Chronic Lyme Disease Research Center At Columbia U

06.11.06, 21:17
Przy okazji tej petycji to to zajrzalem na strony LDA gdzie podaja, ze brakuje im juz tylko $10000 by otworzyc Centrum Badan nad Chroniczna Borelioza przy Uniwersytecie Kolumbijskim (Chronic Lyme Disease Research Center At Columbia University).

Zebrali wiec juz cos kolo 3 milionow dolarow. Reszte ma wylozyc Uniwersytet.
Zalozenie tego jest takie, ze jak juz takie Centrum powstanie (a bedzie zdecydowanie pod wplywem ILADS a nie oszukanczej IDSY) to przyciagnie do siebie tez powazniejsze pieniadze na badania z grantow panstwowych.

LDA czyli Stowarzysznie Amerykanskich Pacjentow z Borelioza opiera sie wylacznie na woluntariuszach i jak dotad nie ma tam ani jednej osoby zatrudnionej na etat.
    • wroteknowynick Re: Chronic Lyme Disease Research Center At Colum 06.11.06, 21:29
      To będzie interesujące, ciekawe od czego zaczną swoje badania i czy jest jakiś
      program i cele przygotowane.
      • artur737 Re: Chronic Lyme Disease Research Center At Colum 06.11.06, 21:49
        Na pewno bedzie duzy nacisk na psychiatrie bo slynny Fallon ma tam pracowac a on jest psychiatra. Beda mieli narzedzia do badania przeplywow mozgowych tez, bo czytalem gdzies o tym oraz 'funkcjonalny' rezonans magnetyczny (dokladniejszy niz zwykly) glownie do badan mozgowia.
        • dartom.www Re: Chronic Lyme Disease Research Center At Colum 12.04.07, 17:58
          i oto chodzi
    • artur737 Re: Chronic Lyme Disease Research Center At Colum 06.11.06, 22:17
      Mialo byc brakuje $100000 a nie $10000.Zgubilem jedno zero. Ale to i tak niewiele w porownaniu z tym co juz zebrano. Jeszcze jedna akcja zbiorki funduszow i bedzie calosc, albo nawet wiecej. Bo oni na raz zbieraja $200000-300000.
      • wroteknowynick Re: Chronic Lyme Disease Research Center At Colum 06.11.06, 22:28
        Piękne mikroskopy pewnie też kupią. NO NO Proszę proszę, nasza łatwa do
        wyleczenia borelioza będzie miała własne centrum badawcze smile
        • artur737 Re: Chronic Lyme Disease Research Center At Colum 12.04.07, 06:37
          Oficjalne otwarcie 30 Kwietnia br w poniedzialek. W marcu na aukcji zgromadzono
          brakujace $100000.

          Na czele centrum ma stac psychiatra Dr Brian
          Fallon.
          • wroteknowynick Re: Chronic Lyme Disease Research Center At Colum 12.04.07, 11:55
            Jednym z przemawiających rzeczników Lyme Disease Association będzie aktorka MAry
            McDonnel grająca panią prezydent w Battlestar Gallactica ^^
            • wroteknowynick Re: Chronic Lyme Disease Research Center At Colum 12.04.07, 12:54
              tłumaczenie krótkiej informacji z lymenetu
              =======================

              Już otwieramy!

              W poniedziałek, 30 Kwietnia, 2007 o godziny 14:00 do 17:00., odbędzie się
              sympozjum by uczcić otwarcie Centrum Badań Choroby z Lyme i h Chorób
              Odkleszczowych na Uniwersyteckim Centrum Medycznym Columbia, które będzie pod
              zarządem Dr Brian’a Fallon’a, stowarzyszonego profesora klinicznej psychiatrii.

              Sympozjum zostanie otwarte komentarzami Dr Jeffrey Lieberman’a, przewodniczącego
              Departamentu Psychiatrii w CUMC, oraz Dr Gerald Fischbach, Profesora Badań
              Medycznych i Chirurgicznych na CUMC.

