Paramegnetism & Energies

Paramagnetism & Energies

What is Paramagnetism and how can it help?   ** For more info on this topic, see the answers at the bottom of the FAQ page   According to Prof. Phil Callahan, the acknowledged expert on this subject (along with numerous other energy-related subjects such as insect antennae, ELFs, etc.), paramagnetism is the ability of a substance to collect or resonate to the magnetic fields of the Cosmos—but it is not magnetism. Rock powders use crystals or crystal-like forms to collect subtle cosmic energies, transforming them into uses from which we can benefit. For more fascinating information on the astonished capabilities of crystal substances see http://www.vogelcrystals.net/legacy_of_marcel_vogel.htm . Vogel spent many years working with crystals after many years as IBM’s top research scientist.   Callahan was a mainstream scientist at the head of his field, who over the last 50 years, was drawn deeply into an understanding of energies, particularly as they influenced agriculture and health. He came to realize that it was essential to understand the  energetic background to life, the polarity of paramagnetism and diamagnetism, how they relate to the soil and how they influence our lives.   As Harvey Lisle, author of ‘Enlivened Rock Powders’ has written: ‘Paramagnetism is the ability of a substance to resonate to a cosmic force’. He has also stated : ‘There is a secret life in the enlivened dusts of the earth, and Rudolf Steiner made it his business to bring this reality into a modern context’. Steiner, as many know, was responsible for many outstanding new fields of human knowledge, amongst them Biodynamics, which arose from his deep understanding of the energies of the Cosmos, an understanding which arose from his deep spiritual connections and highly advanced clairvoyance, unmatched to this day. He called himself a practitioner of ‘spiritual science’, or a science based on the interplay of energies on many levels.   Igneous (volcanic) rocks contain the greatest concentration of Paramagnetism —basalts and granites predate all animal and  plant influences. Steiner says that such rocks date back to when the Earth was in a very hot, vaporous state. The life in these would have to be a carry-over from the ancient Sun which gave birth to planet Earth. Silica is the material carrier of this life.   Neutralising noxious energies with Paramagnetic material Harvey Lisle did a great deal of experimenting with these forces and realized that the forces of paramagnetic silica rock powders traveled in an upward spiral. He showed that a jar of this material placed under a TV set or monitor reduces the area of noxious influence from approximately 3 metres to about 30 cm! I have duplicated this and found similar results. Paramagnetic lime rock powders are found to give off forces travelling downwards, so if you have access to these, place them on top of the offending device (tv, monitor, etc.). Similar results have been found for microwave ovens, computers and other electronic devices. It is well to keep in mind Robert Becker’s warning in ‘The Body Electric’ (Becker was the top scientist in bio-electrics in the 80s and 90s). He stated: ‘Accelerated mitosis (cell division) is a hallmark of malignancy  as well as healing, and long term exposure to extremely low frequency (ELF) electromagnetic fields has been linked to increased rates of cancer in humans’.   Lisle also found that houses affected by high power lines could be protected by simply placing 4 jars of paramagnetic material at the 4 corners of the foundations of such  a house. He also recommends the same treatment to neutralize the issue of geopathic stress overall in a house. See elsewhere in the Energy Store’s websites for information on how to get help with these issues. We have taken this discovery further with a combination of highly paramagnetic rock dust (reading of >7000) with orgonite to be placed as mentioned above for neutralizing electro-stress and geopathic stress. See our ‘Stress Reducer’ which uses this principle and related principles for various kinds of stress.     Paramagnetic and diamagnetic in living systems In the end, when it comes to energetic systems, such as in agriculture and water and in the human  body, we are considering the polarity of paramagnetism and diamagnetism, oxygen and water, rock dust and wood, etc. In other words, the Yin/yang balance of the ancient Chinese philosophy and culture.   For example, the nervous systems in humans is in the form of the paramagnetic craniosacral/parasympathetic and the diamagnetic thoraco-lumbar/sympathetic.   In the soil the Paramagnetism and Diamagnetism are ‘insulated’ from each other by organic material—but if you use a salt fertilizer, it forms an ionic solution  which can conduct electricity, and this short-circuits the P/D polarity, and ruins the soil.   If a soil is not paramagnetic, for example, then the moisture in the soil will not do what it should, ie, rise in the morning and fall in the evening. Thus the force of paramagnetism affects water deeply, to fulfill its intelligent and energetic function. Moreover, as Harvey Lisle says, it is the paramagnetic forces which keep the plant saps circulating and thus plants are made much more resilient to winter kills and much more disease resistant. Likewise he says that paramagnetism stimulates the ‘aura’ of plants and thus causes them to repel insects. Most insects like a turbulent or decaying energy and then move in for the kill.   Sacred architecture Historically, the Egyptian pyramids and steles, Mayan pyramids, Irish round towers, American and European stone circles and earthen works (barrows, mounds, etc.) all have the function of broadcasting strong paramagnetic energies over a wide area. This was done very consciously by these energy-aware races, who also knew that shapes or forms were highly important in collecting and focusing these forces.   Paramagnetic influence on water Water is highly diamagnetic, and has lost its balance when deadened by the harsh treatment it receives, which is restored by the presence of paramagnetic material. This is part of what the Aquacharge system does—it also seems to dissolve the weak hydrogen bonds which cause deadened water molecules to be ‘glued together’ in large clusters.             References:   Philip S. Callahan, Ph. D. ‘Paramagnetism—Rediscovering Nature’s Secret Force of Growth’   Harvey Lisle ‘The Enlivened Rock Powders’.   Paramagnetic Effects on Plant Growth, by Thomas Dykstra In ‘Acres USA’ magazine http://www.dirtdoctor.com/view_question.php?id=127     Marcel Vogel: www.vogelcrystals.net/legacy_of_marcel_vogel.htm

