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"So far, we have had donations from 20 countries and 33 US states"
Don't make the team post the names of the 17 states that haven't contributed anything yet!
I was just thinking the opposite... shame them!
Welcome to Phoenix Rising!
Created in 2008, Phoenix Rising is the largest and oldest forum dedicated to furthering the understanding of and finding treatments for complex chronic illnesses such as chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), fibromyalgia (FM), long COVID, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS), and allied diseases.
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"So far, we have had donations from 20 countries and 33 US states"
Don't make the team post the names of the 17 states that haven't contributed anything yet!
The Microbe Discovery Project team said:New crowdfunding total.
Today's total raised is:
$57,189 from 362 donations.
Many many thanks to everyone for all your generous support!
The Microbe Discovery Project team said:Here's a reminder of the nature of the proposed gut microbiome study by Dr Lipkin.
The text is provided by The Center for Infection and Immunity.
This is not a new description, but many of the project's supporters may not have seen it.
The Center for Infection and Immunity said:The Center for Infection and Immunity, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York.
“We are actively seeking funds to support comprehensive studies into the role of the bacteria, fungi and viruses in CFS. Research into the human microbiome is an exciting new pathway to advance our understanding of the role that over a trillion microorganisms in our body play in health and in the development of disease. An altered microbiome may cause not only gastrointestinal problems but also immunological and brain dysfunction. As the world’s largest and most advanced academic center in microbe discovery, identification and diagnosis, the Center for Infection & Immunity at Columbia University is optimally positioned to embark upon the challenge to determine how bacteria, fungi, viruses and toxins (and the immune response to them) contribute to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME). Discoveries in these areas may point us toward treatment strategies that reduce vulnerability through exclusion diets, probiotics or drugs.”
http://cii.columbia.edu/blog.aspx?cid=1tOJvW
Mindy Kitei has interviewed Dr Lipkin:
"Candid Conversation with Dr. Ian Lipkin" Mindy Katei interviews Dr Lipkin
May 11, 2014
http://www.cfscentral.com/2014/05/candid-conversation-with-dr-ian-lipkin.html
And Cort Johnson has discussed the interview here:
The Kitei-Lipkin Interview: Missing Pathogens, Psychosomatic Directors and Serving the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Community
Cort Johnson
May 14, 2014
http://www.cortjohnson.org/blog/201...c-directors-serving-chronic-fatigue-syndrome/
The Microbe Discovery Project team said:This is Brooke and Belinda (who has been diagnosed with ME/CFS and fibromyalgia since 2001) - they have recently set a book stall at their local community's annual 'Booktown' event in Australia and raised $400 by selling books for Dr. Ian Lipkin's microbiome study. Thank you very much - what an inspiration you are!
For more ideas how to help this crowdfunding campaign, please visit our website:
http://www.microbediscovery.org/how-to-help/
The Microbe Discovery Project team said:For those who missed it, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health published an article about this patient-led crowdfunding campaign to mark May 12th Awareness Day:
More Than a Gut Feeling
Chronic fatigue patients raise funds for microbiome study by Ian Lipkin
http://www.mailman.columbia.edu/news/more-gut-feeling
It starts:
"May 12, 2014—Sarah*, an MIT computer science grad, first got sick while working on a software project for an international NGO. Severe cognitive and gastrointestinal symptoms were the first sign of what would eventually be diagnosed as chronic fatigue syndrome. “I went from running a triathlon to being unable to sit up for more than 15 minutes,” she remembers. “I had a promising career working and volunteering in areas that I was passionate about, and now my life has primarily become about survival.”"
Continue reading:
http://www.mailman.columbia.edu/news/more-gut-feeling
The Microbe Discovery Project team said:We have a new crowdfunding update.
Today's total raised is:
$58,823 from 371 donors.
That's an impressive increase of $1,574 from yesterday.
Thank you to everyone for your continued support for this project.
Together, we are making a difference!
Find out more about the project, and follow us, here:
www.microbediscovery.org
www.facebook.com/microbediscovery
https://twitter.com/MicrobeProject
Donate:
www.bit.ly/DonateToDrLipkin
The Microbe Discovery Project said:Over the coming days, we're posting a series of blogs in relation to the gut microbiome study, based partly on an interview with Dr Lipkin.
Part 1 of 9
Background to the Gut Microbiome Study of ME/CFS Patients.
Read the full blog here:
http://www.microbediscovery.org/blog/2014/05/19/dr-ian-lipkin-blog-part-1-of-9/
The Microbe Discovery Project team said:Here is the latest crowdfunding update.
$59,663 from 378 donors.
So far, donations have been made from 20 countries & 33 US states.
Thanku everyone!
The Microbe Discovery Project team said:* New crowdfunding total *
$60,509 from 386 donors!
A huge thank-you to everyone for supporting this project and for your continued generosity.
Together, our community is making a difference!
The Microbe Discovery Project team said:This week, we're posting a series of blogs based partly on an interview with Dr Ian Lipkin, in relation to the ME/CFS gut microbiome study.
Part 2 of 9
Why is Dr Lipkin enthusiastic to be involved in ME/CFS Research?
Read the full blog here:
http://www.microbediscovery.org/blog/2014/05/20/dr-ian-lipkin-blog-part-2-of-9/
The Microbe Discovery Project team said:Past entries:
Part 1 of 9
Background to the Gut Microbiome Study of ME/CFS Patients.
http://www.microbediscovery.org/blog/2014/05/19/dr-ian-lipkin-blog-part-1-of-9/
Part 2 of 9
Why is Dr Lipkin enthusiastic to be involved in ME/CFS Research?
http://www.microbediscovery.org/blog/2014/05/20/dr-ian-lipkin-blog-part-2-of-9/
The Microbe Discovery Project team said:This week, we're posting a series of blogs based partly on an interview with Dr Ian Lipkin, in relation to the ME/CFS gut microbiome study.
Part 3 of 9
Microbiome Research – A Piece of the Puzzle for ME/CFS
Read the full blog here:
http://www.microbediscovery.org/blog/2014/05/21/dr-ian-lipkin-blog-part-3-of-9/
The Microbe Discovery Project team said:Past entries:
Part 1 of 9
Background to the Gut Microbiome Study of ME/CFS Patients.
http://www.microbediscovery.org/blog/2014/05/19/dr-ian-lipkin-blog-part-1-of-9/
Part 2 of 9
Why is Dr Lipkin enthusiastic to be involved in ME/CFS Research?
http://www.microbediscovery.org/blog/2014/05/20/dr-ian-lipkin-blog-part-2-of-9/
Part 3 of 9
Microbiome Research – A Piece of the Puzzle for ME/CFS
http://www.microbediscovery.org/blog/2014/05/21/dr-ian-lipkin-blog-part-3-of-9/
The Microbe Discovery Project team said:This week, we're posting a series of blogs based partly on an interview with Dr Ian Lipkin, in relation to the ME/CFS gut microbiome study.
Dr Ian Lipkin’s Study of the Gut Microbiome in ME/CFS Patients
Blog
Part 4 of 9
Funding Rejection
http://www.microbediscovery.org/blog/2014/05/22/dr-ian-lipkin-blog-part-4-of-9/
The Microbe Discovery Project team said:* New crowdfunding total *
Total raised is:
$62,687 from 402 donors.
Thanku everyone for all yr continued support.
Every donation counts.