Remember, only 8% of products that are tested in vivo (living organisms i.e. rodent studies) make it to a clinical treatment The rate for in vitro studies like this is even lower
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So, potentially, one or MAYBE two of these will result in a treatment Even then, it's worth remembering that the treatment might not work so well in actual people
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When you read about people doing things to cells in a jar, it's important to note that this is totally different from doing it to actual people in the real world XKCD put it very wellpic.twitter.com/KOps0Gu6gk
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All of that aside, this study is still very problematic because of it's relationship with Lyme disease/Chronic Lyme It was funded by 3 organisations that appear to support the idea of chronic Lyme infectionspic.twitter.com/jg0FcxrUfo
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The study author also appears to explicitly endorse the idea that Lyme infection persists in the body long-termpic.twitter.com/e5cLprFJ8N
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Now, there is quite a bit of debate about Post-Treatment Lyme Disorder/Syndrome (PTLD/S), but there is little genuine question about "Chronic Lyme"
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In short, Chronic Lyme does not appear to be a true health issue. There is likely a post-treatment disorder that Lyme causes, but there is no active infection behind this
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So even if these essential oils were effective at killing Lyme bacteria, the purpose that they are being tested for is very much questionable
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Anyway, maybe some essential oils are better at killing Lyme cells in petri dishes than antibiotics But then, so is bleach. And FIRE
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The real test is in vitro studies in animals, then actual clinical research in human beings Until then, I'm going to label this "almost certainly nonsense"
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Blog on this study now uphttps://medium.com/the-method/essential-oils-cant-treat-lyme-disease-ae94d404147d …
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