Germany research - Chiropractic Pediatrics- I believe all Uk babies should be checked at birth, and minimal intervention, no pulling or sucking just guidance

Pediatrics
Many chiropractors are able to treat children, however an Atlas Orthogonal Upper Cervical chiropractic adjustment is one of the safest methods to treat pregnant women and children. The treatments are gentle and painless. They are non-manipulative, very precise and extremely effective. In fact – pregnant women and children alike, love the Advanced Chiropractic treaments, over the usual medical tests, shots, and medications or over standard chiropractic.
Is it safe?
Dr. Racine feels there is a growing need for primary health care providers who use natural methods which are safe, effective, and without side effects, especially for developing children. Also – in pregnancy, the last thing you want to introduce to a developing baby – are drugs and chemicals with harmful side effects! Many parents turn to all-natural chiropractic care for their children, especially after trying conventional medicine methods without seeing any results.
Many parents are bringing in their children soon after birth to have their atlas (C1) & spines checked; many times, even if these babies are not sick! But, these parents realize that the birth process itself places stress on the developing spine. The birth delivery process can misalign & subluxate the baby’s neck bones as the baby’s head & neck gets pulled, yanked, and tugged onto… during delivery.
Many parents don’t want to wait until symptoms develop and there is a problem! It is a means of preventative health care… and not reactive sickness-care. If the bones in the neck (esp. the top bone (atlas) that surrounds the brainstem) get out of proper alignment – it can lead to neurological insult on the baby’s nervous system.
Sometimes this creates ‘symptoms’ right away. Unfortunately – baby’s can’t tell us there is a problem… and subluxations (nerve interference) can go undetected for years.
Tired of the same old?!
Parents, tiring of the antibiotic merry-go-round often seek out chiropractic pediatric care that is natural & holistic. Antibiotics are usually prescribed by medical pediatricians for ear infections, strep throat, etc. The problem is this: antibiotics are over-prescribed and medical research proves that antibiotics are typically useless for these conditions. At the very least – they do not get to the root cause of the problem, and cycles of infections repeat themselves too often.
If the symptoms do resolve with antibiotics, but weeks later the child once again has ear pain or throat pain and a second, third, or fourth round of antibiotics are prescribed. Often antibiotics are prescribed prophylactically (there are no symptoms, but the antibiotic is give, “just in case”)! Then come ear tubes or a tonsillectomy after the antibiotics ultimately fail.
With Advanced Chiropractic – many children get well quickly and without pain. And more often then not, the children actually stay well!
Side effects
The antibiotics upset the natural flora (good bacteria) in the intestines, and yeast is allowed to overgrow, which can lead to causing allergies as well as decreased immunity over time. Children on antibiotics become sicker and more prone to developing diseases down the line – because of decreased immune system function. Medical research proves that antibiotics typically do not aid the healing process in ear and throat infections – and in some cases can actually slow down healing time. What medical research also shows – is that long term overuse of antibiotics will weaken the child’s natural immune system… which can lead to serious degenerative diseases later in life.
Think about it – medications too often simply ‘cover up’ symptoms without looking to the root cause of problems. Sure, there is need for medications in the world… but natural Chiropractic 1st, then if needed – Drugs 2nd, and lastly – Surgery.
With chiropractic, esp. the Advacanced Chiropractic we utilize at the Racine Chiropractic Center… our success rate with ear infections & throat infections – are about 90% successful!
That’s huge! No harmful side effects. It is so gentle, the treatment is barely felt by the baby. Babies and kids love this type of specialty chiropractic. And it actually gets to the root cause of these problems by allowing the nerves & immune system to work optimally. Let the body heal itself – without interferrence.
Ear infections & throat infections are the top ‘reasons’ for bringing kids to the pediatrician. Since Dr. Racine has a 90% success rate in helping these conditions safely & naturally, it only makes sense to have children get under this care.
Drug free healing, nautrally
Instead of using drugs, Dr. Racine works with children’s bodies and nervous systems to help strengthen their immune systems and heal. Dr. Racine is educated in the common ills of children and knows how to use precise, gentle chiropractic adjustments, and sometimes nutrition to help regain homeostasis – that fine line between well-being and dis-ease.
Vaccines – the autism connection
Many of the world’s top medical researchers on vaccines, agree that there is a link between childhood immunization and autism. In the U.S. – many vaccines are made with many preservatives & additives such as the heavy metals like mercury & lead to aid in year’s of shelf life.
