True physical and mental health

Coming: HCLO-based medicine, Shannon Weaver therapy; diagnostic blanket, autophagy/microchip cancer cure

Philosophy: curative rather than palliative approach.

Quotes from Intracortically to be added?

HCLO-based medicine

HCLO (hypochlorous acid) is a potent broad-spectrum antibacterial chemical, the active ingredient in bleach; and also synthesized by white blood cells when they encounter a pathogen. HCLO's universality derives from its ability to attack the structure of most proteins.

One challenge: how to ensure that HCLO in vivo (in the body) only targets pathogens. Current idea: a molecule, to be designed, "bleachoglobin", which carries HCLO in 3d spaces within itself (analogous to the hemes of hemoglobin, which carry oxygen), and which will unfold and release them, when antigens are encountered (analogous to the natural immune system).

Shannon-Weaver therapy

Voluntary and systems-based approach to mental wellbeing. Encompasses new forms of biofeedback.

Possible contacts:

HCLO
- Ursula Jakob (HCLO and E. coli)
- Deanna Gibson
Shannon Weaver
- Trung Ngo, possibly last student of Jack Pettigrew
- Paul von Donkelaar (UBCO), has studied tDCS, which has been used for depression (a kind of biofeedback)

References

HCLO papers
Cortical code: The Cerebral Code by William Calvin. Cortical columns (six-layered vertical structure in outer layer of brain) as a cellular automaton, thoughts as states which spread through the cellular automaton.
- From Calvin, Chapter 11: "To understand a mechanistic foundation for thought is, hopefully, to pave the way to appreciating and modifying the intrusive thoughts of schizophrenia."
Hashlife: predicting cellular automaton behavior by recognizing subpatterns
Jack Pettigrew research and patents
Japan: Yoshinori Ohsumi gets 2016 Nobel Prize for work on autophagy

The natural use of HCLO within human immune system

Respiratory burst. When pathogen detected, neutrophils and other immune cells take in lots of oxygen, and then synthesize highly reactive chemicals including HCLO. This is called respiratory burst or oxidative burst
Uses of HCLO within medicine
Using HCLO to fight infection in tissues. A potent and broad antibacterial. Start reviews the natural immune use of HCLO; also mentions taurine to defend host tissues.
HCLO mouthwash and plaque
Dermatology: HCLO applied to skin refs 1-9
Commercial products containing HCLO

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