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, January 27, 2009
Yet another article in the NY Times on why babies should be allowed to eat dirt, children should be allowed to run barefoot and not clean their hands before they eat. Basically, the hygiene hypothesis with more quotes from Weinstock and Elliott. Worms, they state, are probably the biggest players in training the immune system: [...]
Just found this new study; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18328783 I just read the abstract, but basically it’s linking depression and anxiety to our modern lifestyle. Is it just me, or are most of your relatives on anti-depressants? My whole family needs worms! I’m not surprised that in the inflammatory reaction period to hookworm, some of us are getting [...]