Lyme Disease Biobank (LDB) has enrolled more than 1,250 participants with early Lyme Disease (LD), later LD, persistent LD, or controls from endemic areas. Each participant’s donation provides samples for ~50 research projects. LDB supports more than 95 projects in academia and industry with more than 19,500 aliquots distributed to date. LDB also collects…
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Call for Entries for the Bay Area Lyme Foundation’s 2019 Emerging Leader Award Grant
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Tara DiMilia, 908-947-0500, tara.dimilia@TMstrat.com Grants are designed to inspire new research to address the challenges of Lyme disease PORTOLA VALLEY, Calif., January 15, 2019—Bay Area Lyme Foundation, a leading sponsor of Lyme disease research in the US, is announcing a call for entries for their 2019 Emerging Leader Awards (ELA),…
Patients and Families
A Lyme disease diagnosis can be overwhelming, and Lyme and tick-borne diseases (TBDs) are complicated. There is a lot of contradictory information available and much to learn. People diagnosed with Lyme or other tick-borne infections (co-infections) can make a difference to help advance research into these complex diseases. The information below is designed to…
Steven Phillips, MD
2018 Emerging Leader Award Recipient ($100,000 grant), Steven Phillips, MD Principal Investigator for Kyronyx Biosciences A world-renowned expert on zoonotic infections, Dr. Phillips has treated over 20,000 patients from over 20 countries. He is well-published in the peer-reviewed medical literature, acclaimed for his work in linking chronic diseases, and specializes in the management of stealth pathogens,…
George Church, Ph.D., Ting Wu, Ph.D., Steven E. Phillips, M.D. and Michal Caspi Tal, Ph.D., Named Recipients of Bay Area Lyme Foundation’s 2018 Emerging Leader Award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Tara DiMilia, 908-947-0500, tara.dimilia@TMstrat.com George Church, Ph.D., Ting Wu, Ph.D., Steven E. Phillips, M.D. and Michal Caspi Tal, Ph.D., Named Recipients of Bay Area Lyme Foundation’s 2018 Emerging Leader Award – Genomics, immunotherapy and unraveling the stealth attributes of Lyme disease are the focus of the 2018 Emerging Leader Award projects,…
Tommy F.
Middlesex County, MA Infected: Early 2010 or late 2009 Diagnosed: October 2010 Current health: In treatment, on a slow path to remission I hope by sharing my story I can provide some insight into the daily life of this disease and why it may take for so long for someone who is infected to get better.–Tommy…
Mary Sue A.
Monterey County, CA Infected: 1995 Diagnosed: 2015 Current health: “I can’t say l feel any better yet but I do feel good knowing I am finally in good hands with specialists that deal with this complicated illness” I am disturbed by the lack of research, funding, good testing, or universal treatment agreement regarding the treatment of…
Bay Area Lyme Foundation Awards Grants to Researchers Exploring Novel Ways to Detect, Treat Lyme Disease
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Tara DiMilia, 908-947-0500, tara.dimilia@TMstrat.com Bay Area Lyme Foundation Awards Grants to Researchers Exploring Novel Ways to Detect, Treat Lyme Disease Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Brandeis University Researchers are the Awardees of the 2017 Emerging Leader Awards Portola Valley, Calif., July 11, 2017 – Bay Area Lyme Foundation, the leading national…
Lyme BioBank: Enabling a New Wave of Lyme Research
The national Lyme Disease Biobank (LDB) launched in Summer 2014 after a successful Fund-A-Need campaign at our annual LymeAid benefit. This initiative, which began with a pilot study in East Hampton, NY, a highly concentrated endemic area for Lyme disease, was designed to help address the shortage of clinical samples to support research into better diagnostics and treatments…
It’s All In Your Head. …Or is it? A Physician’s Perspective
It’s All In Your Head. …Or is it? A Physician’s Perspective Guest post: Dr. Elena Frid, MD This week, we feature a guest post from Dr. Elena Frid, a board-certified NYC neurologist and specialist in Lyme disease and other vector-borne diseases. Dr. Frid has been recognized by her peers and patients for her innovative diagnostic methods and…