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Many consider themselves aficionados of movies of intrigue where the hero works relentlessly to counter some evil saboteur of world peace.  We sit glued to screens waiting to see how the hero either outwits or overpowers the villain.  Little do most know that practically every day we are battling po...

As we care for countless patients suffering from chronic infections like EBV, Lyme, CMB, yeast, mycoplasma, and others, patients ask “why me?” and “what can I do about it?”. I always take a few minutes to explain how the microbial attacker has gotten the upper hand on our immune systems.  Winning th...

     The immune system is like a vast array of soldiers and weapons interwoven throughout our body and interdependently functioning to defend us against microbial invaders which seek to harm us.  Understanding it requires starting with a basic overview at 30,000 feet.  Even with this simple level of...

We may think of the rogue scientist who plots to control the world in the latest science fiction thriller, but our immune system also operates with rogue agents.  For scientists studying autoimmunity, the search for potential rogue cells which triggered the disease process hit paydirt recently.  Kno...