Morgellons Disease May Be Linked to Genetically Modified Food

[Guest guest]

This part of the article is what I found interesting:

" Ahmed Kilani, a specialist in infectious disease detection, claimed

to have broken down two fiber samples and extracted their DNA. He

found that they belonged to a fungus. "

Also look at the symptoms of Morgellons.. Not to mention the gram

negative bacteria that many here have been exposed to.

KC

Morgellons Disease May Be Linked to Genetically Modified Food

Sunday, April 13, 2008

by: Barbara L. Minton

http://www.naturalnews.com/023004.html

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has given care giant Kaiser

Permanente over $300,000 to test and interview 150 to 500 patients

suffering from Morgellons Disease. The study will be done in

northern California where many Morgellons patients live.

Prior to this news, people had written off the disease as a hoax or

the result of hypochondria. But recent evidence suggests that the

disease is indeed real, and may be related to genetically modified

(GM) food.

What is Morgellons Disease?

On August 1, 2007, the CDC issued the following statement regarding

Morgellons Disease: " Morgellons is an unexplained and debilitating

condition that has emerged as a public health concern. Recently, the

CDC has received an increased number of inquiries from the public,

health care providers, public health officials, Congress, and the

media regarding this condition. Persons who suffer from this

condition report a range of coetaneous symptoms including crawling,

biting and stinging sensations; granules, threads or black speck-

like materials on or beneath the skin; and/or lesions (e.g., rashes

or sores) and some sufferers also report systemic manifestations

such as fatigue, mental confusion, short term memory loss, joint

pain, and changes in vision. Moreover, some who suffer from this

condition appear to have substantial morbidity and social

dysfunction, which can include decreased work productivity or job

loss, total disability, familial estrangement, divorce, loss of

child custody, home abandonment, and suicidal ideation. "

As of February, 2007, approximately 10,000 families had registered

with the Morgellons Research Foundation (MRF) and felt they or a

member of their family met criteria for Morgellons as defined by the

MRF. Of the U.S. families in the MRF registry, 24% reside in

California with geographic clustering in the San Francisco

metropolitan areas.

In New Science magazine, Sept. 15-21 edition, Elkan describes

a patient who for years has been " finding tiny blue, red and black

fibers growing from intensely itchy lesions on his skin. " These

fibers appear like pliable plastic and can be several millimeters

long. Some appear in a zig-zag pattern. These fibers can be as fine

as spider silk, yet they are strong enough to distend the skin when

pulled.

A May 18, 2006 story carried by KGW, a local news channel in Oregon,

recounts the story of a family practice doctor experiencing the

disease. She reported feeling like bugs were crawling under her

skin. " If I fully tell people what has gone on with me medically,

they think they're in the twilight zone, " said Dr. Drottar who woke

up with the feeling that fluid was flowing just below her skin. When

black or blue hair-like fibers protruded from her skin, she reported

thinking she had been exposed to asbestos. " I thought I was having

asbestos fibers come out of my skin. I was pulling long, thin, small

hair-like fibers that were extremely sharp that could literally

pierce through my finger nail. "

According to Dr. Drottar, these symptoms were accompanied by severe

depression, chronic fatigue and a weakened immune system. This

debilitating condition forced her to give up her medical practice.

Effective treatment for Morgellons suffers has been elusive. Doctors

have claimed that this type of disease must be caused by a parasite,

but even the strongest anti-parasitic medications have not helped.

In the past, psychologists have insisted that this was a new version

of delusional parasitosis, a form of psychosis in which suffers hold

a delusional belief that they are infected by parasites.

The Morgellons, GM Link

According to the CDC statement, the etiology of Morgellons is

unknown, and the medical community has insufficient information to

determine whether persons who identify themselves as having the

disease have a common cause for their symptoms. In April, 2006, the

CDC recommended an epidemiologic investigation. It was not until

January 16, 2008 that the care grant to Kaiser Permanente was

announced.

In the meantime, a research team from Oklahoma State University lead

by Dr. Randy Wymore, studied some of the fibers sent to them by

Morgellons patients. They discovered that fibers from different

people looked remarkably similar to each other and yet seemed to

match no common environmental fibers.

