Bay Area Lyme Foundation Announces Scientific Advisory Board Appointments

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Bay Area Lyme Foundation Announces Scientific Advisory Board Appointments

National Organization Selects Key Researchers and Clinicians to Help Move Forward the Mission of Making Lyme Disease Easy to Diagnose and Simple to Cure

Portola Valley, CA — Bay Area Lyme Foundation, the leading national nonprofit funder of innovative Lyme disease research, today announced the Bay Area Lyme Foundation Scientific Advisory Board members who will aid the organization in achieving the mission of making Lyme disease easy to diagnose and simple to cure. Consisting of some of the country’s leading Lyme researchers, the board was specifically developed to include researchers and clinicians from across the US who play a critical role in obtaining a better understanding of Lyme disease in the lab and in clinical practice. Lyme disease is the fastest-growing infectious disease in the US, a potentially debilitating condition that impacts 300,000 Americans each year.

Sasquatch Racing Trail Series Partners with Bay Area Lyme Foundation

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Sasquatch Racing Trail Series Partners with Bay Area Lyme Foundation

San Francisco, CA – Leading Bay Area trail racing series, Sasquatch Racing, is proud to announce the Bay Area Lyme (BAL) Foundation as a presenting sponsor for their 2015 racing season. The Bay Area Lyme Foundation is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to making Lyme disease easy to diagnose and simple to cure.

Bay Area Lyme Foundation Announces $1.2 Million in 2014 Grants Awarded

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Bay Area Lyme Foundation Announces $1.2 Million in 2014 Grants Awarded to Researchers throughout the United States

Portola Valley, CA — Bay Area Lyme Foundation, the leading nonprofit funder of innovative Lyme disease research in the US, today announced the recipients of the 2014 grant cycle to fund research related to Lyme disease, which impacts 300,000 Americans each year. The organization awarded a total of $1.2 million to nine researchers across the US focused on making Lyme disease simple to diagnose and easy to cure.  Bay Area Lyme Foundation’s grant cycle runs throughout the year and involves researchers from most regions of the United States.  These researchers are working on projects to develop a better understanding of the disease and substantially improve its diagnosis and treatment.

Clinicians & Researchers Gather to Discuss Science of Lyme Disease

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Clinicians, Researchers Gather in Boston to Discuss Science of Lyme Disease — Conference Unites Lyme Disease Research Community

Boston, MA — A national scientific conference entitled “Lyme Borreliosis and Tick-Borne Illnesses: Diagnostics, Emerging Pathogens and Avenues for New Research,” brought a broad range of researchers and clinicians to Boston November 8 and 9 to discuss tick-borne diseases, share emerging ideas and knowledge, and assess the most promising avenues for research into the future. Held at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), the conference drew more than 200 people from across the country and around the world intent on collaborating through the power of science to find answers to some of the most complex and often-misunderstood diseases. The two-day forum, to which the Bay Area Lyme Foundation provided an unrestricted educational grant, also featured the presentation of awards recognizing several scientists for their contributions to the understanding and treatment of Lyme disease.

Bay Area Lyme Foundation Requests Proposals for $100,000 Grant for an Emerging Scientific Leader in Lyme Research

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Bay Area Lyme Foundation Requests Proposals for $100,000 Grant for An Emerging Scientific Leader in Lyme Research

Emerging Leader Award aims to inspire a much-needed focus on Lyme disease among researchers

Silicon Valley, CA — Bay Area Lyme Foundation, the leading nonprofit funder of innovative Lyme disease research in the US, today announced a call for applications for its Bay Area Lyme Foundation Emerging Leader Award and accompanying $100,000 grant. This award will be given to a promising scientist who embodies the future of leadership in Lyme disease research in the US. The award recipient will be a researcher at the post-doctoral level through the Assistant Professor level, or equivalent, who has identified a defined approach to improved diagnostics or therapies for Lyme disease. Important criteria include demonstrated professional and scientific leadership in the biomedical sciences and a strong supporting scientific rationale for the project. Research efforts are required to generate initial proof-of-concept within 12 – 18 months. 

Lyme Disease Risk Is Year-Round in Northwest California, According to New Study

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Researchers from CDPH and UC-Berkeley Publish Findings in Peer-Review Journal, Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Silicon Valley, CA — Bay Area Lyme Foundation, which aims to make Lyme disease easy to diagnose and simple to cure, applauds new research published in an upcoming issue of the Elsevier peer review journal Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases.  The findings show that ticks that carry Lyme disease in Northwest California are active throughout the year, making the threat of Lyme disease year-round. The research was conducted by researchers at California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Vector-borne Disease Section and University of California, Berkeley (UC-B).

Bay Area Lyme Foundation’s LymeAid Raises Funds To Accelerate Medical Breakthroughs

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First Ever ‘Emerging Leader Award’ Presented to Two Promising Scientists

Portola Valley, CA –Bay Area Lyme Foundation, www.BayAreaLyme.org, a national organization dedicated to accelerating medical breakthroughs for Lyme disease and making prevention common knowledge, raised close to $500,000 at its second annual LymeAid benefit concert last evening, with 100 percent of contributions supporting research to find a reliable diagnostic and cure for Lyme disease.

Bay Area Lyme Foundation Expands Its Team

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Four Board Members and Two Staff Members Added to Growing Organization

Portola Valley, CA – Bay Area Lyme Foundation, a national organization dedicated to accelerating medical breakthroughs for Lyme disease and making prevention common knowledge, announced today the addition of four new Advisory Board members and two new staff members.  The additions come as the organization grows in order to drive new research and bring new talent to bear on this pernicious and spreading disease.

Ticks Carrying The Bacteria Which Cause Lyme Disease Are Widespread In San Francisco Bay Area, According To A CDC Journal

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Emerging Infectious Diseases journal reports “surprising” findings of ticks carrying B. burgdorferi and B. miyamotoi

Portola Valley, CA – Bay Area Lyme Foundation announced today that a new study funded by the organization will be published in the March issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases, a peer-review journal of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  The study, which was conducted by researchers at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment and Northern Arizona University, indicates that ticks carrying Borrelia burgdorferi, (B. burgdorferi) the bacteria that cause Lyme disease, are widespread in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Bay Area Lyme Foundation Announces $100,000 Award for an Emerging Scientific Leader in Lyme Research

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First Annual ‘Emerging Leader Award’ aims to inspire the next generation of scientific leadership to make Lyme disease easy to diagnose and simple to cure

Portola Valley, CA –  The Bay Area Lyme Foundation today announced the first annual Bay Area Lyme Foundation ‘Emerging Leader Award’ and a $100,000 grant which will be given to a promising scientist who embodies the future of leadership in Lyme disease research.