Research projects at Oklahoma Vet School (Wymore's location, not his research)

[tcmgpt13]

Look at the first project on this page (NIH involvement)--is there a hmmm factor here (emerging infectious agents)?:

http://www.research.okstate.edu/research/06/VHS06.htm

And as one reads down on the list of research projects it only gets more interesting. I have always wondered why Wymore got involved with morgellons as Oklahoma not a big stage for this problem so far. May be no mysterious connection, but...

Also some interesting research at their school for health sciences:

http://www.research.okstate.edu/research/06/CHS06.htm

The CNS, amebic research, other research, some not pertinent, but considering location grabs some attention.

best,

tcm

[kmar]

I find these two below interesting from one of the links provided above.

Notice the involvement of NIH and Department of Agriculture.

Thank for point these links out tcmgpt13.



Mechanisms and Functions of Human Sulfotransferases

The major goals of this project are to elucidate human sulfotransferase (SULT) chemical and kinetic mechanisms, to understand physiologic functions of SULTs, and to investigate their relevance to human health in physiologic and pathologic conditions. Research focus on: 1) mechanisms of enzyme catalysis, substrate inhibition, and product activation of human SULTs; 2) effect of clinical, widely used drugs on human sulfotransferase catalytic activities; and 3) oxidative regulation mechanisms of human SULTs.
Sponsor: National Institute of Health
PI: Guangping Chen
Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources: Richard Essenberg
University of Oklahoma: Paul Cook

Bioactive Food Components and Human Sulfotransferases
Many bioactive food components and active components in drugs are phenolics. These phenolics are substrates for human sulfotransferases (SULTs). They also inhibit SULTs (substrate-inhibition). Our recent data suggests that these compounds also induce human SULTs. This research project focuses on the relationships between bioactive food components and human SULTs, including how they are metabolized by SULTs, how they inhibit SULTs, and how they regulate human SULT genes.
Sponsor: United States Department of Agriculture

[Sadsack]

TCM -
Dr. Wymore teaches medical students at OSU, and was researching "muscle fibers" some years ago when he came upon Morgellons. He thought to himself, "This will be easy to figure out" and contacted the MRF.
Many samples were obtained, and wherever in the world they came from, they all shared similar characteristics. He was shocked and brought the fibers to the Tulsa Crime Lab, where the Chief of Police ran them through the FBI database of 880 known fibers - NO MATCH.
The rest is history.
SS

[tcmgpt13]

Why, SS, I have to thank you as I am just amazed and utterly astonished to read this information about Wymore and his research that you posted here, as I have never heard it before.

Here’s an old page (2007) from the lyme support group in Oklahoma putting together some OSU research on lyme. Randy Wymore is found on the bottom of the page. Just the same information that is found on the OSU site about Wymore and his Morgellons research. Interesting though that he is listed on this site along with lyme researchers from Oklahoma State University.

Research in Okla.

Search results for OSU and lyme research on the OSU website:

Oklahoma State University | Search Results

Here’s some interesting food for thought:

Unexpected Links Found Among Acorns, Gypsy Moths And Lyme Disease

Unexpected Links Found Among Acorns, Gypsy Moths And Lyme Disease

ScienceDaily (Feb. 25, 199eight) — If an acorn falls in the forest, will you contract Lyme disease?

Perhaps so, according to some surprising research funded by NSF's division of environmental biology, and performed by scientists at the Institute for Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, New York.

Researchers Clive Jones, Richard Ostfeld and colleagues conducted a study in which forest plots at the institute were experimentally manipulated, first by removing white-footed mice and then by adding acorns.

Scientists found several interrelationships between acorn production, populations of white-footed mice, gypsy moth larvae and Lyme disease-carrying black-legged (formerly deer) ticks. In years of large acorn production - mast years - populations and survival rates of white-footed mice increase. In years of lower acorn production, mice populations decrease. The rise and fall in mice population impacts the cycles of gypsy moth production. And, in a complex process, acorn production affects the density of larval ticks.

"Mast events may be very useful in predicting the risk of Lyme disease and gypsy moth outbreaks," Jones said. "A remarkable amount of nature is interconnected, with unexpected players and interactions over time that have important implications for human health, and for how we understand, predict and manage the functioning of complex ecosystems."

Adapted from materials provided by National Science Foundation.

Originally Posted by Sadsack

TCM -
Dr. Wymore teaches medical students at OSU, and was researching "muscle fibers" some years ago when he came upon Morgellons. He thought to himself, "This will be easy to figure out" and contacted the MRF.
Many samples were obtained, and wherever in the world they came from, they all shared similar characteristics. He was shocked and brought the fibers to the Tulsa Crime Lab, where the Chief of Police ran them through the FBI database of 880 known fibers - NO MATCH.
The rest is history.
SS

[Sadsack]

tcm -
Last night I tried to stay awake for the Coast to Coast interview with Drs. Wymore and Withington, but I dozed off, and only heard the last 1/2 hour. Dr. Wymore said something that really astonished me.
(thinking about this now it should be a separate thread)
Anyway, he made the same observations as many of us have, and that is that Gulf War Syndrome has all of the same symptoms as Morgellons Disease - except for the fibers. And he thought - hmmm - maybe no one LOOKED for them in that population. So he applied for a grant (I wish I could remember whether is was National Science Foundation or whatever) but they denied him the funds to study that.
Call me paranoid, but that's pretty incriminating (turning him down) if you ask me. Seems like the same issues as why it took the CDC so long to do a study, and why it's taking so long to come forth with any results.
I'm heart-broken today, about all of this. It's a tough day.
SS

[sarothra]

Wow, tcm...
Did you notice the budget for studying infectious diseases in animals has a potential of 40 million and a current budget of 5 million.....
We get, what is it, $350,000.
What a joke.
Good for the veterinary dept. tho. Maybe they'll end up studying Morgellons. It's in the animals too, I've heard.

[tcmgpt13]

Golly, wow, so much new information here. I just never heard that there was only $350,000 budget for the CDC Morgellon's study. I never posted anything about it either, or maybe I forgot. Oh yeah, at one point I did post information about that. Please read permalink 1 for the discussion:

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