Dr. Bradstreet, Nagalase, and the Viral Issue in Autism
By Kent Heckenlively, Esq.
Although my daughter is not a patient of Dr. Jeff Bradstreet I’ve always had an enormous amount of respect for the good doctor. I’ll usually go on his website once or twice a month to find out what has most recently attracted his interest. Often it seems we’re looking at similar questions; which either means great minds think alike, or we suffer from some of the same delusions.
I was intrigued by his October 11, 2011 entry, “An Update on Viral Issue in Autism” since it dovetailed with some of my own recent investigations.
In the past months Dr. Bradstreet has become interested in nagalese, which he describes as an enzyme “produced by cancer cells and viruses.” He thinks it unlikely that children with autism have undiagnosed cancers, and thus suspicion falls on a viral etiology. Dr. Bradstreet writes, “Viruses make the nagalese enzyme as part of their attachment proteins. It serves to get the virus into the cell and also decreases the body’s immune reaction to the virus-thereby increasing the odds of viral survival.”
Further on Dr. Bradstreet writes, “It is reasonable and likely that the nature of the immune dysfunction and the frequently observed autoimmune problems in autism are mediated by persistent, unresolved viral infections.” He claims to have tested approximately 400 children with autism for the viral marker, nagalese, and found that nearly 80% have significantly elevated levels. He hopes to publish soon on this study and believes this information “is one of the most important developments in the clinical treatment of children on the spectrum that I have experienced in the last 15 years.”
Dr. Bradstreet’s article got my attention because of my daughter’s own nagalese testing. I had her tested back in May (when she’d endured three hospitalizations due to uncontrolled seizures) and her reading was 3.3 (reference range 0.35-0.95). In desparation we tried the ketogenic diet (high fats and low carbs), and although there have been some rough patches since May we have avoided further hospitalizations.
And her stools normalized.
Yes, I know all of you realize how important that is. We’re talking months and months of good stools. Seizures down at least 80%. So of course, your friendly neighborhood science teacher was interested in what her nagalese levels might be, so we did a retest in late September. This time her reading was 1.7. It was about a 50% drop, and while it’s still abnormal, it is progress. It makes me wonder if a low-carb diet starves viruses of an energy source.
There are critics of nagalese testing. Dr. Enlander, a specialist in chronic fatigue syndrome/ME, another disease which may be viral in origin, doesn’t believe the tests are sensitive enough to be of any value. And he may be right.
Dr. Bradstreet also discusses a substance called GcMAF, which I don’t have enough information about to make an informed judgment, and that after viral clearance, the possibility of using neuronal stem cells which can cross the blood-brain barrier. I really can’t comment on the advisability of either suggestion.
But if you are like me, still looking for that clue which might help your child join the ranks of the recovered, you might investigate nagalese.
Kent Heceknlively is a Contributing Editor to Age of Autism
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Video
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=maurice+hillieman+
Soo you see they f… knew what they were doing,MAURICE KNEW…Even the pharma paid puppet sock publications Pubmed et-al admit to nagalese …the telling point is ,you don’t find many studies, as the writer below points out some articles are written about then a sudden death of information.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16545013
Just think if everyone went to alternative practioners instead of allopathic the trillions of dollars pharma would loose and everyone would be healthier for it, the costs worldwide for health care would plummet tomorrow, everyone would be able to get healthcare for what ever rare, occurrence came along.
Dr Bradstreet et-al were starting to make a minuscule, impact on that road to recovery for everyone. I for one know that it wasn’t easy getting an appointment with Dr Bradstreet and the carpark at his clinic and other alternative practitioners, in America are usually full to capacity ..says it all don’t you think?The comments below say it far better than I can RIP Dr Bradstreet, one extra star in the sky now.
And just to be fair, for the “those of us who combat the anti-vaccine movement “:
GcMAF and the life and death of an autism quack
Remember, your health is not your choice, but I digress
Anon I do agree with the brain washing desensitisation of the population but,I am not dociled by the death of Dr Bradstreet et-al the opposite to put it mildly. I don’t think nagalese is just as pharma,would have us all written off as another , crazy alternative “theory “ nagalese is a very well documented occurrence in cancers,never mind autism but then ,is autism a cancer? (I think it is) .
