Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Article after article extolling the virtues of helminths’ ability to prevent allergies and autoimmune diseases always end in quotes like this: “The hope is that the work could aid the development of new treatments which work in the same way as gut parasites, by dampening down or rebalancing the immune system so that the body [...]
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
There are very few studies on the effect of helminths on humans. As a patient trying this therapy, there are few immune markers we have on hand to check immune response. We have measures of inflammation, like CRP and SED rates, but only in the research setting can one measure IL-10, the T 1 and [...]
3 new reviews in Immunology on how helminths are part of the missing link epidemiologically, along with certain other infections, and are probably the reason for the rise in autoimmunity, allergies, certain cancers, depression, nuerological diseases, and atherosclerosis. Click on the HTML or PDF link and you can read them in full. Rook GAW; Review [...]
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Another article on worms and the hygiene hypothesis from the BBC. And a detailed, follow-up article that lists the three new Immunology articles that provoked these articles. The popularity of this in recent press is very exciting. Of course, they always say they’re looking for the molecule that the worms ilicit in order to treat [...]
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Two patents on helminthic therapy: http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/wo.jsp?IA=WO2006%2F014907&WO=2006%2F014907&DISPLAY=\ STATUS http://www.freepatentsonline.com/EP1749534.html