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08 Jan 2016 In Blog, News, Newsletter, Site Admin By

The MAP Gap Newsletter | January 2016

cropped-Virus-Micrograph.jpgWelcome to the first edition of The MAP Gap newsletter! The months since the August Chicago Symposium have flown by in a flurry of activity. We are happy to announce that TheCrohnsInfection.org will continue as a permanent site, not only to house the videos from the Chicago Symposium, but also to provide new information about the role of mycobacteria in Crohn’s disease.  2016 promises to be a year of discovery in this field. The Crohns Infection is dedicated to providing the most up-to-date information in our field to assist patients around the world in making informed decisions about their treatment. We are grateful for the support of this community and look forward to taking this journey together.

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06 Dec 2015 In Blog, John Aitken By

John Aitken | Victory

King George VIIt is now the end of 2015. For Crohn’s patients this year has been a time of great change. In the middle of the battle against this illness, there is some reason to hope.  In the midst of World War 2, Winston Churchill announced the change in fortunes for the British Empire, since the dark days of 1939, and instructed that the Church bells all over Britain be rung for the first time since the outbreak of the War. In his speech to the nation, he used the phrase: “Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.”

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04 Dec 2015 In Blog, Site Admin By

The Forgotten Plague | Part 2

TB Book coverWelcome to Part 2 of a review of the captivating book The Forgotten Plague: How the Battle Against Tuberculosis was Won – and Lost by Frank Ryan, M.D. In many ways this story parallels the struggle that is being waged against Crohn’s disease, though the death toll of tuberculosis was far greater. The research presented on this site points to the involvement of a mycobacterial species in Crohn’s disease, the same genus of the bacteria that causes tuberculosis. Therefore, the lessons learned in the battle against tuberculosis could have some applicability in the modern day war on Crohn’s disease. If you missed Part 1, you may want to give it a quick read before starting in on this concluding post.

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29 Nov 2015 In Blog, Dr. William Chamberlin By

Dr. William Chamberlin | Microbial Infection and Dysbiosis: All Part of the Same Process

Pic ChamberlinWestern culture tends to emphasize the importance of the individual more as an independent entity whereas Asian philosophy stresses the individual’s role as a component within a greater society. Both perspectives are valid; they are just different ways of conceptualizing what one is observing. This short paper is offered in an attempt to illustrate that the dysbiosis theory and the infectious theory of Crohn’s disease are not mutually exclusive.

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