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From the Townsend Letter
June 2013

Rethink Health: Inflammation Is Actually Repair Deficit: Using Physiology First to Achieve Better Outcomes
Part 1: Value and Importance of Understanding Inflammation As Repair Deficit Opportunity
by Russell Jaffe, MD, PhD, CCN, and Jayashree Mani, MS, CCN
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3.  Jaffe R, Mani J, DeVane J, Mani H. Tolerance loss in diabetics: association with foreign antigen exposure. Diabet Med. 2006;23(8):924–925.
4.  Jaffe R. Quercetin & OPC: nature's solution to inflammation [webinar]. http://bit.ly/10z5ct6.
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Dr. Russell JaffeDr. Russell Jaffe received his AB, MD (with senior thesis honors), and PhD (In biochemistry and physiology) from Boston University. Dr. Jaffe served his medical internship at University Hospital and was awarded a the US Public Health Service Officer Commission, assigned to the Clinical Center of the National Institutes of Health, in June 1973. While at the Clinical Center, Dr. Jaffe served his residency in clinical pathology. He is board certified in clinical and subspecialty certified in chemical pathology. Dr. Jaffe remained on the permanent senior staff of the NIH Clinical Pathology Department, where he continued method innovation and was active in collaborative research with the Laboratory of Experimental Atherosclerosis (of the Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute). Concurrently, Dr. Jaffe's interests in the mechanisms of health and the evoking of human healing responses led him to apprentice in such healing arts as acupuncture; mindfulness; massage; music, art, and color therapy; and a variety of eclectic therapeutic approaches. In addition, Dr. Jaffe performed innovative studies of platelet function and blood clotting in relation to the origins of coronary artery and cardiovascular diseases. Among the tests that he developed are the early colon cancer-screening test using occult blood detection not interfered with by vitamin C consumption, as well as a variety of tests related to the blood clotting and immune defense and repair systems. Dr. Jaffe developed the first method of measuring cell-mediated immunity using a modified ELISA system in a lymphocyte mitogenesis/blastogenesis brief cell culture known as lymphocyte response assays (LRA). This LRA by ELISA/ACT provides an "immunologic fingerprint" of items to which the body is reactive or tolerant. Dr. Jaffe has contributed over 100 symposium-invited talks, scientific articles, or book chapters. He received the J. D. Lane award for original research from the USPHS, the Merck Sharp and Dohme Excellence in Research Award, and in 2002 the International Research Scientist of the Year, among other recognitions for his investigations. Dr. Jaffe is a fellow of the Health Studies Collegium and director of ELISA/ACT Biotechnologies LLC and PERQUE LLC in Ashburn, Virginia. He may be reached at 800-525-7372 ext. 5101, and rjaffe@ELISAACT.com or rjaffe@PERQUE.com.

Jayashree ManiJayashree Mani, MS, CCN is a clinical nutritionist with over 20 years' experience in providing nutritional counseling and education to patients and physicians in various medical environments. Her focus over the past 10 years has been on the functional use of lymphocyte cell response assays in clinical management of various autoimmune conditions, including fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, and irritable bowel syndrome. Developing nutritional protocols involving the Alkaline Way and specific nutritional supplementation, her work also includes specific emphasis on diabetes and metabolic syndrome and its management. She has coauthored chapters on these topics and published scientific articles describing these comprehensive approaches as well. She may be contacted at PERQUE Integrative Health/ELISA/ACT Biotechnologies; 800-525-7372 or 703-840-4427; jmani@PERQUE.com or jmani@elisaact.com.

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