Jasper Lawrence

I first encountered the subject of the Hygiene Hypothesis in 2004 during a visit to my family in England. 

I had severe allergies and worse asthma at the time. 

From the Hygiene Hypothesis it was an afternoon and most of the night via Google to what little research then existed suggesting that hookworm infection negatively correlates with asthma. 

I decided immediately that I was going to infect myself with hookworms to try & cure my allergies and asthma. 

I did just that in January of 2006, in Cameroon where I obtained hookworms the old fashioned way. 

By June of 2006 I was enjoying my first summer without allergies or asthma for the first time in very many years.

I knew from reading so much research that Multiple Sclerosis, Crohn's Disease, and Allergies of all kinds, Asthma and Psoriasis, etc., would likely respond well to infection with hookworms. 

So I founded Autoimmune Therapies, the first private source of helminthic therapy for the public, in 2007.