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John S
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posted

Read past the parts that you don't understand!

http://www.northeastern.edu/adc/publications/KL2007Pers.pdf

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Carol in PA
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I went right to pages 7 and 8 to read the concluding remarks.

The message I understood was that very few scientists are working on this problem, which also affects tick borne infections.

Carol

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John S
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The article basically says that the bacteria that are presisters survive in a biofilm. The regular dividing bacteria die in the biofilms when you take antibioitic. So after you take an antibiotic the persisters survive and reawaken into new regular cells after the antibiotic is gone.

The purpose of biofilms is to keep the persisters from being attacked from your immune system.

The article mentions that a possible method of eradication would be pulsing high doses, letting the persisters change back to normal cells and then killing them. Which is what Pamela Weintraub did to get well.

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lymie_in_md
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Check this article out:

http://newsfibromyalgia.blogspot.com/2009/09/nattokinase-and-lumbrokinase-dissolve.html

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Tincup
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Great find John S! Good for you!

I shared it immediately with others (docs) and they were very interested. Also found more info on the topic by using your original find.

Thanks so much! Very helpful!!!!

[Big Grin]

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onbam
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My impression was that you can get rid of TB if you treat 'til the cows come home...is this incorrect, then?

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lymie_in_md
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I suppose if you don't attack persistence in biofilm, yes you would have to treat forever either TB or lyme. I know Dr. MacDonald would agree with that, he saw the plaque in the brains of ex lymies.

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Haley
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Shouldn't this be under medical? Great information.

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AlanaSuzanne
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Yes, should be in Medical.

We need to be educated re: biofilms. Maybe biofilms are one reason so many continue abx without improvement.

I came across an article about how S. boulardi (which we all should take anyway) affects biofilms that I posted here:

http://flash.lymenet.org/scripts/ultimatebb.cgi/topic/1/99921?#000000

FWIW.

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