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Topic: First Lyme & Tick-Borne Diseases Research Center to Open at Columbia University !!!

catalysT
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Greenwich, CT (PRWEB) April 20, 2007 -- On April 30, The Lyme & Tick-borne Diseases

Research Center (The Center) at Columbia University Medical Center will open its doors,

making it the first in the country to focus on unraveling the complexities of these illnesses and

offering hope to the thousands who struggle with them. Brian A. Fallon, MD, MPH, Associate

Professor at the Columbia University Medical Center and the director of the Lyme Disease

Research Program at the New York State Psychiatric Institute, will be its general director.

The Center will make one of the first goals the development of an accurate diagnostic test. The

Center will use the latest in molecular genetics and proteomics to identify better diagnostic tests;

it will conduct clinical research to evaluate new treatments and identify biomarkers that will

better direct treatment; it will work to educate medical students and physicians on evaluating and

treating Lyme & tick-borne diseases and it will support research projects internationally to help

speed the scientific process of ultimately finding a cure for these diseases.

Other areas of concentration will include the presence of comorbid infections in ticks and

comorbid diseases in chronically ill patients; improved understanding of the pathophysiologic

mechanism of disease, particularly as it relates to chronic Lyme disease; genetic studies to

identify vulnerability factors within families; neuroimaging to better understand the brain

mechanisms of disease; treatment trials to examine the efficacy of a wide range of therapeutic

interventions, and further study of the neurologic and neuropsychiatric manifestations of Lyme

disease.

.... more at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/4/prweb520058.htm

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bettyg
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eric, thanks for posting. FINALLY!

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FightFireWithWater
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Congratulations to all those who have labored so long and hard to make the center a reality.

May this project bear much fruit.

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kam
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yes. congratulations. This is very encouraging.

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