I cast my mind back to the great Pharma idol (he who should be worshipped ) of Pharma ,caught on camera talking about Merck vaccine scientist Dr. Maurice Hilleman admitted presence of SV40, AIDS and cancer viruses in vaccines…
“NaturalNews) One of the most prominent vaccine scientists in the history of the vaccine industry — a Merck scientist — made a recording where he openly admits that vaccines given to Americans were contaminated with leukemia and cancer viruses. In response, his colleagues (who are also recorded here) break out into laughter and seem to think it’s hilarious. They then suggest that because these vaccines are first tested in Russia, they will help the U.S. win the Olympics because the Russian athletes will all be “loaded down with tumors.” (Thus, they knew these vaccines caused cancer in humans.)”
Transcript
http://www.naturalnews.com/033584_dr_maurice_hilleman_sv40.html#
Video
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=maurice+hillieman+
Soo you see they f… knew what they were doing,MAURICE KNEW…Even the pharma paid puppet sock publications Pubmed et-al admit to nagalese …the telling point is ,you don’t find many studies, as the writer below points out some articles are written about then a sudden death of information.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16545013
Just think if everyone went to alternative practioners instead of allopathic the trillions of dollars pharma would loose and everyone would be healthier for it, the costs worldwide for health care would plummet tomorrow, everyone would be able to get healthcare for what ever rare, occurrence came along.
Dr Bradstreet et-al were starting to make a miniscule, impact on that road to recovery for everyone. I for one know that it wasn’t easy getting an appointment with Dr Bradstreet and the carpark at his clinic and other alternative practioners, in America are usually full to capacity ..says it all don’t you think?The comments below say it far better than I can RIP Dr Bradstreet, one extra star in the sky now.
MMR RIP
Posted by: Angus Files | July 26, 2015 at 06:12 AM
discovery of the nagalase protein in the vaccine is what got him killed. how about.. people have gotten smart to the fact that vaccines cause autism, and so the pharma industry came out with this nagalase theory (made more credible by his murder) to make it look like a cover up and give us all hope that there is a cure for autism, when there is not. stories like this are being used to prevent rage and retribution by the public and keep us all docile and compliant longer. the big $ has all of their bases covered, and then some.
Posted by: anon | July 25, 2015 at 09:40 PM
I llike anything that doesnt come from a chemical cocktail as much as possible, Mercury is a chenmical those vaccinators put in us and our children.. Bradstreet knew what he was doing and he was getting somewhere too! Lets not let all his research go to waste and keep it going! Any pharma company or doctor pushing pills and other toxins at you needs to be looked at a little harder with a clearer vision of whats best..
Posted by: Jewels | July 24, 2015 at 10:11 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AaAGYocbnk&feature=youtu.be
MMR RIP
Posted by: Angus Files | July 24, 2015 at 03:48 AM
Some physicians are using low dose naltrexone to treat autism, it seems that with interesting results. You can go to Google and put “Low dose naltrexone autism”, or “LDN autism”.
Posted by: Helios Chavarria | February 09, 2015 at 12:07 PM
Doctor Bradstreet had just published a paper here:
http://www.la-press.com/initial-observations-of-elevated-alpha-n-acetylgalactosaminidase-activ-article-a3450-abstract
We are pleased to supply both Dr Bradstreet & Dr Nicola Antonucci with GcMAF who have treated over 1500 autistic children to date and are actively seeking other researchers to further the study already underway.
Please email me at [email protected] – thank you.
With very best regards
Trevor
Posted by: Trevor | December 15, 2012 at 03:49 PM
hi -I have a child on the autism spectrum and she tested positive for Lyme and multiple coinfections. after 3 years of treatment her symptoms are much better. I urge anyone with a child with autism to at least consider the possibility of lyme and get their child tested for it. there as a few labs with great sensitivity. we used igenex.
Posted by: natasha | September 13, 2012 at 09:40 AM
Hi
Has anyone tried MAF 314? Not sure if we should use Gcmaf or maf314 on our 5yr old, non verbal child.
Di
Posted by: Diane | February 14, 2012 at 02:04 PM
I am a biochemist and a researcher studying the links between inflammation and prostate cancer as well as some CNS pathologies. I have examined all the pertinent literature concerning both Nagalase and GcMAF and the papers stop at 2009 in PubMed. What happened? I also looked for commercially available antibodies against any form of Nagalase and found none (using the slang name and formal name). I have always believed that M2 macrophages are actually much more important as a target than lymphocytes in many pathological conditions and I would like to know the current scientific status of enzyme and substrate so I can decide whether or not to include these targets in my near-future plans. Papers stopping at 2009 scare me a bit although I’ve been known to publish late as well.
