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The Notebook that Became a Tick Solution
Too many families have watched a simple walk in the woods become the beginning of a life-changing illness. From a simple idea for preventing tick bites, a new formulation is being developed to not only challenge the paradigm of tick repellents but also make the outdoors safer.
Story Overview
Every breakthrough begins with someone asking a different question. Ours began with a notebook… and a simple hope that fewer families will ever have to experience Lyme disease. We did not want to put harsh chemical repellents on our children. So, we developed a first-of-its-kind tick obscurant that hides people from ticks rather than repelling them, creating a uniquely safer outdoor experience. Too many families have watched a simple walk in the woods become the beginning of a life-changing illness. Our focus is on a healthier world through safer, effective alternatives.
Target Audience
The target audience is people who are forced to weigh risks of potentially harmful or ineffective tick repellents when they want to spend time outdoors. The outdoors are for everyone, and people should feel safe when they go there.
Priority
Every year, millions of families change the way they work, play, and enjoy the outdoors because of tick bites. Current repellents can be unpleasant to wear, damage clothing and gear, require frequent applications, or rely on insecticides that many families prefer to avoid. A priority would be to identify and highlight prevention methods for tick bites that are both proven safe and effective. Finding a way to do this will give families the confidence to enjoy nature again. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
This sounds like a great idea! I hope it is able to get to market. My family will certainly be early adopters.
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Neat!
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Itll be nice for my skin to not stick to itself, eveytime I go outside. Looks very promising
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Hope matters, especially around Lyme disease. But hope has to be grounded in something people can verify. This submission makes serious claims about preventing tick bites and performing as well as DEET, yet gives judges only a PDF, not sources, data, methods, or evidence that others can review.
An interesting idea can be hopeful. Presenting it as proven before the evidence is available can create false hope. The AI video makes the story feel more convincing, but it does not replace proof. Judges should require sources and supporting evidence before treating this as a validated solution.
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This is an amazing idea. Good luck!
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Wow.. i Love this! Thank you.. We would totally be early adapters!
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What a great idea. Can’t wait for to try it out
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Great idea! Best of luck
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This is a great!
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Your doing great work! This is amazing!
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This is an amazing idea. Can’t wait to try it out. Good luck!
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Congratulations on the progress Dr. Henning!
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Jill, this proposal really resonates with me. I’ve experienced firsthand how significantly Lyme and coinfections can affect the neurological system, and how challenging it can be to recognize the underlying cause when symptoms present in complex or unexpected ways.
I strongly agree that tick-borne infections should be considered and appropriately screened for before high-dose corticosteroids or immunosuppressive treatments are initiated in patients with neurological presentations. Having a clearer understanding of what may be contributing to those symptoms could be critical in making informed treatment decisions and avoiding potential complications.
This is an important area that deserves much more attention. Thank you for advocating for greater awareness and more thorough, patient-centered care.
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Absolutely deserving of this!!! You got this Dr. Henning!
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Excellent idea!
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Great technology! Looking forward to seeing it on the market!
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What a great technology that avoids harsh chemicals!
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This would be wonderful to see!! I know several dear friends and family me suffering from Lyme disease. They've gone through a lot - symptoms, side effects, chronic health challenges, etc. from the disease itself and the current medicines available. Any progress on prevention is good progress!
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This is an incredible idea! Good luck!
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That would be great if we had some other options as well! Anything any of us can to to create change makes a difference.
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Great ideas are those which solve the simplest of problems. What an idea, hats off Dr.Manisha and team. I have 'ticked' this idea !
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Best of luck
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Excellent opportunity in h8gh need area.
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Eliminating the threat of disease from ticks would be amazing!
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What a great initiative! This is such a widespread problem. Kudos to this team and all the best to them for future success.
