Post by aligator on Feb 9, 2007 13:53:14 GMT -5
Background and Symptoms:
Morgellons Disease is an emerging infectious disease that infects thousands of people in the United States with major concentrations of patients in California, Texas, Florida and Oregon. The etiology of the disease is unknown and so is the treatment. The most debilitating aspect of the disease is its effect on the central nervous system. Patients who suffer from Morgellons describe similar symptoms and have difficulties with mental concentration, short term memory and brain fog. In addition, the disease can lead to depression and there are reports on the connection between Morgellons and autism in children.
Morgellons is a fairly new disease but there are many institutions that are forming teams to study this disease. The descriptions of symptoms by many Morgellons patients (as described on www.morgellons.org/symptoms.html) are frightening. This is an quote taken from www.morgellons.org website:
..report disturbing crawling, stinging, and biting sensations, as well as non-healing skin lesions, which are associated with highly unusual structures with highly unusual structures.
I have personally listened to detailed descriptions of the symptoms of this disease and something has got to be done. Our laboratory has adopted the task of studying this disease. Below are some pictures that we took in our laboratory for skin scab samples that we received from a Morgellons patient (anonymous). The autofluorescence of fibers seen in Morgellons disease has been reported by many researchers and it is unknown what these fibers are made off. Disturbing crawling, stinging, and biting sensations, as well as non-healing skin lesions, which are associated with highly unusual structures.
Our Role:
Our main mission at Clongen Laboratories is to work tirelessly towards improving human health. We continue to do so using our extensive experience in assay development, microbiology, virology and molecular diagnostics. We have received a few calls from Morgellons patients and individuals actively working on finding the cause and hopefully a cure in the near future for Morgellons and we feel an obligation to use the resources at our disposal in order to diagnose the cause for Morgellons. We do not have any outside funding for this project and would appreciate financial assistance in order to be able to finance this project and produce results that can help thousands understand their condition.
www.clongen.com/Morgellons%20Disease.htm
Morgellons Disease is an emerging infectious disease that infects thousands of people in the United States with major concentrations of patients in California, Texas, Florida and Oregon. The etiology of the disease is unknown and so is the treatment. The most debilitating aspect of the disease is its effect on the central nervous system. Patients who suffer from Morgellons describe similar symptoms and have difficulties with mental concentration, short term memory and brain fog. In addition, the disease can lead to depression and there are reports on the connection between Morgellons and autism in children.
Morgellons is a fairly new disease but there are many institutions that are forming teams to study this disease. The descriptions of symptoms by many Morgellons patients (as described on www.morgellons.org/symptoms.html) are frightening. This is an quote taken from www.morgellons.org website:
..report disturbing crawling, stinging, and biting sensations, as well as non-healing skin lesions, which are associated with highly unusual structures with highly unusual structures.
I have personally listened to detailed descriptions of the symptoms of this disease and something has got to be done. Our laboratory has adopted the task of studying this disease. Below are some pictures that we took in our laboratory for skin scab samples that we received from a Morgellons patient (anonymous). The autofluorescence of fibers seen in Morgellons disease has been reported by many researchers and it is unknown what these fibers are made off. Disturbing crawling, stinging, and biting sensations, as well as non-healing skin lesions, which are associated with highly unusual structures.
Our Role:
Our main mission at Clongen Laboratories is to work tirelessly towards improving human health. We continue to do so using our extensive experience in assay development, microbiology, virology and molecular diagnostics. We have received a few calls from Morgellons patients and individuals actively working on finding the cause and hopefully a cure in the near future for Morgellons and we feel an obligation to use the resources at our disposal in order to diagnose the cause for Morgellons. We do not have any outside funding for this project and would appreciate financial assistance in order to be able to finance this project and produce results that can help thousands understand their condition.
www.clongen.com/Morgellons%20Disease.htm