Many experts state that 80-90% of the world’s autism can be directly attributed to immunizations.
A child’s immune system does not fully develop until ~1 year old (and that’s IF the child is breast fed!). Children on formula do not develop their immune system as quickly as should be – and formula fed babies are proven through research & clinical studies to be less healthier than breast fed babies.
But if we follow the theory of immunizations as given by your medical doctors, it goes like this:
Vaccines introduce an ‘agent’ (bacterial or viral typically) into the body, so that the body’s natural immune system can produce a response and antibodies to that invading agent.
If we follow this logic – than no child under the age of 12 months should ever be given a vaccine! And certainly not formula fed babies (which can often take 18 months or more to develop a full immune system).
Think about it: the vaccine supposedly ‘stimulates’ a response from the child’s very onw immune system. But if there’s no immune system to stimulate in the first place… this immunization proposal falls on its face!
Wellness preventative care
Dr. Racine is a big advocate of preventative chiropractic care. You don¹t wait until you child¹s teeth are rotting before you take them in to the dentist, do you? So why should you wait until your child has a spinal curvature, earache, asthma, allergies, or other health problems before you take them in for a chiropractic check up? Prevention is the key!
Chiropractic treatments of children is easy – because unlike adults who have many years of compounded stresses and health problems… children respond quickly and easily to Upper Cervical Specific care.
The nervous system controls all
Because the nervous system controls and coordinates every function in the body, Advanced Chiropractic care starting at birth absolutely helps children to grow up healthier and happier! Even “normal” births can cause trauma to the spine, especially the neck and cranium of the newborn. Even without any harmful intent from the OB-GYN, if the baby’s head and neck are used as levers to pull the baby out of the birth canal – this can cause stress to the head and neck. It can cause Subluxations (nerve interference). When forceps, vacuum extraction, or cesarean section are used, the chances for trauma increases because the ‘pulling’ of the baby’s head & neck are more severe.
Research study on 1250 babies
A medical research study done in Germany, took 1,250 five day old babies. Out of the 1,250 five day old babies, over 1,000 of the babies already had subluxation misalignments to their upper neck (the atlas).
In the same study, 211 of the babies had colic, sleeplessness, and restlessness.
When the 211 babies were ‘adjusted’ (the top bone in their spine gently restored back to its proper alignment), it took the pressure off the brainstem therefore improving nerve functions. All of the 211 babies stopped crying and fell asleep!
While this research study is astounding – we see this all the time at our office.
Parents bring babies – whether there are symptoms or not. We check their spine and atlas (C1). If their is a misalignment, we gently place it back where it belongs with specific and gentle adjustments. These babies do well and absolutely shows signs of more health & happiness, versus babies who do not get checked or adjusted.
Spine & Growth
Your baby¹s spine will grow 50% in that first year (that¹s like a 6 footer growing to 9 feet tall), making it very susceptible to misalignments or injury. Your child’s spine must also develop curves in the neck and low back during that first year in order to continue growing properly in childhood. After that first year, the child’s activity level increases, subjecting the spine to repeated physical trauma. Look at a child who’s learning how to walk. Can you imagine falling on YOUR butt so many times a day? And have you seen older children playing on the playground? Those repeated “minor” bumps, falls, accidents – can all cause vertebrae to misalign and affect spinal & nerve health. It may eventually lead to subluxations (nerve intereferrence) – if left unchecked and untreated.
Now, with this bit of advice and knowledge – if you are an adult, and are now wishing that your parents had at least brought you in for an Advanced Chiropractic check up and exam when you were a child… do your children a healthy favor and get them checked. An exam on a child is quick & easy. Inexpensive. And you will have peace of mind – you will know if your child has vertebral subluxations which affects your kid’s spinal & nerve health.
Reaching their full human potential
We all have high hopes and dreams for our children. Each child is special in their own way. All natural Advanced Chiropractic can help YOUR child reach their full human potential, whatever that may be. This includes those children with special needs, such as those Down’s Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, Autism, ADD, and others who are physically or mentally challenged. Advanced Chiropractic releases the healing intelligence within the body for full expression of life. This helps them grow up healthy – in mind, body, and spirit! The amount of research and testimonials for chiropractic care helping children with such problems, are numerous, extensive and commonplace.
Indications that your NEWBORN or INFANT BABY needs gentle chiropractic care are:

