Monday, June 4, 2012

Lizards Hold Secrets to Lyme Cure?


Image from wikipedia:
Sceloporus_occidentalis, Western Fence or Blue Bellied Lizard

Lizard May Act As Lyme Disease Panacea
Feeding on Its Blood Strips Ticks of Dangerous Lyme Bacterium


by Kathleen Scalise, Public Affairs
from The Berkeleyan,
A newspaper for faculty and staff at the University of California, Berkeley


posted Apr. 29, 1998

Ticks harboring the Lyme disease bacterium can be cleansed of the infection when they feed on the blood of the common western fence lizard, Berkeley researchers have discovered. The new finding may explain why Lyme disease is less common in California but epidemic in some northeastern states, where lizards are rare.
(read full article)

Think of the possibilities! I'll have to meditate on Lizard Spirit to see if I get any insights.

Thanks to my daughter's neighbor and friend, who spoke of this last night. I decided to google it today. I am sure that there is more information out there, but this is a start.

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