Upcoming event - July 24th

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Upcoming event - July 24th ~~

If you or someone you know has been bit by a tick, been diagnosed, think you’ve had Lyme Disease, or were treated for Lyme and still feel its effects, we invite you to join in our effort! Let’s stop Lyme disease in its tracks!

Our Mission

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Our Studies

    • Sex Differences - How men and women differ in their immune responses and in how they develop chronic illnesses, including the roles of sex hormones and the immune system.

    • Mechanisms Behind Chronic Illness - Exploring how the immune system, nervous system, and other processes cause chronic illness, using advanced, non-invasive tests to study brain function, cognition, and blood flow in our MAESTRO clinical study.

    • Biomarkers of Chronic Illness - Collecting and studying biological samples to find new indicators (biomarkers) of chronic diseases.

    • Immune-Pathogen Interactions - How infections trigger immune reactions or escape immune defenses, particularly in Lyme disease, to find better treatments.

    • Links Between Related Chronic Illnesses - The similarities and overlaps among conditions like chronic Lyme, Long COVID, ME/CFS, POTS, mast cell disorders, endometriosis, fibromyalgia, and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome in a program called Project Connect at MIT.

    • Environmental Risk Factors - Investigating how exposures to things like toxic chemicals and mold might increase the risk of developing infection-related chronic illnesses.

    • Predictive Diagnostics - We are developing immune-based tests to predict who will recover and who may develop chronic illnesses after infection, starting with Lyme disease and aiming to expand to Long COVID and ME/CFS.

    • Immune-Pathogen Interactions - How infections trigger immune reactions or escape immune defenses, particularly in Lyme disease, to find better treatments.

    • Mouse Models - Using mouse models to study how infections cause organ damage and chronic illness, focusing on Lyme disease.

    • Connective Tissue Damage and Disorders - Assessing skin and joint problems linked to chronic illnesses and study how connective tissue damage occurs.

    • Reproductive Health - Researching how infections might cause reproductive and gynecological problems, including studies in mouse models.

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