WORMWOOD MARMALADE

where parents, doctors, scientists follow the dots across silos and sleuth the answers together

Silo thinking has not solved the riddles of neurodivergence, autoimmune disease, chronic illness or cancer.

My own journey began with autoimmune disease and two neurodivergent children. Looking for answers led us down paths that crossed disciplines rarely placed in the same conversation.

We kept digging.

And slowly, a different possibility emerged: perhaps some of the answers cannot be found by isolating a single gene, molecule, microbe or pathway and hammering it until it fits. Perhaps we need to study the system in which those components behave.

That opened new lenses through which to look. Different connections. Different overlays. Sometimes, relationships and systems that had not previously been recognised.

Wormwood Marmalade is where we share the research, the riddles, the questions and the discoveries.

Because these problems are bigger than any one discipline.

Only by following the dots together can we begin to solve the riddles.

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MICROGLIA: THE BRAIN’S IMMUNE CARETAKERS

MICROGLIA: THE BRAIN’S IMMUNE CARETAKERS When the Brain’s Maintenance System Changes PrioritiesWhen microglia enter a sustained inflammatory or otherwise dysregulated …
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THE SIGNAL AND THE SILENCE

THE SIGNAL AND THE SILENCE The Signal and the Silence was written during the first phase of our investigation into …
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THE CHOLINE PATHWAY

THE CHOLINE PATHWAY There was a moment early in our work when the investigation took an unexpected turn.We had started …
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BEET KVASS: THE SOVIET MEDICINE THAT OUTSMARTED MODERN SCIENCE

BEET KVASS: THE SOVIET MEDICINE THAT OUTSMARTED MODERN SCIENCE “out of the many posts, this one looks most amateur and …
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THE TRIO — THE THREE GATEKEEPERS

THE TRIO — THE THREE GATEKEEPERS Three microbes. One boundary. A very different way of looking at the human body.There …
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NICOTINE AND THE CHOLINE TRUTH

NICOTINE AND THE CHOLINE TRUTH There is something deeply uncomfortable about nicotine.Not because it is mysterious. Quite the opposite. We …