• Inconsolable or excess crying
• Head consistently turned or bent to one side (torticollis)
• Assymetric use of their limbs (palsies)
• Latching on problems or poor sucking during breastfeeding
• Sleeping Problems & restlessness
• Excessive spitting up
• Gas or Colic
• Skin rashes & Eczema
• General unhappiness of the baby

Indications that your OLDER CHILD may benefit from chiropractic include:

• Ear Infections
• Learning disorders, attention deficit, and hyperactivity
• Excessive Colds, Flu, & Fevers
• Coughs, Bronchitis & other Respiratory ills
• Asthma and allergies
• Eczema & other Skin Rashes
• Bedwetting
• Stomachaches
• Constipation or Diarrhea
• Vomiting
• Aches and Growing pains in joints or spine
• Sports injuries
• and more…

Dr. Racine believes that expression of health is one of the greatest gifts of all.
All that he asks of parents, is to be open to the possibilities of natural healing that are available to help keep their children healthy and happy. Atlas Orthogonal Upper Cervical chiropractic care is gentle and painless – and much safer then needless drugs and chemicals with all their side effects.
Sound advice is to know and question any treatment rendered to your children. Do not be afraid to ask questions of your Chiropractor, Pediatrician, OB-GYN, etc.
Too often, we have parents that will say: “I wish i would have known about this chiropractic specialty sooner… it would have saved us alot of heartache!”.
Chantale Mumma (Dr. Racine’s sister in Pensacola) was once thrown out of her Pediatrician’s office… for asking knowledgeable questions in regards to the safety and need of Vaccines!! There is NO need for such a doctor in your child’s health regimen! Obviously, this doctor probably felt threatened – and probably did not know the answers, so to save his EGO… he asked her to leave.
There is too much information out there regarding such subjects as the safety of Vaccines, Antibiotics, Medications,etc. Please be an informed consumer – and treat your children’s health as the valuable commodity that it is.
This website is dedicated to this very cause – to better help inform every day people about TRUTHS. The purpose of this website was to better educate the public in regards to the fact that there IS in fact an alternative to all of the drugs, the shots, the ear tubes, etc.
Please feel free to navigate this site as much as needed.
If you have questions or concerns – you are welcome to email us, or make an appointment for a free 15 minute consultation to discuss these questions or concerns.

If we are infected with candida so are animals particularly birds

If pigeons, seagulls, rats, foxes, crows etc. have fed of the same waste junk food that we have then they will have candida also, and have mutated into  fat and much larger creatures than say back in the 80's. The American junk food diet has encroached on our streets for the last 3 decades causing untold damage to  us, Caffeine rich is it's coke, coffee, and now Cadbury chocolate. They have flooded the market with coffee shops, burger bars, fried chicken outlets, targeting our children with their foods and caffeine laced drink and sweets, we eat take away pizza to an alarming degree a cheap food to create and again unhealthy. We have drifted away from good wholesome food, meals that were created during and after the war making the most of rationed supplies.

We have become either lazy or just don't have enough time to prepare a meal so go for the convenient option.

