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ILADS Events - ILADS ILADS Events Amy Offutt, MD Dr. Offutt, president-elect of ILADS, is the medical director and co-owner of Heart & Soul Integrative Health and Yoga which she co-founded with her husband, Brad, in 2007, located in Marble Falls, Texas. Her first seven years of practice were focused on rural family medi...

Project Lyme and the Bay Area Lyme Foundation fund groundbreaking research:

When Lyme disease infects the brain, it causes inflammation and cell death, similar to other neurological conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease and multiple sclerosis (MS). It also activates fibroblast growth factor receptors (FGFRs), which regulate crucial cell functions and get disrupted by inflammation. Building upon their previous studies, researchers from Tulane University found that both live Lyme bacteria and nonviable remnants activated the fibroblast growth factor receptors (FGFRs). Importantly, they discovered that two research compounds—an FGFR1 inhibitor and an FGFR1-3 inhibitor—were effective in reducing inflammation and cell death, offering a potential new treatment for neurological Lyme disease.

Learn more about the science in this press release: https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2024/04/19/2866306/0/en/UPDATE-New-Study-Reveals-Potential-Treatment-for-Neurological-Lyme-Disease.html