Ahmed Kilani, a specialist in infectious disease detection, claimed

to have broken down two fiber samples and extracted their DNA. He

found that they belonged to a fungus.

In an even more provocative finding, Vitaly Citovsky, Professor of

Biochemistry and Cell Biology at Stony Brook University in New York,

discovered that the fibers contained the substance Agrobacterium, a

genus of gram-negative bacteria capable of genetically transforming

not only plants, but also other eukaryotic species, including human

cells.

Anonymous samples were provided to Professor Citovsky by the

Morgellons Research Foundation to use in investigating the potential

presence of Agrobacterium in biopsies from Morgellons patients.

Control reactions included samples provided by healthy donors. Only

Morgellons, not healthy subjects, tested positive in these studies.

According to a statement issued by Professor Citovsky, this

observation does not imply that Agrobacterium causes Morgellons or

that Morgellons is indeed an infectious disease. However, it does

encourage future studies to determine (1) statistical significance

of data, (2) whether Agrobacterium is not only present

extracellularly, but also causes genetic transformation of the

infected tissues, and (3) whether infection of laboratory animals

with Agrobacterium can recreate symptoms of Morgellons.

Sources:

" Background information on the involvement of the Centers for

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the investigation of

Morgellons disease in the U.S. " , published by the CDC.

" Skin Disease May Be Linked to GM Food " , Whitley Strieber's Unknown

Country, Oct. 12, 2007.

" Serious Study of Mystery Disease " Whitney Strieber's Unknown

Country, Jan. 31, 2008.

" GMO Disease Epidemics: (10) Bt-cotton Fiber Disease " , Myron

Stagman, Ph.D., Portland independent media center

Morgellons Watch, " Clarification from Vitaly Citovsky "

About the author

Barbara is a school psychologist, a published author in the area of

personal finance, a breast cancer survivor using " alternative "

treatments, a born existentialist, and a student of nature and all

things natural.

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Subject: [] Morgellons Disease May Be Linked to Genetically

Modified Food

Date: Sunday, April 13, 2008, 1:26 PM

This part of the article is what I found interesting:

" Ahmed Kilani, a specialist in infectious disease detection, claimed

to have broken down two fiber samples and extracted their DNA. He

found that they belonged to a fungus. "

Also look at the symptoms of Morgellons.. Not to mention the gram

negative bacteria that many here have been exposed to.

KC

Morgellons Disease May Be Linked to Genetically Modified Food

Sunday, April 13, 2008

by: Barbara L. Minton

http://www.naturaln ews.com/023004. html

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has given care giant Kaiser

Permanente over $300,000 to test and interview 150 to 500 patients

suffering from Morgellons Disease. The study will be done in

northern California where many Morgellons patients live.

Prior to this news, people had written off the disease as a hoax or

the result of hypochondria. But recent evidence suggests that the

disease is indeed real, and may be related to genetically modified

(GM) food.

What is Morgellons Disease?

On August 1, 2007, the CDC issued the following statement regarding

Morgellons Disease: " Morgellons is an unexplained and debilitating

condition that has emerged as a public health concern. Recently, the

CDC has received an increased number of inquiries from the public,

health care providers, public health officials, Congress, and the

media regarding this condition. Persons who suffer from this

condition report a range of coetaneous symptoms including crawling,

biting and stinging sensations; granules, threads or black speck-

like materials on or beneath the skin; and/or lesions (e.g., rashes

or sores) and some sufferers also report systemic manifestations

such as fatigue, mental confusion, short term memory loss, joint

pain, and changes in vision. Moreover, some who suffer from this

condition appear to have substantial morbidity and social

dysfunction, which can include decreased work productivity or job

loss, total disability, familial estrangement, divorce, loss of

child custody, home abandonment, and suicidal ideation. "

As of February, 2007, approximately 10,000 families had registered

with the Morgellons Research Foundation (MRF) and felt they or a

member of their family met criteria for Morgellons as defined by the

MRF. Of the U.S. families in the MRF registry, 24% reside in

California with geographic clustering in the San Francisco

metropolitan areas.