We also drink far too much alcohol which feeds candida which at the same time causes addiction which then creates a catch 22.

We have infestations of  bedbugs, head lice are the feeding of off infected blood.

We eat meat pumped with hormones and fed antibiotics.

Even rickets is making a comeback because it cause vitamin deficiency

It's all very frightening, and needs to be addressed before it's too late

Candida diet and healed their Parkinson's Mettamorfix blog

Posted on May 12th, by Mettamorphix in Uncategorized. 1 Comment

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Dear Friends,
Recently many incoming questions and consultations have included interest in diet. A few weeks ago I wrote about abstaining from grains, which probably generated the trend. Now I feel I should give some background and share my opinions.
First and foremost, my emphasis is always on qigong and working with the body/mind connection. The Paleo diet I am currently following and finding helpful was not something I used when I healed from Parkinson’s. I healed anyway. The diet I was following at the time, and had been following for years, with various degrees of intensity, is the candida diet. Here’s why. In the mid 1990′s, almost overnight, I went from having a fit, attractive body to a weight gain of over 100 pounds. I had aches, pains, fatigue ad infinitum, along with a nausea/hunger sensation, like having a chronic nasty case of flu. All the doctor could find was elevated liver enzymes, which, after testing, did not appear to be hepatitis. I was finally referred to a hepatologist who ordered a liver biopsy which was sent to the Mayo Clinic in the hopes that a diagnosis would be found through their matching data bank. No such event occurred. At that point the hepatologist asked me if I would consider using some very strong medication with many unwanted side-effects. That was not what I considered a viable solution.
Frustrated, yet persistent, I began to research on my own. I learned about candida, such a lovely name for such a systemic nuisance. My profile seemed to fit the descriptions I was finding. Among the diagnostic criteria: vaginal infections of the fungal nature in early adulthood, digestive distress, toenail fungus of big toes, often losing the nail as a recurrent process. Further reading revealed that although candida often manifested in fairly mild ways, it could go systemic, effecting any and all organs. This candida condition was also linked to autism (many readers know I have an autistic son), ADHD, depression, fatigue, migraine, skin rashes, and numerous other chronic conditions. A candida diet was offered as treatment, and I followed it, with with fluctuating fervor, for many years. Basically the diet prohibited foods containing yeast, gluten, sugar, alcohol, fermentation, carbonation, caffeine, most dairy, as well as items like peanuts, mushrooms, and foods that could house fungus or mold. As I followed the diet my condition improved and weight dropped off in commensurate fashion. (There were several books of a practical nature by Dr. William Crook which I found very helpful in implementing my plan.)
A year of two after my recovery from Parkinson’s, I was reading Dr. Robert Rodgers’ book, “Pioneers of Recovery,” and happened upon an interesting find. In a chapter entitled “The Candida Connection: Lidia”, Lidia discusses how as she was working on her own health issues, she found a link to candida, and then traced this link as possibly being connected to her husband’s condition. He began treatment for candida and his PD symptoms began to reverse.
I have provided just a cursory glance at candida, along with some names and titles. If this resonates for you, I encourage you to continue to explore on your own. Now I need to share the final part of my dealings with the candida issue. Long after my recovery from candida, both big toenails continued to fall off and re-apppear cyclically. However, shortly after I initiated qigong practice and my recovery from PD began, the toenails returned to normal and have remained that way. Haola! That’s what I mean about keeping your main focus and energy on qigong. I find diet helpful, but regular, mindful, dedicated qigong practice is the basis of my health and recovery process.
MORE FOOD FACTS:
According to findings in “The Omni Diet” by Tana Amen, RN:
The herb Rosemary is helpful for its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties as well as improved circulation and digestion. It also helps protect “cognitive decline decline associated with dementia and may provide new hope in the treatment of Parkinson’s Disease.”
Food to Avoid: (according to Deepak Chopra)
F-frozen
L-leftover
U-unnatural
N-nuked
C-canned
In one way or another each of these categories shortchanges optimum nutrition, to say the least.
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I am off to celebrate Mother’s Day with my family, and I sincerely hope none of them reads this before we meet for brunch today. When I began blogging I had no idea about how much of my personal life I would share, and I know my peeps would blush, as I do now, at the fact that I recounted intimate fungal facts on the internet. Sometimes doing what one one believes to be right, necessary, helpful, isn’t easy. Do it anyway!
Haola everyone

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1. rachel says:

   May 12, 2013 at 6:21 pm

   Thank you for this post. I know

As far as I see it, the human population mostly are infected with Candida of the blood, mice will NOT give them the answers that they need

Study reveals how C. difficile disrupts the gut

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A dreaded scourge of hospitals and nursing homes, Clostridium difficile sickens over 500,000 and kills over 14,000 Americans every year, while racking up some $4.8 billion in annual health care costs.