              Nominowana do Oskara aktorka i gwiazda Battlestar Galactica Mary McDonnell,
              rzeczniczka dla Lyme Disease Association, Inc., będzie omawiać doświadczenia jej
              rodziny z Chorobą z Lyme.

              Naukowe prezentacje obejmą:

              Kontrowersje w Chorobie z Lyme
              Dr Brian Fallon, stowarzyszony profesor klinicznej psychiatrii i dyrektor
              Centrum Badań Choroby z Lyme i Chorób Odkleszczowych na CUMC.

              Występowanie i rozprzestrzenianie się Choroby z Lyme w Stanach Zjednoczonych
              C.Ben Beard, PhD, szef Bakteryjnych Zoonoz, gałęzi Wydziału Wektorowych Chorób
              Infekcyjnych, Centra Kontroli Chorób i Prewencji.

              Molekularne Metody Identyfikacja Patogenu
              Dr. W. Ian Lipkin, profesor Neurologii, Epidemiologii, oraz Patologii i dyrektor
              laboratorium Chorób Infekcyjnych Greene , Mailman School of Public Health

              Inne Czynniki Chorobotwórcze u Ludzi, przenoszone przez kleszcze Rafai Tokarz,
              PhD, podoktorancki naukowiec, Greene
              Infectious Disease Laboratory, Mailman School of Public Health

              Odkrycia dokonane przy pomocy Funkcjonalnego Neuroobrazowania w Chronicznej
              Neurologicznej Chorobie z Lyme James Meller, PhD, asystent profesor klinicznej
              psychiatrii, , Columbia University Medical Center.

              Osoby o różnych specjalizacjach, pracownicy i studenci są mile widziani do
              wzięcia udziału w sympozjum, które odbędzie się w Audytorium Hellman, 1 piętro
              New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Driver.

              Po więcej informacji skontaktuj się z Janey Ozoria pod
              jo2114@columbia.edu or
              1-212-304-7212.
              • lucky_leprechaun Re: Chronic Lyme Disease Research Center At Colum 12.04.07, 18:26
                Super informacja. Ciekawe, czy zamieszcza gdzies w necie teksty wystapień.
                Moze wreszcie cos sie rozrusza w temacie boreliozy, bo powstanie centrum jest
                już dobrym sygnałem. W koncu nie ma (chyba) centrum badan i leczenia biegunek,
                toxoplazmozy, cytomegalii, mononukleozy czy nawet wirusowego zapaleniawatroby C
                czy B.
                • wroteknowynick Re: Chronic Lyme Disease Research Center At Colum 12.04.07, 18:38
                  Na pewno będą zapisy dźwięku i potem w postaci tekstu też smile
          • artur737 Chronic Lyme Disease Research Center At Colum 20.04.07, 19:22
            First Lyme & Tick-Borne Diseases Research Center to Open at Columbia University
            Medical Center, Time for Lyme and the Lyme Disease Association Endow Center for
            Lyme Research and Cure

            The Lyme & Tick-borne Diseases Research Center will open at Columbia University
            Medical Center. It will be the first in the country to focus on unraveling the
            complexities of these illnesses.

            Greenwich, CT (PRWEB) April 20, 2007
            • artur737 Re: Chronic Lyme Disease Research Center At Colum 20.04.07, 19:23
              Dr. Fallon notes, "The current controversy underscores our crucial need for the
              Lyme & Tick-Borne Diseases Research Center at Columbia, and for the more
              definitive research on Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses we will
              conduct here - particularly in their chronic stages."

              He and many other Lyme specialists believe chronic Lyme disease causes serious
              long-term effects - from cardiovascular and lung problems to neurological
              deficiencies and joint disorders - in 10-25% of all Lyme disease patients.

              The Center at Columbia University will establish an integrative research program
              with state of the art and visionary research.

              Dr. Fallon explains, "Because the Center will focus on basic science and
              clinical research, we will have the ability to connect the diagnostic questions
              and treatment issues that have puzzled the medical community for decades with
              the scientists who have access to the powerful biotechnological tools that are
              transforming modern medicine.

