by Jennifer Crystal Every few months, Jennifer Crystal devotes a column to answering your questions. Here are her replies to questions she has recently received. Do you have a question for Jennifer? If so, email …More
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GLA POV: Antimicrobial Action of Calprotectin T...
by Timothy Sellati, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer, GLA GLOBAL LYME ALLIANCE’S CHIEF SCIENTIFIC OFFICER OFFERS PERSPECTIVE ON NEWLY PUBLISHED GLA-FUNDED RESEARCH OUT OF JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF HEALTH A Global Lyme Alliance (GLA)-funded …More
School-Related Difficulties With Lyme Disease
by Jennifer Crystal Can you imagine missing all of the second grade? Or having to leave college? Lyme disease can have a devastating impact on kids in school. When I was a junior in …More
Taking Stock of Tick Threats
by Mayla Hsu, Ph.D., Director of Research and Science, GLA “Tickpocalypse!” “The Year of the Tick!” “A Tick-ing Time Bomb!” These are all recent clickbait headlines that cause us fear and anxiety. But how do we …More
Scheduling Life with Lyme Disease
by Jennifer Crystal Flexible vs. rigid? How keeping to a schedule can impact one’s life with Lyme disease. In 2007, I suffered a severe relapse of Lyme and two of its tick-borne co-infections Babesia …More
Meet the Researcher: Ying Zhang, M.D., Ph.D.
MEET THE RESEARCHER IS A BLOG SERIES TO INTRODUCE GLA-FUNDED LYME DISEASE RESEARCHERS MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST LYME DISEASE. #MEETTHERESEARCHER NAME: Ying Zhang, M.D., Ph.D. TITLE: Professor at Department of Molecular Microbiology …More
The Idea of Hope
by Jennifer Crystal Hope is a tricky concept for patients with chronic illnesses. It is something everyone—healthy or sick—wants, but summoning hope is not always easy when the world around you looks bleak. Someone can …More
Avril Lavigne and GLA: Head Above Water Campaign
Avril Lavigne recently stated that fighting Lyme Disease has been the hardest battle she’s ever fought. If you are reading this post, we have no doubt you understand the sentiment. The Avril Lavigne Foundation supports individuals …More
GLA POV: Identifying Vancomycin as an effective...
by Timothy Sellati, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer, GLA Global Lyme Alliance’s Chief Scientific Officer offers perspective on newly published GLA-funded research out of Northeastern University Although the underlying premise of a recent study by …More
