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Hi all,

It would be good to view this PBS NOVA presentation about Alzheimers if anyone is interested. This one program centers around one (they say) genetic type of the disease and the rush to invent an antibody to the plaque (amalaise) and tangles that shows up in the brains of families of the affected descendants of one Spanish conquistador.

If I gleaned all the information in the program correctly. they did a double blind study with a drug that comprised an "antibody" to the amilyase itself as opposed to a vaccine that causes the body to build its' own antibodies.

The idea of this was that because the body was not already creating an antibody even though the amilyase was already detectable in the brain by a CT scan, it might be a good idea to get rid of the amylase and tangles anyway. (get rid of the symptoms visible in the CT scan) Since it was their own study, of course they found that this therapy slowed the progress of mild to moderate cases by 35% over the time frame of the study. (There was still mental decline, but not as fast)

Apparently the body does not recognize the amylase or tangles as foreign invaders. So in some ways, the cells of the amylase and tangles have a certain immunity from being absorbed and expelled by the body. Of course these cells are not free to roam around in the brain, so their mobility is severely limited. I have no idea how this antibody therapy would work since the drug is injected with an IV into the bloodstream. There were side effects from the antibody therapy including brain swelling and headaches, and some of the patients had to "drop out" of the study. ( They didn't say what happened to them)

I think I remember that the brain is one organ that does not grow new cells throughout ones' lifetime, so there is no natural mechanism for cell replacement when brain cells die ( if that is what the amylase material is ? )

Comparison with normal aging brains---

Then there is the other case where older folks that do not have Altzheimers'.

These folks will have brain cells die off too, (from old age) but never present with Alzheimers symptoms, amylase, or tangles either. Of course they are not genetically pre disposed to this disease in the first place.

I do know that at least some types of Alzheimers' does run in families.

If anyone wants to comment here about Alzheimers' or MMS and it's beneficial effects, please feel free to do so.

Hello Tillerman,
I think that the point of the presentation is to prove that Alzheimer's is a genetic and probably auto-immune disorder, and that by altering the antibody-antigen reaction, it would be possible to stall, or even invert the process behind the formation of those plaques.
In my opinion, it is barking at the wrong tree.
I am not saying that genetics aren't a factor, but odds are it is far from the most important one. The studies made by Alan Mc Donald found the DNA of multiple species of borreliae inside the brains of 85% of Alzheimher's patients. And those were the only ones he was looking for.
It is quite probable that most auto-immune and/or degenerative diseases are in fact the product of low-key infections and toxicity, which explains why MMS, basically a germ-killer, is so useful on so many cases.
I may not be able to prove it, and I certainly don't want this to be made public (I m not suicidal ... yet), but as the sayin goes: "the results speak for themselves."
So, in the case of Alzheimer's, the plaques are more the symptoms than the cause, probably the only answer the immune system can find to contain a germ that is really adept at looking like a neuron.

Dear Mr Seldon,

Fascinating and scary at the same time! I had no idea that there was even such a thing as borreliae. And I have never heard of a Mr. Alan Mc Donald. However, I really appreciate your insights and I want to learn more.
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And since you have taken the time to inform me about the borrsliae, what is your opinion as far as using MMS or one of it's cousins to knock out such an invader?

I think it goes without saying that any sort of invaders are not a good idea to have on board. Even if they are not directly related to Alzheimers.

Looking forward to your comments!

Tillerman6

The borrelia genus is the germ responsible mainly for Lyme disease, which as you may now can masquerade as MS, CFS, rheumatoid arthritis and a lot more diseases deemed incurable and chronic by conventional medicine. Most of the time, when it hits an old person, most symptoms are inferred to the natural process of getting older, so grandad got an Alzheimer or a Parkinson and no one is the wiser.
Lyme disease is woefully undiagnosed and misdiagnosed around the world, except in Germany where the tests are getting precise enough to get a clearer picture.
And it seems 70% of their population is already infected. Not automatically diseased, but at risk, one day or another, of developing symptoms that will be inferred to another, more lucrative, condition.
And to answer your question, yes, MMS works on the borrreliae, better than most other treatments, but even then it is no cake walk. For most patients, they are looking forward to a full year under protocol 2000, often with some kind of support therapy (you have to rebuild the body in order to kick the germs out). A good book about Lyme and MMS was written by Herb Richards, you can find it on the net.
Of course, the sooner you treat it, the easier it is to treat. Given enough time, the infection takes control of your metabolism, invite a few friends to the party, builds up your levels of heavy metals, encroaches itself in biofilms or "naked" forms... So I presume that a person taking MMS before too much symptoms have appeared would have an easier time getting rid of it.
Concerning Dr Alan McDonald, he was one of the prominent biologists who made test on Lyme disease. You can see him in the documentary "Under our Skin" available on Youtube. The documentary is also a crash course on Lyme disease, and every bit as terrifying as you might expect.

I hope I helped.

HariSeldon,

Wow that whole subject of Lyme is pretty scary and controversial. I'm afraid that I am one of those that is pretty pessimistic about where Lyme came from and the fact that it is spreading to the West from Lyme, Conneticut. Pretty hard to argue with the demographics around Plum Island? See Jesse Ventura story on Lyme on You Tube.

Makes a great story, just wish it was imaginary.

and Alan Mc Donald did not mention anything about MMS in his Lyme -borreliae presentation. Maybe he doesn't know about it?

Tillerman6,

The truth is often painful and scary, and does not always wear the same face depending on who saw her. As far as I am concerned, I went so far through the looking glass that no theory about the origins of Lyme seems too far-fetched for my taste (I usually draw a line to alien beings, for commodity), and the Plum Island theory has its merit. But I try to focus more on what to do now than who did it, be it the government, a Navajo curse, or Gaia waking up and smelling the coffee, whoever that was is out of my reach anyway.
As far as MacDonald is concerned, he is first and foremost a biologist. His job is identifying pathogens, a job he performed admirably with few means and against constant peer pressure. But he does not work in therapeutics, which is the job of ILADS. Sadly, most physicians members of this association, while recognizing the woefully inadequate setting to diagnose and cure the disease, still think inside the box when it comes to treatment, at least officially. They cannot acknowledge that the system that birthed them, nurtured them and now punishes them is so corrupt as to become unsalvageable.
As I wrote, truth is a hard mistress, and every physician must learn at his/her own pace that you can only have one of those: some will choose Truth, the others will choose Medecine, but none will be able to choose both.

Sorry if I bored you, it just had to get it out of my system.