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This would be a game changer. I am the program director for Dare 2B Tick Aware, PA Lyme Resource Network's tick prevention education program. We have educated thousands of Pennsylvanians about tick prevention. I mention this b/c when we do our prevention seminars we get asked often about natural repellants vs DEET, as many moms prefer a natural option for their children. Personally, as a Lyme patient who is super sensitive, I would LOVE to be able to use this product vs chemicals. I hope this comes to market. Good luck!
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Cannot wait to try it. I've had my share of tick bites from working in my flower beds.
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Great idea. Good luck!
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I love the creativity and cannot wait to use this! I just came back from a camping trip with no DEET-free insect repellent options.
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I've lived in the middle of the woods for over 45 years, and it would be great to have a natural product to protect me from ticks.
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I love this idea. I know several people that suffer from tick borne illness. I would absolutely love to see this product go to market. My family would definitely utilize this technology.
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very exciting!!! much love dr henning!!
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Living in an area where ticks are prevalent, this seems promising.
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This sounds exciting and useful. I particularly like the proposal that it will be a natural tick repellant. Cannot wait to try it out! Best wishes!
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I am really impressed by your idea and think that it will make a difference to life outdoors for people across the Globe. Best wishes for this product to come into the markets soon!
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Prevention is always best. Thanks for exploring and sharing an innovative approach.
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Very promising, and incredibly innovative, amazing work!
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MY HUSBAND DIED FROM 4 TICK-BORN DISEASES & ON HIS 10TH BRAIN AUTOPSY IN 11 YEARS THIS NOV. 2026.
my late husband, JACK GORDON, IOWA, was 1st diagnosed with essential tremors for 5 yrs; then PARKINSON'S for 5 years; then dementia crept in bad!
during the last 2-3 yrs, he was hallucinating in his sleep and visually seeing things NOT there.
the story i wrote about his/my life can be found here at this site:
https://durayresearch.wordpress.com/our-work/...sease-patients/
the results of his 1st brain autopsy can be found here on DURAY RESEARCH FOUNDATION where they found Jack's brain made world-wide history having 2 diseases NEVER found together before in a brain autopsy:
· Lyme/tick disease;
· Lewy body dementia having the visual and very violent hallucinations like Robin Williams had;
· a cluster of filarial nematode parasitic worms in brain having LYME TOO!!
· Alan became ill before he got his part written up for publication.
· So I've been working with Dr. Marna Erikson, Univ. of Minn., who did Jack's 2nd brain autopsy.
· She found 2nd TICK-borne disease:
· Bartonella, 2 species!
· cat scratch disease and
· other name represents lice/homelessness, which neither of us ever had!
· Hopefully later this year after commitments, Marna can work on getting this written up and submitted to a scientific medical journal for publication as Alan M. promised me on 1st autopsy.
· it took 1 YEAR TO GET HER FINISHED RESULTS WITH ME PURSUING THIS VS. HER GIVING THESE TO ME WITHOUT ASKING!
· i paid $10,000 for Marna's autopsy of Jack's brain!
· I gave a very generous donation to DURAY RESEARCH FOUNDATION so other families could have the SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE they needed.
· Frankly, both orgs FAILED ME!
· Jack was diagnosed 2 nights before he passed away with:
· cancer in his lung & liver!
· his death certificate shows he died from LUNG CANCER; they made a mistake earlier adding COLON cancer in another area.
· I caught their error & had that corrected!
· I'm going to work on amending it for final time with ALL BRAIN AUTOPSY RESULTS ABOVE that contributed to Jack's death.
· EACH requires me to go before a judge for a COURT ORDER to get his death certificate amended and CDC statistics!
· IOWA DEPT. OF HEALTH informed me, "books are closed on IOWA CDC statistics; they will NOT open them to add Jack's positive case to them"!
· WISH ME LUCK; It's been 3 years to get this far folks!
· To date, I've never gotten any of the Iowa medical folks to work with me on getting Jack's death certificate AMENDED to all the things CONTRIBUTING FACTORS to his death!!
