotechnology company is located in San Marino, California with a mission to discovers and develops immune-based therapies for HIV and AIDS using its thymus nuclear protein compound (TNP), which may help Lyme disease.

Posted on October 10th, 2008 under Chronic Lyme Disease, Research and Development. Tags: Chronic Lyme disease, Development of treatment for Lyme disease, Research on Lyme Disease. Comments: 1