              It's the questions that emerge from working with individuals and subgroups of
              patients with Lyme disease that will play a key role in shaping the direction of
              laboratory studies," he concludes.

              Time for Lyme's Debbie Siciliano notes that, while the generosity of donors
              enabled her organization to help endow the Lyme & Tick-Borne Diseases Research
              Center at Columbia, their job is far from over.

              "We are mindful that now the real work begins. With research programs targeting
              better diagnostics and, ultimately, a cure, we envision speedy progress to help
              eradicate Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses," Siciliano explains.

              About Time for Lyme
              Time For Lyme, Inc., affiliate of Lyme Disease Association, is an organization
              dedicated to eliminating the devastating effects of Lyme disease and other
              tick-borne illness.

              Our mission is to prevent the spread of disease, develop definitive diagnostic
              tools and effective treatments, and to ultimately find a cure for tick-borne
              illness by supporting research, education, and the acquisition and dissemination
              of information.

              In addition, we will continue to act as advocates for Lyme disease sufferers and
              their families through support of legislative reform on the federal, state and
              local levels. For more information on our organization, please visit
              www.timeforlyme.org.

              About the Lyme Disease Association
              The Lyme Disease Association (LDA) is a national nonprofit volunteer
              organization that devotes ninety-eight percent of its funds to programs--funding
              research, education, prevention and patient support.

              LDA-funded research has been published in peer review including JAMA, Neurology,
              Infection, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. Recognizing
              that the ability to find solutions involves a multi-disciplinary effort, the LDA
              has partnered with businesses, patient groups, celebrities, government, and the
              medical community to unlock the secrets of Lyme and other tick-borne diseases.
              LDA is currently planning its 8th fully CME accredited medical conference for
              physicians on Lyme and other tick-borne diseases.

              To order free brochures, to learn about LDA's LymeAid 4 Kids fund for families
              without insurance, or to find out more about Lyme disease, visit
              LymeDiseaseAssociation.org.

              About Dr. Brian A. Fallon
              Brian A. Fallon, MD, MPH, Associate Professor at the Columbia University Medical
              Center, is the director of the Lyme Disease Research Program at the New York
              State Psychiatric Institute.

              A graduate of Harvard College, he obtained his M.D. degree from the Columbia
              University College of Physicians and Surgeons, as well as a master's degree in
              public health epidemiology from Columbia University.

              Dr. Fallon is the recipient of over $10 million in federal and private
              foundation grants, with work spanning infectious disease, neuropsychiatry, and
              neurology.

              Dr. Fallon's publications have focused on chronic Lyme disease, its diverse
              manifestations in children and adults, the impact of Lyme disease on the brain,
              and controlled treatment trials.

              He has presented his research internationally and before members of Congress,
              the CDC, NIH, and HHS. Recent research has focused on the search for better
              diagnostic tests and biomarkers of treatment response.



              Pisze, ze pierwsze zadanie to ulepszyc testy diagnostyczne na borelioze, zeby
              IDSA przestala wreszcie przeszkadzac.
    • artur737 Oswiadczenie prasowe LDA 23.04.07, 17:00
      LYME & TICK-BORNE DISEASES RESEARCH CENTER OPENS AT COLUMBIA THROUGH PARTNERSHIP
      WITH LYME DISEASE ASSOCIATION & TIME FOR LYME

      Author Amy Tan calls it “Center for Hope” for patients

      Wall Township, NJ, April 2007 – In a move that coincides with scientific concern
      worldwide over global warming and the resultant increase in the range and
      numbers of ticks and tick-borne diseases, Columbia University Medical Center is
      opening the first endowed research center for chronic Lyme disease in the world
      on April 30.

      The Lyme & Tick-Borne Diseases Research Center in New York will use its vast
      resources to bring together various disciplines from within and outside of the
      University to address fundamental clinical and basic science questions that
      plague adults and children affected by Lyme disease.

      According to Brian A. Fallon, MD, the new center director, “Benefits accrue
      exponentially when scientists from multiple disciplines apply their specific
      expertise to solve complex problems.

