Internationally, New Zealand seems to be a desired destination. We have a thriving tourist industry, tempting tourists with a multitude of ways to place their lives in danger. Unfortunately, there is not the same attraction for career scientists, partly because of funding and partly because of remoteness from the centres of international research excellence. The adventurous spirit seems to be implanted in our genes. As a Boy Scout, I had frequent expeditions into the wilderness, usually in a small team of others near my age. I learned the value of working in a team to achieve a goal. Like in Boy Scouts, the most cost-effective way to advance in research is to form teams.
See how John Aitken’s exceptional team has been able to accomplish critical Crohn’s disease research despite encountering many obstacles.
John Aitken – A Little Bit of Luck
Experiments have two primary outcomes, either confirmation or rejection. There is, however, a third outcome – The Unexpected. Luck never actually appears in publications as a contributing factor. The lucky observation is the catalyst. Some of the most significant discoveries made in microbiology were flukes of luck. Sometimes, trial and error leads to a point where the experiments narrow down. This can happen when you get lucky. I think it happened to me.
Read on to find out how John Aitken first became interested in Crohn’s research and see how a little bit of luck has led to some of the most important scientific discoveries.
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John Aitken – Get Your Child A Microscope!
Parents of children sometimes get strange requests for birthday or festive presents. My obsession at the age of ten was to have a microscope. (I wanted to look at a fly’s eye!) Even today, one of my questions to prospective job candidates is: “Did your parents ever give you a microscope as a present when you were a kid?” By following rational and scientific methodology in 1882, Robert Koch announced the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to the world.
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Dr. William Chamberlin – FepiBro
A team out of New Zealand has discovered Ziehl-Neelsen positive bacteria in blood cells of dendritic cell and macrophage lineage. The importance of finding a Ziehl-Neelsen positive unidentified bacterial species inside circulating macrophages is under investigation. Logic suggests that therapies that enhance innate immunity, regulate immune signaling and control ineffective inflammation will restore immune efficacy so that a patient’s immune system can effectively handle a chronic intracellular microbial disease. Formulated EpiBro (or FepiBro) possesses the above qualities.
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Dr. Michael Collins – The MAP Infection | An Introduction
Crohn’s disease is a foodborne zoonotic bacterial infection caused by a pathogen known as MAP. This bold concept is moving from theory to reality. An international research symposium being held August 16 in Deerfield, Illinois will bring to light this new idea as to what causes Crohn’s disease, an idea that offers a path to complete cure.
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