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Berkeley Conference | Identifying and appraising the key variables that will determine if MAP is zoonotic

Berkeley Conference | Identifying and appraising the key variables that will determine if MAP is zoonotic

Dr. Robert Greenstein is a researcher in the Laboratory of Molecular Surgical Research at the VA Medical Center in Bronx, NY. He has written numerous publications on the subject of mycobacteria, and has recently turned his efforts toward the anti-MAP activity of existing Crohn’s disease therapies. Learn about Dr. Greenstein’s decades of work with MAP, conventional Crohn’s disease treatments and antibiotic resistance. His presentation concludes with a discussion of the proof needed to link MAP with Crohn’s, followed by an audience Q&A session.

Berkeley Conference | Controlling the switch between environmental and virulence programs of Mycobacterium avium

Dr. Jonathan Budzik is a Visiting Scholar at the University of California Berkeley Cox Lab and an Assistant Professor in the Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care  at the University of California, San Francisco. His research interests include understanding the changes in host protein phosphorylation during M. tuberculosis infection and investigating the molecular basis for M. avium. complex virulence.

Berkeley Conference | Introduction

Berkeley Conference | Introduction

To kick off Human Para’s 2018 conference, Mycobacterial Implications in Crohn’s and Chronic Inflammatory Diseases, Dr. William Chamberlin provided a brief overview of the history of atypical mycobacteria in human disease, suggestions on how to change the status quo by establishing causality and discussed the challenges going forward.

Berkeley Conference | A Call for Action

Berkeley Conference | A Call for Action

Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are not only conventional opportunistic pathogens, but they are important sources of triggers of chronic immune-mediated and autoimmune disorders. In this short note and associated paper, Dr. Karel Hruska highlights the risk posed by NTM in water, food, and soil. Hence NTM are associated with the so called “civilization diseases” (Type 1 diabetes, Crohn’s disease, multiple sclerosis, asthma, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, and others.)

Cardiac Sarcoidosis Patient Healed by Anti-MAP Antibiotics

Cardiac Sarcoidosis Patient Healed by Anti-MAP Antibiotics

The author of this recent case study, Branko G. Celler, an Emeritus Professor at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, developed a particularly serious form of sarcoidosis in 2012. While sarcoidosis is a chronic disease characterized by the formation of granulomas in various organs, only a small portion of patients have cardiac involvement, which can lead to symptomatic conduction disturbances, ventricular arrhythmias, progressive heart failure and sudden death. Read more about his recovery with anti-mycobacterial antibiotics.

Berkeley Conference in September: Updates and Registration

Berkeley Conference in September: Updates and Registration

Have you reserved your spot for the Human Para Conference, Mycobacterial Implications in Crohn’s and Chronic Inflammatory Diseases, coming to Berkeley, CA on September 21st & 22nd? It’s not too late! Registration closes a week prior to the event, and a detailed agenda, abstracts and updated registration information have recently been added to the conference pages. Additionally, we are pleased to announce that portions of this activity have been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM.

Joint MAP Testing Study Comes to NYC

Joint MAP Testing Study Comes to NYC

Two new dates have been added to the Joint MAP Testing Study! Dr. Stuart Weg and Dr. J. Todd Kuenstner will draw the final 45 samples needed to complete Human Para’s inaugural MAP research project in August. If you are over the age of 18 and live in the New York City area, please consider participating in our study, either as a Crohn’s disease patient or a healthy control. We are seeking 15 Crohn’s patients and 30 healthy control subjects to donate a small amount of blood.