Martin LaurenceNov 27, 20183 minPsoriasis, atopic dermatitis and MalasseziaMicrobes which live on our skin have long been suspected of contributing to chronic inflammation, in particular seborrheic dermatitis, ps...
Martin LaurenceNov 26, 20182 minFramingI read "Can You Outsmart an Economist?" by Steven Landsburg last week. It’s a very entertaining book, large portions of which are dedicat...
Martin LaurenceNov 15, 20184 minA cautionary taleIn 1981, a young Australian doctor named Barry Marshall used a microscope to detect Helicobacter pylori in stomach biopsies of gastric ul...
Martin LaurenceNov 14, 20182 minCrohn's and itraconazoleIn 2010, Samuel and colleagues published a small retrospective study describing five Crohn’s patients who had contracted the soil fungus ...
Martin LaurenceNov 13, 20185 minEffective AltruismEffective altruism is what motivated The Malassezia Project. The rationale and potential impact of this project are explained in this pos...
Martin LaurenceNov 12, 20181 minLaunch day!I've been preparing The Malassezia Project website and videos for four months, and am glad it's finally done! This site is an accessible ...