In New Science magazine, Sept. 15-21 edition, Elkan describes

a patient who for years has been " finding tiny blue, red and black

fibers growing from intensely itchy lesions on his skin. " These

fibers appear like pliable plastic and can be several millimeters

long. Some appear in a zig-zag pattern. These fibers can be as fine

as spider silk, yet they are strong enough to distend the skin when

pulled.

A May 18, 2006 story carried by KGW, a local news channel in Oregon,

recounts the story of a family practice doctor experiencing the

disease. She reported feeling like bugs were crawling under her

skin. " If I fully tell people what has gone on with me medically,

they think they're in the twilight zone, " said Dr. Drottar who woke

up with the feeling that fluid was flowing just below her skin. When

black or blue hair-like fibers protruded from her skin, she reported

thinking she had been exposed to asbestos. " I thought I was having

asbestos fibers come out of my skin. I was pulling long, thin, small

hair-like fibers that were extremely sharp that could literally

pierce through my finger nail. "

According to Dr. Drottar, these symptoms were accompanied by severe

depression, chronic fatigue and a weakened immune system. This

debilitating condition forced her to give up her medical practice.

Effective treatment for Morgellons suffers has been elusive. Doctors

have claimed that this type of disease must be caused by a parasite,

but even the strongest anti-parasitic medications have not helped.

In the past, psychologists have insisted that this was a new version

of delusional parasitosis, a form of psychosis in which suffers hold

a delusional belief that they are infected by parasites.

The Morgellons, GM Link

According to the CDC statement, the etiology of Morgellons is

unknown, and the medical community has insufficient information to

determine whether persons who identify themselves as having the

disease have a common cause for their symptoms. In April, 2006, the

CDC recommended an epidemiologic investigation. It was not until

January 16, 2008 that the care grant to Kaiser Permanente was

announced.

In the meantime, a research team from Oklahoma State University lead

by Dr. Randy Wymore, studied some of the fibers sent to them by

Morgellons patients. They discovered that fibers from different

people looked remarkably similar to each other and yet seemed to

match no common environmental fibers.

Ahmed Kilani, a specialist in infectious disease detection, claimed

to have broken down two fiber samples and extracted their DNA. He

found that they belonged to a fungus.

In an even more provocative finding, Vitaly Citovsky, Professor of

Biochemistry and Cell Biology at Stony Brook University in New York,

discovered that the fibers contained the substance Agrobacterium, a

genus of gram-negative bacteria capable of genetically transforming

not only plants, but also other eukaryotic species, including human

cells.

Anonymous samples were provided to Professor Citovsky by the

Morgellons Research Foundation to use in investigating the potential

presence of Agrobacterium in biopsies from Morgellons patients.

Control reactions included samples provided by healthy donors. Only

Morgellons, not healthy subjects, tested positive in these studies.

According to a statement issued by Professor Citovsky, this

observation does not imply that Agrobacterium causes Morgellons or

that Morgellons is indeed an infectious disease. However, it does

encourage future studies to determine (1) statistical significance

of data, (2) whether Agrobacterium is not only present

extracellularly, but also causes genetic transformation of the

infected tissues, and (3) whether infection of laboratory animals

with Agrobacterium can recreate symptoms of Morgellons.

Sources:

" Background information on the involvement of the Centers for

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the investigation of

Morgellons disease in the U.S. " , published by the CDC.

" Skin Disease May Be Linked to GM Food " , Whitley Strieber's Unknown

Country, Oct. 12, 2007.

" Serious Study of Mystery Disease " Whitney Strieber's Unknown

Country, Jan. 31, 2008.

" GMO Disease Epidemics: (10) Bt-cotton Fiber Disease " , Myron

Stagman, Ph.D., Portland independent media center

Morgellons Watch, " Clarification from Vitaly Citovsky "

About the author

Barbara is a school psychologist, a published author in the area of

personal finance, a breast cancer survivor using " alternative "

treatments, a born existentialist, and a student of nature and all

things natural.