C. diff rapidly took over the guts of antibiotic-treated mice.
Image credit: University of Michigan Medical School

When C. diff enters the digestive tract of a patient freshly treated with antibiotics, it very rapidly establishes itself and wreaks havoc in the gut.
Infection with C. diff can result in mild to severe symptoms, such as diarrhea, fever and stomach pains. It can also lead to life-threatening conditions such as the bowel being unable to expel gas and stool due to inflammation and swelling.
While we know most cases of this major public health threat arise following antibiotic treatment, we know little about the stages and biological processes that allow C. diff to rapidly colonize the disturbed ecosystem of the gut.
Now, a new study from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor - published in the journal Infection and Immunity - describes how it took only 24 hours for the pathogen to germinate and establish itself along the whole of the digestive tract of mice newly treated with antibiotics.
The researchers hope their findings will spur better ways of preventing and treating C. diff infections.

C. diff was producing toxin at other end of gut in 24 hours

For their study, the team introduced C. diff spores into the mouths of mice freshly treated with antibiotics - the same route through which the pathogen likely enters human patients in a care setting.
They then took samples from different parts of the gut of infected mice every few hours and inspected them in special oxygen-free chambers to measure the amount and types of C. diff in each one.
The analysis showed it took only about 24 hours for the spores to develop into toxin-producing, diarrhea-inducing cells in the large intestine - at the other end of the digestive tract.
The researchers also found that the bile acids in the mice's gut activated the dormant C. diff spores, causing them to germinate and grow into cells that colonized the small intestine within 24 hours of entering the digestive tract via the mouth.
The samples also showed that C. diff was forming spores again - thus completing its life cycle - in the large intestine, from where it could be expelled in feces and infect a new host.
The team used a specially developed strain of mice for the study and a common antibiotic in the cephalosporin class. The strain of C. diff they gave the mice originated from a human patient years ago, but it can also be bought in lab- culture form.
First author Dr. Mark Koenigsknecht says:
"We introduced 100 spores through the mouth, and within 6 hours we could find 1,000 cells in the intestinal tract. We chose this strain of C. difficile because of its rapid ability to cause disease in animals, but we didn't think it would happen that quickly."

C. diff DNA was the most dominant in gut in 36 hours

The team also carried out a DNA analysis to see what had happened to the gut microbiome in the mice. By comparing mice that had been treated with antibiotics with those that had not, they found the antibiotics disrupted the bacterial colonies in the small intestine, and C. diff DNA was the most dominant within 36 hours.
When they examined intestinal tissue under a microscope, the researchers found the toxin from C. diff had caused the cells lining the gut to become leaky, which in turn summoned immune cells and led to diarrhea. These changes were evident in the large intestine about 30 hours after the mice were given the C. diff spores.
The team notes that this is the first study to find evidence of toxin production and newly produced C. diff spores that can survive outside the body at the same time in a living animal.
They suggest this shows the two processes are linked and probably triggered by the same signal in the body.
Dr. Koenigsknecht is now keen to discover what that signal is, whether different strains of C. diff produce the same results, and what types of patient are most vulnerable to their effects. He notes:

"Now that we understand what C. difficile is doing, we can also go and ask more questions about how the machinery inside the cell is turning on. We have to know how to study it before we can cure it."

Some of the questions the team wants to explore include finding out exactly how C. diff takes over a gut freshly decimated by antibiotics: does it prevent the growth of other bacteria? Or does it outcompete them by devouring their resources faster? And how does the pathogen communicate - if at all - with the cells of the gut lining? The researchers want to find out as much as they can about the way friendly and unfriendly bacteria communicate with the gut.
Grants from the National Institutes of Health funded the study.
Meanwhile, Medical News Today recently reported on the growing interest in transplanting fecal matter from a healthy donor as a way to treat C. diff infection. One reason for the growing interest in this type of bacteriotherapy is that unlike antibiotics, it does not wipe out the natural bacteria in the gut.

Written by Catharine Paddock PhD