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Posted in Health, Bio at 4:00 pm by David Bradley — 4 Comments
For years, the notion that bacteria could cause ulcers was brushed aside, until the work of Robin Warren, who “rediscovered” the gut microbe Helicobacter pylori, was finally accepted. More recently, periodontal disease, a bacterial infection of the gums, has been implicated in heart disease, it’s the toxins released by the bacteria that are to blame. And in a recent discussion with one leading researcher about the genetics of obesity, he told me that he considered it more likely that a bacterial infection was more likely to be to blame for some cases of obesity than genetics and conversely there may be bacteria that make some people thin.
Interestingly, Amy Proal of the Bacteriality blog also contact me to tell me that she believes doctors and the medical community are slow to warm to these very new ideas that bacteria might be to blame for chronic disease and obesity. “The evidence is overwhelming if you connect the dots,” Proal, a Biology graduate and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) sufferer told me, “Particularly interesting is the work of biomedical researcher Trevor Marshall who is using molecular modelling software to reveal many of the ways bacteria can interact with our innate immune system. Marshall is most famous for his eponymous Protocol, which uses low doses of antibiotics to apparently treat chronic health problems including CFS, fibromyalgia, and rheumatoid arthritis.
Key to
the
Protocol is
the concept of
“L-form bacteriaKey to the Protocol is the concept of “L-form bacteria. Bacteria that develop from classical bacteria, lose their cell walls, and then secrete themselves within white blood cells and biofilms, undetected. The Marshall Protocol is said to target these L-form bacteria and there are said to be thousands of patients with a variety of chronic illnesses undergoing this form of treatment and reportedly seeing serious improvement and even resolution of their symptoms.
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