“Blood has always been considered free from microbes, because bacteria don’t grow when it is put in a culture dish. But recent DNA sequencing methods reveal that each millilitre of blood in fact contains around 1000 bacterial cells..

These bacteria are usually dormant. But they can be revived when iron becomes available in the blood, and….. stimulate inflammation. Further research could open up several new approaches for tackling them, from removing dormant microbes from our blood, to blocking the inflammatory proteins that they shed.”

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September 2016

The University of Melbourne unlocks a new treatment for antibiotic-resistant pathogens.
“The team discovered that their star-shaped peptide polymers can kill bacteria with multiple pathways, unlike most antibiotics which kill with a single pathway. They believe that this accounts for the superior performance of the star-shaped peptide polymers over antibiotics. One of these pathways includes ‘ripping apart’ the bacteria cell wall.”

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September 2016

Wyatt said that although UK bodies such as the NHS and watchdog NICE describe the treatment as experimental, about 80% of people who had the treatment responded to some degree and more than 50% saw the progression of their MS halted. The charity the MS Society says the treatment could have long-term benefits for some people with MS but that larger studies are needed to better understand the impact of this aggressive treatment compared with existing therapies.

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Click here to view Lancet paper (June 2016).