Dee i hope you got on the show. I know you posted the mrsa clay
article before. Here is the newest one + an email for all in you group
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From: Shelley Haydel <Shelley.Haydel@...>
To: Mike Douglas <mikernsemail@...>
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 10:24:23 AM
Subject: Re: Golden clay

Hope that you are feeling better.

Since the first batch of clay has characteristics that we are
interested in studying, we are going to cover the costs of testing the
subsequent batch. I'm just not sure when we will get around to
testing it – hopefully within a few weeks.

Healing clays" hold promise in fight against MRSA superbug infections
and disease

NEW ORLEANS — Mud may be coming to a medicine cabinet or pharmacy near
you. Scientists from Arizona State University report that minerals
from clay promise could provide inexpensive, highly-effective
antimicrobials to fight methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
(MRSA) infections that are moving out of health care settings and into
the community. These "superbugs" are increasingly resistant to
multiple antibiotics and cause thousands of deaths each year.
Clay

Minerals from clay could provide a source of powerful antimicrobials
for fighting deadly MRSA infections and other diseases.
Photo courtesy of Arizona State University, John C. Phillips

Unlike conventional antibiotics routinely administered by injection or
pills, the so-called "healing clays" could be applied as rub-on creams
or ointments to keep MRSA infections from spreading, according to a
research duo from ASU's Biodesign Institute and College of Liberal
Arts and Sciences. The clays also show promise against a wide range of
other harmful bacteria, including those that cause skin infections and
food poisoning, they add. Their study, one of the first to explore the
antimicrobial activity of natural clays in detail, was presented at
the 235th national meeting of the American Chemical Society, the
world's largest scientific society.

Clays have been used for thousands of years as a remedy for infected
wounds, indigestion, and other health problems, either by applying
clay to the skin or eating it. Cleopatra's famed beauty has been
credited to her use of clay facials. Today, clays are still commonly
used at health spas in the form of facials and mud baths. However,
armed with new investigative tools, researchers Shelley Haydel and
Lynda Williams are putting the clays to the test, scientifically.

"Clays are little chemical drug-stores in a packet," says study
co-leader Williams, a geochemist in the School of Earth and Space
Exploration. "They contain literally hundreds of

In their latest study, funded by the National Institutes of Health,
Williams, Haydel and their colleagues collected more than 20 different
clay samples from around the world to investigate their antibacterial
activities. Study co-leader Haydel, a microbiologist in ASU's School
of Life Sciences and a researcher in ASU's Biodesign Institute, tested
each of the clays against bacteria known to cause human diseases.
These bacteria include MRSA, Mycobacterium ulcerans (a microbe related
to the tuberculosis bacterium that causes a flesh-eating disease known
as Buruli ulcer), as well as E. coli and Salmonella (which cause food
poisoning).

The researchers identified at least two clays from the United States
that kill or significantly reduce the growth of these bacteria, in
addition to the one French green clay that launched their research in
2005. The antibacterial effect of the French clay was documented this
year in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, with co-author
Christine Remenih.

Identifying what specific compounds make these clays effective
antibacterial agents presents a challenge, researchers say, but they
credit their combined perspectives, coming as they do from two very
different scientific disciplines, for their successes. Haydel and
Williams note too that tools like electron and ion microscopy might
also reveal how these antibacterial clays may interact with the cell
membranes or cellular physiology of the bacteria to kill.

Williams and Haydel continue to test new clay samples from around the
world to determine their germ-fighting potential. They hope that the
more promising clays will be developed into a skin ointment or pill to
fight a variety of bacterial infections or possibly as an agricultural
wash to prevent food poisoning. Several companies have expressed
interest in forming partnerships to develop the clays as antimicrobial
agents, the scientists say.

But ordinary mud can contain dangerous bacteria as well as toxic
minerals like arsenic and mercury, the researchers point out. Until
healing clays are developed that are scientifically proven, which
could take several years, they say that hand washing and other proper
hygiene techniques may be the best bet for keeping MRSA and other
harmful bacteria at bay.

Sources:
Lynda Williams
Associate Research Professor
School of Earth and Space Exploration
Arizona State University, Tempe AZ
lynda.williams@...(480)965-0829 | lynda.williams@...

Shelley Haydel
Assistant Professor
School of Life Sciences and Biodesign Institute's Center for
Infectious Diseases & Vaccinology
Arizona State University, Tempe AZ
(480)727-7234 | Shelley.Haydel@...

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