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Posted 11/5/2015 6:21 AM (GMT 0)
"A targeted antibiotic can eliminate infections caused by microbes that are resistant to most drugs, experiments in mouse cells suggest.

A team at biotechnology company Genentech in South San Francisco, California, borrowed a concept used in cancer treatment, in which an antibody — a protein designed to attach to particular cells — is connected to a cancer-fighting drug. Such 'antibody–drug conjugates' include Genentech’s Kadcyla (trastuzumab emtansine), which docks onto breast-cancer cells before deploying its cancer-killing payload.

Sanjeev Mariathasan, an immunologist at Genentech, and a large team of co-workers adapted this strategy — which they tested in mouse cells — by gluing an antibody against Staphylococcus aureus (Staph) bacteria to an antibiotic, a modified version of the drug rifampin, which is used to treat tuberculosis."

www.nature.com/news/stealth-bomb-antibiotic-vanquishes-drug-resistant-bacteria-1.18696
Posted 11/5/2015 6:34 AM (GMT 0)
this will never happen for lyme
Posted 11/5/2015 1:19 PM (GMT 0)
Very interesting!

Thanks for sharing, project!
Posted 11/5/2015 2:01 PM (GMT 0)
I don't know about never happening with Lyme, but it would be difficult for many, since the body isn't always able to produce enough antibodies to even show that we have Lyme, the same for Bartonella, Babesia and others - especially when Lyme is involved since it inhibits the immune system.

I would think that if they ever apply it to Lyme, it might help some though.

Thanks for posting this, Project!
Posted 11/5/2015 4:39 PM (GMT 0)
Fascinating! Hopefully, LD will also (?) benefit!

Also, for those who didn't catch the "killing cancer" Vice show on tv, there were 3 hospitals in PA, TX, along & then Mayo in MN. Each case had a different approach.

A young girl in PA was injected with a modified HIV to tackle her leukemia, i.e. "experimental T-cell therapy" & "immunotherapy for the treatment of cancer." 2 years later she is still miraculously in remission.

And then another woman was given altered measles vax to attack her cancer cells (scary stuff injecting one damaging virus to cure another bad one!). A father at Mayo was also injected with the measles virus to beat his myeloma. And a TX man was injected with a cold virus.

*Note, it is still not a refined study, as some these patients came to the brink of death with these treatments, before they were "cured." But T-cell therapy might be publicly available by 2016.
http://killingcancer.vice.com/
Posted 11/5/2015 4:57 PM (GMT 0)
This actually sounds a lot like the LDI technology.
Posted 11/5/2015 5:11 PM (GMT 0)
I was just going to say the same thing Sarah! Have you started? I am hoping my booster dose gets here soon.
Posted 11/5/2015 5:17 PM (GMT 0)
sarah & kyo~Do your LLMD docs do this or do you go elsewhere? I'm sry if I missed your thread, but improvements?
Posted 11/6/2015 3:21 PM (GMT 0)
My LLMD does it. I have not started yet. There was a thread about LDI somewhere around here...
Posted 11/6/2015 3:58 PM (GMT 0)
happyjo - I found a doc in OH that does it. Here's a link to docs that do LDA which is same principle as LDI:
http://www.drshrader.com/lda_physicians.htm

I noticed an improvement in my buzzing but it was short lived. However, the buzzing did not come back the same. It is more like a shaking now. It feels like someone is shaking my bed! And I primarily only have it or notice it when I go to bed and through the night. Before my legs/feet would buzz all day. I have only had 1 dose and will get a booster soon. I will update my LDI post when I take it.
Posted 11/6/2015 9:59 PM (GMT 0)

sarahm620 said...
My LLMD does it. I have not started yet. There was a thread about LDI somewhere around here...

Actually there have been a couple of threads on it lately:
www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=30&m=3507823


www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=30&m=3516780
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