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An Albany NY Medical researcher gets $1.8M for Lyme disease
Timothy J. Sellati, a researcher at Albany Medical College, has received a
5-year, $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Allergy and
Infectious Diseases to continue research seeking treatments for chronic Lyme
disease.
An assistant professor in the Center for Immunology and Microbial Disease at
the college, Sellati has previously received grants from the Arthritis
Foundation and the National Institute of Health.
Sellati's research has focused on how a person's genetic makeup effects
their ability to fend off microbes that cause Lyme disease, which is
transmitted by deer ticks and can cause arthritis and heart damage.
Sellati's research has found that molecules on the surface of white blood
cells shield people from the inflammation that accompanies Lyme disease, and
the varying levels of these molecules may influence whether people contract
mild or severe symptoms.
"I've been trying to understand the immunological basis for our response to
bacteria, Borrelia burgdorferi, that causes Lyme disease," said Sellati in a
release.
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