      This is what is so tremendously valuable about this new Lyme and Tick-Borne
      Diseases Research Center at Columbia, as the solutions to fundamental diagnostic
      and treatment questions require the coordinated effort of highly skilled
      scientists using the latest in biotechnology that only a university-based center
      can provide.”

      Dr. Fallon is also associate professor of psychiatry at Columbia University and
      director of the Lyme Disease Research Program, New York State Psychiatric Institute.

      The Center’s clinical and research mission includes studies of new diagnostic
      tests, clinical phenomenology, immunopathogenesis, co-infections, genetic
      markers of vulnerability, brain imaging, neuoropathology of post-mortem brains,
      well-controlled studies of new treatments and tick pathogens.

      This Center will serve as a national resource, providing pilot grants to
      researchers nation-wide and focusing the latest scientific technology on helping
      to resolve the problems of chronic Lyme disease.

      As Lyme cases increase worldwide, so does the development of chronic disease
      which may result from a delayed diagnosis and delayed or inadequate treatment.

      While much is known about early Lyme disease, relatively little is known about
      chronic Lyme disease, despite its disabling effects, which may include
      arthritis, cognitive loss, peripheral neuropathies, and debilitating fatigue.

      Sometimes, Lyme may also cause strokes, blindness, severe psychiatric disorders,
      and multiple-sclerosis-like illnesses.

      Adults may become permanently disabled, and children may be home sick for months
      or years, missing the key academic and social influences so critical to healthy
      development.

      Internationally acclaimed author (and Lyme patient) Amy Tan expresses “my deep
      gratitude to all those whose commitment helped create this world-class center
      for Lyme disease research. For many of us, it is also a center for hope.

      We now know there is support for the best minds in science and medicine to work
      toward more accurate diagnosis and more effective treatment of a widespread and
      devastating disease.”

      The national New Jersey-based Lyme Disease Association, Inc. (LDA) and
      Connecticut-based Time For Lyme (TFL) who are affiliated organizations,
      partnered with Columbia in the development of this center concept and devoted a
      large percent of their efforts and resources in the past 5 years to funding the
      endowment for the Center.

      People nationwide contributed to make this effort a success. Pat Smith, LDA
      President, said of the opening, “This is a banner day for everyone connected to
      Lyme disease and those at risk for tick-borne diseases.

      Columbia University now houses a premier center which will focus efforts on a
      definitive Lyme test, chronic Lyme disease, tissue studies, and even tick pathogens.

      The unsettled science which has clouded diagnosis and treatment will be closely
      examined in an environment where researchers are interested in discovering the
      truth about Lyme disease.”


      About Lyme Disease Association—The Lyme Disease Association (LDA) is a national
      nonprofit all-volunteer organization that devotes ninety-eight percent of its
      funds to programs-funding research, education, prevention and patient support.

      LDA-funded research has been published in peer review including JAMA, Neurology,
      Infection, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.

      Recognizing that the ability to find solutions involves a multi-disciplinary
      effort, the LDA has partnered with businesses, patient groups, celebrities,
      government, and the medical community to unlock the secrets of Lyme and other
      tick-borne diseases.

      LDA is currently planning its 8th fully CME accredited medical conference for
      physicians on Lyme and other tick- borne diseases. Go to LymeDiseaseAssociation.org.

      About Time for Lyme—TFL, affiliate of Lyme Disease Association, is an
      organization dedicated to eliminating the devastating effects of Lyme and other
      tick-borne diseases.

      Its mission is to prevent the spread of disease, develop definitive diagnostic
      tools and effective treatments, and to ultimately find a cure for tick-borne
      illness by supporting research, education, and the acquisition and dissemination
      of information.

      In addition, TFL advocates for Lyme disease sufferers and their families through
      support of legislative reform on the federal, state and local levels.

      For more information on TFL, please visit www.timeforlyme.org.

      About Dr. Brian A. Fallon, MD, MPH—He is Associate Professor at Columbia
      University College of Physicians and Surgeons and director of the Lyme Disease
      Research Program at the New York State Psychiatric Institute.

