Garth Nicolson

Garth L. Nicolson, PhD, (b.1943), is an American biochemist. He's the Founder, President, and Chief Scientific Officer of The Institute for Molecular Medicine, California. His career has covered many scientific and medical areas, but he is best known professionally for advancing the understanding of cell membranes. Nicolson coauthored with S.J. Singer, a classic paper in cell biology, titled "The fluid mosaic model of the structure of cell membranes" in 1972.

Dr. Nicolson has researched the role of chronic infections in a variety of chronic illnesses, including ME/CFS, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, Gulf War Illness, and other autoimmune diseases. His extensive work on Gulf War Illness earned him the prestigious awards of an Honorary title of Colonel of the US Army Special Forces and an Honorary title of U.S. Navy SEAL.

Notable studies

 * 2014, Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Chronic Disease: Treatment With Natural Supplements.
 * 2014, Lipid Replacement Therapy: a natural medicine approach to replacing damaged lipids in cellular membranes and organelles and restoring function.
 * 2007, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Patients Subsequently Diagnosed with Lyme Disease Borrelia burgdorferi: Evidence for Mycoplasma Species Coinfections
 * 2002, High prevalence of Mycoplasma infections among European chronic fatigue syndrome patients. Examination of four Mycoplasma species in blood of chronic fatigue syndrome patients.

Research Institute location

 * Institute Headquarters - Office of the President - 31677 Virginia Way P.O. Box 9355, South Laguna Beach, CA 92652
 * Department of Immunology - 16371 Gothard St., H Huntington Beach, CA, 92647

Talks & interviews

 * Dr. Garth Nicolson speaks about NT Factor
 * 2009, 4th Invest in ME International ME Conference 2009 Similar Infections Found in ME/CFS and Neurodegenerative and Neurobehavioral DiseasesDVD available

Online presence

 * PubMed
 * Website
 * YouTube

Learn more

 * Wikipedia - Garth Nicolson
 * 2016, Is chronic fatigue syndrome finally being taken seriously?