It appears that certain autoimmune diseases such as asthma, arthritis, MS, and Chron's are more prevalent in modern industrialized nations. According to the hygiene hypothesis , our bodies are ecosystems that have been damaged by a rapid reduction in number and variety of microorganisms that populate our bodies and immediate environment and that a consequence is the rise of autoimmune diseases and immunological disorders.
Jasper Lawrence travelled the world to infect himself with various parasitic worms which research had suggested might help his asthma. He now sells parasites online, a practice being called helminth therapy.
Now that most people accept that Acidophilus bacteria are good for digestion, this theory sounds a little bit less bizarre.
monochrom is an art-technology-philosophy group having its seat in Vienna and Zeta Draconis. monochrom is an unpeculiar mixture of proto-aesthetic fringe work, pop attitude, subcultural science, context hacking and political activism. Our mission is conducted everywhere, but first and foremost in culture-archeological digs into the seats (and pockets) of ideology and entertainment. monochrom has existed in this (and almost every other) form since 1993. [more]
