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Blastocystis News

April 27, 2009 - Denmark's Staatens Serum Institute published study on Blastocystis infection in Denmark, identifying association with IBS, and noting presence of inflammatory bowel disease in patients.

March 27, 2009 - Pasteur Institute publishes study on Blastocystis infection in France (BRF co-authored study)

February 26, 2009 - Read BRF's letter in Lancet Infectious Diseases, "Emerging infectious diseases are not always obvious." 

February 18, 2009 - Dr. Charles H. Zierdt, 30+ year veteran of the NIH, joins BRF Board of Directors

January 15, 2009 - Notes from Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Illness meeting, April, 2008.  BRF's testimony is noted on page 19 (search for Blastocystis).

November 17, 2008 - Corvallis Gazette Times publishes article on impact of long-term Blastocystis infection on local family.

More Items (coming soon)

New Items on BRF's Web Site

* June 17, 2010 - I've reorganized the "References for Journalists" section and added some additional letters from the National Institutes of Health, US Congress, and Center for Disease Control.

* June 10, 2010 - Take a look at the new Research Collections if you're looking for all the papers on a particular aspect of Blastocystis, as they are indexed in the NIH's Pubmed database.  The number of papers identifying Blastocystis as disease causing now exceeds 100. 

* May 20, 2010 - Added a bunch of patient accounts to the "First Hand" accounts section.

* May 2010 - Back again - we just got a large paper submitted on Blastocystis in patients with 'IBS' and 'IBD', and we've been doing the paperwork to get the Gulf War Veterans study going.  Hope everyone liked the redesigned web site

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* October 25, 2009 - Let people know how miserable this disease is making your life! BRF begins "Giving Chronic GI Illness a Voice" project.  To give a testimonial, click here.

* October 15, 2009 - Read our new study in MIOC on Blastocystis subtypes in inflammatory bowel disease and irritable bowel syndrome.

* September 1, 2009 - I've updated the Publications Section to provide some more description of what these studies are about.

* August 10, 2009 - Answers to questions from patients.  Why do different members of my family have different symptoms? 

* July 22, 2009 - In 1954, over 50,000 Oregonians were sickened when the public water supply became contaminated by Giardia,....read more

* July 21, 2009 - Cancer and Infectious Diseases.  Most advances in the prevention of cancer are now coming from infectious disease groups.  ....read more

* July 18, 2009 - Sign up for BRF Founder Ken Boorom's new Blog at whendidyougetsick.blogspot.com  Learn about what goes on behind the scenes.

* July 17, 2009 - Read our new Blastocystis Fact Sheet

* July 13, 2009 - See the new addition to our online lab, use Google Maps to study research trends in Blastocystis

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