      He graduated from Harvard, got his M.D. and a MPH from Columbia University
      College of Physicians and Surgeons. He has dozens of publications in the Lyme
      disease field and much of his work has been supported by NIH grants and has been
      acclaimed internationally.
      • artur737 Re: Oswiadczenie prasowe LDA 23.04.07, 17:05
        Nie tlumacze, bo to jest ciagle to samo tylko inaczej powiedziane.
      • artur737 Re: Oswiadczenie prasowe LDA 01.05.07, 17:39
        Centrum juz jest otwarte. Fallon ma nadzieje, ze jego dzialalnosc polaczy
        skloconych naukowcow. (Fallon rzeczywiscie siedzi okrakiem na plocie, jezeli
        chodzi o podejscie do boreliozy).
        Zapowiedzial wnikliwsze podejscie do problemu koinfekcji.

        Na otwarciu byl tez przedstawiciel CDC i zapowiedzial, ze CDC bedzie sie zywo
        interesowalo dalszymi efektami pracy nowego Centrum.
        • wroteknowynick Re: Oswiadczenie prasowe LDA 01.05.07, 18:52
          Ciekawe czy mają juz jakiś prospekty prac i listę pomysłów czym się będą zajmowac.
          • eter05 Re: Oswiadczenie prasowe LDA 01.05.07, 20:20
            Centrum otwarte a c o z nami....
            • wroteknowynick Re: Oswiadczenie prasowe LDA 01.05.07, 20:32
              To jest centrum badawcze a nie centrum lecznicze.
              • wroteknowynick Re: Oswiadczenie prasowe LDA 01.05.07, 20:42
                flash.lymenet.org/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=054242 ciekawa
                dyskusja. Podobny wątek by nam się tutaj przydał. Artur zgłaszam się do ciebie z
                petycją o zamieszczeniu priorytetowego wątku na forum o otwarciu Centrum Badań
                nad Chroniczną Boreliozą
                • wroteknowynick Re: Oswiadczenie prasowe LDA 01.05.07, 20:47
                  Zrób taką pinezkę czy coś.
                  • artur737 Re: Oswiadczenie prasowe LDA 01.05.07, 20:49
                    Moge przyszpilic na kilka dni. Zadowolniony?
                    • wroteknowynick Re: Oswiadczenie prasowe LDA 01.05.07, 20:51
                      smile Co się jeżysz.
                      To ważny krok do przodu, 9 lat pracowali nad otwarciem centrum.
                      • artur737 Re: Oswiadczenie prasowe LDA 01.05.07, 21:02
                        Siedzisz na tym forum juz lata, a nie zauwazyles, ze przyszpilanie to nie jest
                        zaden honor dla watkow bo ludzie z dziwnych powodow przestaja wtedy w nich pisac.

                        Przyszpilanie jest dobre do ogloszen i to tyle.
                        • wroteknowynick Re: Oswiadczenie prasowe LDA 01.05.07, 21:14
                          Wlasciwie to myslalem by przetlumaczyc jakis raport,jak juz wyjdzie, z otwarcia
                          i umiescic w osobnym watku.
                          • artur737 Re: Oswiadczenie prasowe LDA 02.05.07, 17:37
                            Troche watpie by taki raport sie ukazal. Zreszta to co sie dzieje na glali
                            otwarcia nie jest wcale tak wazne.

                            Moga sie sypac roznego rodzaju obietnice i deklaracje, ale niekoniecznie za tym
                            moga isc dokonania i odkrycia.

                            Kolejnym etapem po otwarciu bedzie sciagniecie funduszy na prace badawcze.
                            Wiele zalezec bedzie od doboru personelu, ich umiejetnosci pisania efektywnych
                            grantow i kreatywnosci myslenia.

                            Praktyczna korzysc z tego centrum moze sie pojawic nie wczesniej niz za kilka -
                            kilkanascie lat.
                            • artur737 Przemowienie LDA na otwarciu 03.05.07, 21:27
                              Remarks at Opening of Lyme & Tick-Borne Diseases Research Center at
                              Columbia University

                              April 30, 2007 , Pat Smith, President, Lyme Disease Association, Inc.

