Dr. 's malaria treatment (attempt)

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I just received this from Dr.'s web site.

Smitty

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Malaria Research Trip to Ghana

On January 28, I traveled to the West African country of Ghana to carry out some

malaria

research. We had built malaria treatment prototypes according to Prof. Henry

Lai's

proposed technique of malaria treatment:

http://www.washington.edu/newsroom/news/2000archive/03-00archive/k033000.html.

In a nutshell, Prof. Lai hypothesized and proved under lab conditions, that an

oscillating

magnetic field can kill the malaria parasite (Plasmodium), which could become an

inexpensive treatment for malaria, without side effects and with little chance

of the

parasite being able to develop some kind of resistance, as the mechanism is very

direct.

Equipped with all the necessary papers from the local Health Department, we went

ahead

to find out if the technique worked in persons with malaria. We set up

prototypes in two

places, in an out patient clinic in the city of Accra and in a small private

clinic outside of

Accra. We were quite elated when the first results came back negative from the

lab after

60 minutes of treatment! After the initial tests at the out patient clinic, we

treated a larger

amount of patients at the private clinic.

The results at the private clinic were not clear, and when we took the blood

slides to the

accredited lab in the city after a few days, we found out that the lab at the

clinic was

unable to diagnose malaria and that the patients we had been treating there had

not been

positive for malaria in the first place.

Since time ran out on us, we were left with the cases we had treated at the out

patient

clinic. The results were 100%, meaning all patients tested were negative within

one hour;

but the number of patients being too small to draw any conclusions. So, we have

to use a

sentence quite frequently used by researchers: " more research is necessary " . A

more

detailed report will be in the next Bulletin.

Some pictures from the trip:

This is what the machine looks like:

http://www..com/pictures/CIMG_S_in_machine_small.JPG

http://www..com/pictures/CIMG_S_in_machine2_small.JPG

With my assistant Konrad:

http://www..com/pictures/CIMG__Koni_small.JPG

I used a magnetic field meter to ensure the correct field strength:

http://www..com/pictures/CIMG_measuring_small.JPG

Looking at some blood slides at the lab:

http://www..com/pictures/CIMG_Eshun_mic_small.JPG

http://www..com/pictures/CIMG__mic_small.JPG

Some impressions from Ghana:

The streets can get quite busy here:

http://www..com/pictures/CIMG_busy_street_small.JPG

If you jump this wall you pay a 100'000 Cedi fine:

http://www..com/pictures/CIMG_do_not_jump_wall_small.JPG

Carrying things on your head is practical and good for posture. It is amazing

how much

people manage to pile on their heads here without it falling off:

http://www..com/pictures/CIMG_head_small.JPG

Posing with a soccer star at the club. Because of the African Cup, they were all

over the

place!

http://www..com/pictures/CIMG_soccer_small.JPG

We suspected this might be a soccer fan:

http://www..com/pictures/CIMG_soccer_car_small.JPG