· ps..Minn. Dr. suggested I get my blood tested for Bartonella too, the 2 species sending my blood to no. 1 bart lab in USA, GALAXY, NC!!
· Guess what? I'M POSITIVE FOR BARTONELLA, BOTH SPECIES TOO! waiting to find out treatment plan now!
· Bottom line EVEN though you are diagnosed with PARKINSON'S, there may be other diseases INVOLVED in your illness like my husband's was.
· I had his brain autopsied because of his weird behavior that my gut said, Betty, find out what he has vs. what he does NOT HAVE! I did; I'm happy with the 2 autopsy results.
· https://durayresearch.wordpress.com/our-work/...rative-disease/
· 2.5.2026 updated!
· 5-6 yrs. Ago I started working with BAY AREA LYME FOUNDATIONS “BIO BANK”, LIZ HORN DIRECTOR. JACK’S BRAIN HAS BEEN TO 10 STATES & 10 RESEARCH LABS.
· Jack’s brain is now at Harvard for his 9th brain autopsy. ON HOLD THERE…. They have a “hotter” case they put as no. 1 priority over jack’s case.
· 10th one is at GEORGE MASON UNIV., FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA, since last summer.
· HOPEFULLY, ONCE THESE 2 TB RESEARCH LABS ARE DONE, THEY WILL WRITE A COMBINED 8 LAB CASE STUDY AND PUBLISH IN A MEDICAL JOURNAL AS ALAN MACDONALD PROMISED ME NOV. 2015 !!!
· Jack’s brain has been to 10 states, 10 research labs plus 1 year at des moines univ. osteopathic college for study purposes in the 12 yrs. since he died!
· I would have NEVER believed it would take this long to get a case study written up and PUBLISHED in a medical journal to help other tb patients/families to educate them as evidence on their loved one’s symptoms and what else it COULD BE!
· JACK AND I BOTH NEVER SAW AN EMBEDDED TICK.
· WE DID NOT HAVE ANY BULLS-EYE RASHES EITHER!! Grrr. ************************************************
· 8.19.26--ANOTHER SUBJECT:
· NEVER DONATE MONEY FOR BRAIN RESEARCH UNTIL THE CASE STUDY HAS BEEN WRITTEN AND PUBLISHED IN A MEDICAL JOURNAL!!
· BETTY GORDON, 8.19.26
· Dr. Alan MacDonald, Florida pathologist, called me about the above saying, "Betty, you're going to be the FIRST CO-AUTHOR over us 3 medical folks when they gets PUBLISHED in a scientific medical journal !!"· MARNA failed to submit Jack's case for scientific medical publication too!I am extremely disappointed since I paid both people for results. · ON HOLD THERE; designated staff person had major surgery and is recuperating at home until they can come back to work.9.23.26---sometime this summer another person was assigned jack's case since liz horn, bio bank director, was having horrible time working with virginia!!!· DM univ. PRESERVED his brain to study and that has allowed 10 brain autopsies to date to be done!!!!thank you dm univ. former funeral director for preserving it correctly 😉DM NEVER told me he PRESERVED JACK'S BRAIN CORRECTLY or i could have pursued an immediate brain autopsy!!· Betty Gordon, iowa widow/activist· · I was misdiagnosed myself for 35 yrs. by up to 50 drs. I'M 57 YRS. CHRONIC LYME/BART/CAT SCRATCH DISEASE, 2 SPECIES PATIENT !!· THIS IS A WHOLE ANOTHER, PAINFUL STORY TAKING 6.5 YRS. TO GET JUSTICE AND BE PAID 75% OF WHAT I DONATED AFTER JACK’S DIAGNOSIS 3 MONTHS AGO to DURAY RESEARCH FOUNDATION.
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Really cool idea - this product will make a big impact in PA and beyond.
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Thank you for sharing this. Prevention matters so much, and asking how to hide from ticks instead of repel them is an interesting angle. Wishing you well with the work.
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