                              Since the discovery of Lyme disease over 30 years ago in Connecticut, millions
                              of people have acquired it in the United States alone, yet its sickest victims
                              have been treated like Lepers, banished to a shadowy world where doctors are
                              afraid to treat and where researchers on only one side of the controversy
                              surrounding Lyme are usually funded. While battles rage, patients die—and
                              doctors are targeted for treating, and children are taken away from parents
                              whose only crime is having their children treated for Lyme disease.

                              This is the world many of us mothers faced at the turn of the century, when some
                              impatient moms, who had originally met in 1998, took matters into their own
                              hands. Diane Blanchard, Debbie Siciliano, and I, met and conceived of the idea
                              of developing something at Columbia . An endowed chair morphed into a center,
                              one to study chronic Lyme disease, one that would be cutting edge and be under
                              the direction of Brian Fallon, a man whose research in neurologic Lyme disease
                              was already acclaimed internationally.

                              So the journey began: three mothers, a researcher, and 2 attorneys spending
                              hours in meetings hammering out what the center would be like, how the monies
                              would be used, who would guide the center. From the seed of the Center idea to
                              the time of full funding, Lyme disease reported cases increased by almost 1/3,
                              and our chronological ages increased by 7 years. One of us became a Center
                              Director and may have acquired a few gray hairs in the process smile, two of us
                              became mothers of high schoolers, and one had her last child graduate from
                              college and acquired the title of grandmother, a title that will be bestowed
                              upon me two more times this summer. In hindsight, 7 years was the blink of an
                              eye, but for suffering patients, it has been an eternity. These patients are why
                              we are here today.

                              This center has been our dream, a dream that started with a strong partnership,
                              a dream that required thousands of man hours, and woman hours, to bring it to
                              fruition today in these hallowed halls of Columbia University Medical Center .
                              As with most worthwhile things, the work was hard, frustrating, and seemed
                              endless at times. But we had our dream, beyond that next mountain, we could see
                              it− that nebulous concept of Center out there— shrouded in fog, one day giving
                              us tantalizing glimpses of its potential, the next cruelly hiding its glorious
                              nature from our view.

                              Today marks the beginning of a new era, one in which chronic Lyme disease will
                              finally have its day in the sun, where its deadly secrets will be exposed for
                              all to see. Like any commencement, today signifies the passing from one stage
                              to the next: today from dream to reality, and tomorrow passing into the future
                              reality where the work is already progressing toward the cure for chronic Lyme
                              disease. When that cure happens, I will not be on this podium but dancing in the
                              streets, with my partners, Di & Deb, who will probably be holding me upright by
                              then.

                              At this time, I want to thank all of those esteemed scientists who have agreed
                              to serve on the Center advisory board and everyone who has come today,
                              especially the speakers and Dr. Ben Beard from the Centers for Disease Control &
                              Prevention who came all the way from Ft. Collins Colorado to share in our
                              celebration today.

                              • artur737 Re: Przemowienie LDA na otwarciu cd 03.05.07, 21:27
                                I thank all of those who have helped in this endeavor, an awesome effort,
                                considering it has been done with all volunteers and both groups have scored
                                other major accomplishments at this same time. We had total commitment from our
                                attorneys (Phil Marella TFL, Jurij Mykolajtchuk, LDA), our boards (LDA board
                                stand—Pam Lampe, Corey Lakin, Ruth Waddington, Kim Uffleman, Inge Querfeldt,
                                Linda Davis, Joan Wire, Jeannine Phillips), and our advisory boards. I
                                particularly want to acknowledge my Executive Vice President, Pam Lampe, whose
                                hard work behind the scenes is only exceeded by the tons of emails and phone
                                calls I made to her over time, demanding actions no real person could complete,
                                yet she did.

