Preliminary
research suggests that
parasitic
worms may protect against autoimmune diseases. The underlying
theory is that, lacking alien organisms to deal with, the human
immune system sometimes goes after the normal, helpful gut
bacteria, and then overreacts, attacking the person's own
organs as well. As a test, the researchers gave half a dozen
patients with autoimmune diseases doses of pig parasites, with
excellent results. Controlled trials
are still in the future, and the researchers are carefully not
naming the worms they worked with--they don't want anyone trying
this outside a medical setting, although all six of the patients
in the first study were helped significantly.
A Web log is a
clipping service without portfolio,
in which someone collects things she (or he) finds interesting
and passes them along. Sort of a primitive version of an
anthology: none of the material is actually in the log, all you
get is the pointers.
The inspiration for this Web log is Raphael Carter's
Honeyguide
Web Log, which is well worth a look, and not just because
Raphael has been doing this quite a bit longer than I have.
YAWL is broken up into approximately monthly pieces;
the newest links in each segment are at the top.
Stale links are in the nature of such a project, but please
let me know if any new links appear broken.
Note: dates given here are when I add an item to the log;
items are added when I notice them, not necessarily when they
first reach the Web.
This is purely an amateur project. If there are no
updates for a few days, that might mean I'm traveling or
otherwise busy, and not surfing the Web,
or just that I haven't come across anything that seems to
belong here.
Copyright 1999 Vicki Rosenzweig. Comments welcome at
vr@interport.net.
Preliminary
research suggests that
parasitic
worms may protect against autoimmune diseases. The underlying
theory is that, lacking alien organisms to deal with, the human
immune system sometimes goes after the normal, helpful gut
bacteria, and then overreacts, attacking the person's own
organs as well. As a test, the researchers gave half a dozen
patients with autoimmune diseases doses of pig parasites, with
excellent results. Controlled trials
are still in the future, and the researchers are carefully not
naming the worms they worked with--they don't want anyone trying
this outside a medical setting, although all six of the patients
in the first study were helped significantly.