Lyme Biofilm:
At the end of UNDER OUR SKIN, Dr. Alan MacDonald presented a revolutionary new hypothesis that Lyme bacteria are able to shroud their colonies with protective biofilms and this may explain why these pathogens can be so difficult to eradicate with short courses of antibiotics. [1]
His collaborator, Eva Sapi, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biology and Environmental Science at the University of New Haven, is exploring why and how these biofilms form, in hopes of developing more effective treatments for chronic Lyme sufferers.
The green fragments on the screen are DNA from Borrelia burgdorferi strain B31, fluorescently tagged to glow under the special illumination of a dark field microscope.
Lyme Symptoms:
ALS video, discussing Lyme disease theory Part 1 of 2:
ALS video, discussing Lyme disease theory Part 2:
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