                                I thank those who took time from their busy personal schedules to lend their
                                support, like LDA’s Literati with Lyme: Amy Tan, Meg Cabot, Jordan Fisher Smith,
                                E. Jean Carroll, Jennifer Weis, and Rebecca Wells, and LDA’s national
                                spokesperson, Mary McDonnell who graciously joined us at the both the kickoff
                                and the opening celebration today. Then we have LDA chapters, affiliates, &
                                supporters nationwide, the doctors, researchers, and the patients, who laughed
                                with us, cried with us, and worked with us.

                                I especially thank the donors, who without fan fare, have been so charitable to
                                us, and without whose generosity, this dream could not have become reality. I
                                must not forget our families who have been so emotionally supportive of us and
                                forgiving of the time we have spent on this project —our children, who have been
                                an inspiration to us.

                                I thank the Columbia team, Dean of the Medical School, Dr. Lee Goldman; Dr
                                Jeffrey Lieberman, Chair of Department of Psychiatry; and former Dean Dr. Gerald
                                Fischbach, supportive since the Center’s inception, and of course, Dr. Brian
                                Fallon, whom I first met in 1993 when he gave a talk in a church basement in NJ
                                for us. Rumor has it, he still gives the same talk today, and I guess we’ll find
                                out later in the program. He has probably breathed a huge sigh of relief
                                thinking he is now able to leave behind these three moms who have run him ragged
                                for many years and be able to close himself into his lab, roll up his sleeves,
                                and get to work. Little does he know, however, that relief is short-lived—we
                                moms will be outside that lab door, peering in, banging on the glass for his
                                attention, until he and the other Center researchers find that definitive test
                                and ultimately, a cure for chronic Lyme disease.

                                Last, but never least, I thank my partners and dear friends, Deb & Di, for their
                                shared vision, their leadership, their dedication, and their camaraderie.
                                United, we stood, and united, we stand. Surely, a Lyme Disease Research Center
                                built on that kind of foundation shall be nothing but successful. Thank you.
    • dartom.www Re: Chronic Lyme Disease Research Center At Colum 01.05.07, 20:47
      tutaj macie ciekawą prace nt. SPECT i LYme, Columbia U


      www.journals.uchicago.edu/CID/journal/issues/v25nS1/jy21_57/jy21_57.web.pdf?erFrom=-6899468524039399423Guest
      • franiolek1 Re: Chronic Lyme Disease Research Center At Colum 01.05.07, 21:45
        Nie moge tego otworzyc porzadnie...ale widze duzymi wolami IDSA.....
        • wroteknowynick Re: Chronic Lyme Disease Research Center At Colum 01.05.07, 22:14
          Ja też nie mogę, jakiś błąd z plikami cookie
    • dartom.www Re: Chronic Lyme Disease Research Center At Colum 01.05.07, 23:31
      to powinno działać:

      www.journals.uchicago.edu/CID/journal/issues/v25nS1/jy21_57/jy21_57.web.pdf
      • wroteknowynick Re: Chronic Lyme Disease Research Center At Colum 01.05.07, 23:45
        Bardzo lubie takie badania z wykorzystaniem Pozytronowej Emisyjnej
        Tomografii(PET) lub Funkcjonalnego Rezonansu Magnetycznego(fMRI). Ciekawe czemu
        perfuzja mózgu jest obniżona w boreliozie, jeszcze nie przeczytałem tego badania.
    • artur737 Re: Chronic Lyme Disease Research Center At Colum 01.06.07, 22:40
      A tu jest wywiad z Fallonem na temat nowego centrum.

      www.townsendletter.com/April2007/lymecohen0407.htm
      M.in. pisze, ze wynajal fachowca to szukania dodatkowych mikrobow w kleszczach -
      tych jeszcze nieznanych nauce bo byc moze to one sa odpowiedzialne za
      uporczywosc symptomow.
      Nazywa sie Rafal Tokarz wiec chyba Polak.

      Pisze tez, ze Centrum bedzie przede wszystkim korzystac z pieniedzy prywatnych i
      darowizm aby wykonywac obserwacje pilotowe. Jezeli zlapia cos ciekawszego, to
      wtedy beda sie starac o fundusze rzadowe juz na podstawie tych studiow wstepnych
      badan i ze tak bedzie latwiej.