Posted by: Katy | December 26, 2011 at 04:14 PM
i’d like to urge anyone who has an autistic child to seriously look at getting a nagalase test done. i was diagnosed just a few months ago at 31 and am going to my doctor to try to organise getting a blood sample sent to the lab in holland.
The simple fact is that a nagalase test will basically tell you if there is some kind of virus in your body. A high reading will indicate that there is and that it has seriously affected your immune system and your system isnt working proprly, so the virus can quite happily live inside you.
So for a very simple 50 -65 euros you can have a definite answer. If your levels are normal then at least you know the autism isnt caused by some kind of virus and that autism is really symptoms of having this virus living inside you.
If the test returns high levels then it is incredibly significant and there is a very real chance that the autism or severity of the autism is being caused by a virus. there is a very definite and single path of treatment to take.
I urge everyone with autistic people in their family (especially severe autism) to get the test done because you can learn a huge amount about what might or might not be the cause of autism for just 50-65 euros. It’s better to learn something and open or close a path than to never know and just live with it your entire life.
If a nagalase test returns high levels then i suggest you then look to get a Vitamin D receptor gene type test. Right now it seems that 2 types of genes are high responders, but the rarest type of gene is a non responder. Tat is where we are just now, and the next step being worked on now is a way to bypass the non responsive gene or try to figure out some way of being able to treat everyone regardless of their gene type. But a Vit D recep test is another cheap way for you to know if the next step of treatment is likely to work, if the person has the rare gene type then it would seem right now that treatment wouldnt be effective.
if anyone with severe autism in their lives wold like any more info or help or support then please feel free to contact me [email protected]
i have autism and am going down this path myself, for the cost of a simple couple of test i will learn a huge amount about what is happening inside me, so a normal or high test result can be seen as a positive thing.
Posted by: Steven Smith | December 17, 2011 at 06:09 AM
I am perpetually trying to understand why scientists are not looking for novel viruses, perhaps retroviruses, in brain tissue of autism patients. They seem to look for known viruses but why not use deep sequencing techniques to look for new pathogens? There seems to be a consensus that this has viral etiology and that the immune system is dysfunctional. Perhaps I am being simplistic here, but why can’t some people with finanacial means have this done?
Posted by: linda | November 28, 2011 at 11:52 PM
Nagalase and MAF 314
Fascinating information. Where did everybody get their Nagalase tests?
I want to use such a test as a screening test for the many causes of
high levels in serum. The one I know of costs about $65 and must be
ordered by a doctor.
The other source of Nagalase is pregnancy, I presume only after mother
and fetus share blood. Since cancer is created by a series of
aneuploid accidents after an initial wrong number of chromosomes, I
suspect that it’s the fetal source gene that cancers use. I understand
that if you’re HIV+, and gp120 is present, that serves as Nagalase on
its own.
I suspect that anything that emits Nagalase is protecting itself from
activated macrophages on the rampage looking for cells to consume with
active virus or the wrong chromosome complement such as a cancer cell
or a fetal cell or whatever makes gp120. I also suspect that cancers
that don’t make Nagalase get eaten before they get big enough to get
noticed.
Professor Marco Ruggiero has created a probiotic yogurt, MAF 3 14,
which apparently makes people with a variety of ailments feel better
and have improved CD4 counts within weeks of starting consumption. He
had heard that milk contains some vitamin D binding protein, known as
either VDBP or Gc, and after 314 experiments found tasty yogurt
bacteria that converted some of the VDBP into macrophage activating
factor, MAF.
Ruggiero’s recent report on MAF 314 at a conference in Italy is listed
among my many links. I have many more related links if anyone cares to
help annotate them to make the lists more useful. The only way I know
to get it is to take a $3500 course in maintaining properly balanced
yogurt and get 6 months worth of live yogurt starter material. I am
hoping to see MAF 314 spread widely by what I’m starting to call the
yogurt underground.
Posted by: Richard Karpinski | October 25, 2011 at 01:12 AM