      • artur737 Biezace projekty nowego centrum 04.06.07, 04:43
        Columbia University Lyme & Tick-borne Diseases Center

        1. Laboratory testing for Lyme Disease

        Four laboratories are being compared to determine which lab has the best
        sensitivity and specificity for Lyme testing of patients with chronic persistent
        symptoms. Serum sample from each patient and control is divided and sent to each
        of the 4 labs - 3 are Lyme specialty labs and 1 is a commercial lab.

        2. SPECT Study

        Because SPECT scans of the brain may be useful as a tool in differential
        diagnosis, we are comparing the brain SPECT reports from patients with
        well-documented chronic Lyme disease and two control groups who are age- and
        sex-matched (depressed individuals, healthy controls). Although believed to
        be useful as a clinical tool, this has never been tested in a diagnosis-blinded
        fashion as it will be in this study. Two expert nuclear medicine physicians
        (Dr. Ronald Van Heertum and other) will read the scans blind to diagnosis.

        3. Tick Co-infection Study

        Because ticks carry more than B.burgdorferi, Dr. Rafal Tokarz in the Greene
        Infectious Diseases Laboratory at Columbia with Dr. Ian Lipkin is examining what
        other pathogens may be found within ticks.

        4. Neurocognitive Profile Study

        Being able to distinguish Lyme Disease from other diseases that can cause
        cognitive problems is crucial in differential diagnosis and treatment planning.
        Toward this end, Dr. John Keilp is comparing the results from 81 patients with
        IgG Western blot positive Lyme disease with chronic cognitive symptoms with
        patients without Lyme disease who suffer from depression. These groups will be
        contrasted to determine which cognitive tests are best able to discriminate the
        two groups.

        5. Brain and Serum Bank

        The Columbia Lyme Center in collaboration with Dr. Andrew Dwork co-director
        of neuropathology at the NYS Psychiatric Institute is now able to collect
        post-mortem brains from patients with well-documented Lyme disease and from
        patients with other diseases that may have been exacerbated or caused by
        infection with Bb. A serum and CSF bank is also being established from
        well-documented patients with chronic Lyme disease and from controls with other
        diseases that will serve as a resource for evaluating the sensitivity and
        specificity of new diagnostic assays.

        6. Proteomics

        Under the direction of Dr. Steven Schutzer in collaboration with Columbia
        and investigators from other institutions, a proteomics study will be
        undertaken to determine whether miniscule amounts of protein can be identified
        in patient samples to distinguish Lyme disease from other inflammatory diseases
        and healthy controls.

        7. Brain Mapping

        Dr. Fallon and Dr. Moeller are examining the sensitivity and specificity of
        a newly identified brain map that may serve to differentiate patients with
        neurologic Lyme disease from patients with non-CNS Lyme disease. Identification
        of different brain maps may then elucidate the pathophysiology of chronic
        persistent symptoms.

        8. Education

        Two post-doc Lyme fellowships are now active, one in microbiology and one in
        family medicine. We also take 2 medical students every summer for an intensive
        8 week program in Lyme and tick-borne diseases and neuropsychiatry.


        • nataszkam Re: Biezace projekty nowego centrum 04.06.07, 15:18
          Bardzo ambitne plany i świetne podejście do całości zagadnień.
          Mam tylko nadzieję, że uda się coś ustalić pewnego i konkretnego, nim będzie za
          późno.
          Żeby nie było tak, jak z wrzodami żołądka- jeszcze niektórzy żyją z jego
          fragmentami, bo tylko resekcja ratowała życie....A teraz wystarczają zazwyczaj
          antybiotyki.
          • reni5553 Re: Biezace projekty nowego centrum 11.10.07, 19:34
            up.
            • reni5553 Re: Biezace projekty nowego centrum 09.06.08, 00:21
              up.
    • zazule Re: Chronic Lyme Disease Research Center At Colum 26.10.08, 19:19
      są jakies nowe wiadomosci?
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