Biography:Boyd Haley

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Boyd Eugene Haley
Born (1940-09-22) September 22, 1940 (age 83)
Greensburg, Indiana
Alma materFranklin College, University of Idaho, Washington State University
Known forPhotoaffinity labeling Anti-vaccine activism
Spouse(s)Sandy Haley[1]
AwardsSigma Xi[2]
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Wyoming, University of Kentucky
ThesisGamma-fluoro-adenosinetriphosphate: I. Synthesis and properties; II. Interaction with myosin, heavy meromyosin, and fumarase. (1971)

Boyd Eugene Haley (born September 22, 1940, Greensburg, Indiana) is an American anti-vaccine activist and retired professor of chemistry at the University of Kentucky.

Education and career

A native of Greensburg, Indiana, Haley graduated from its New Point High School in 1959. Four years later, he received a bachelor's degree from Franklin College in Franklin, Indiana, and then entered a teaching fellowship at Howard University.[3] Thereafter, he served as a U.S. Army medic a few years.

In 1967, Haley obtained an M.S. degree from the University of Idaho. He then entered a doctoral program at Washington State University, where he worked "to make chemical modifications on ATP to try to identify how and exactly where ATP binds to cause muscle movement."[4] In 1971, WSU granted him his Ph.D. degree in chemistry-biochemistry.

For three years, Haley served as a postdoctoral scholar at Yale University. From 1974 to 1985, he was a professor at the University of Wyoming.[2] hereafter, he was appointed professor of medicinal chemistry at the University of Kentucky, whose chemistry department he became chairperson of in 1997.[2] He is now professor emeritus.[5]

Basic research

In 1992, Haley and a colleague, upon examining cerebrospinal fluid, reported levels of glutamine synthetase considerably higher in cases of Alzheimer's disease than in a control group, and suggested that this could be a biomarker to aid diagnosis.[6][7]

In 2005, Haley reproduced findings of gold salt removing mercury from molecules, and inferred support for the possibility of gold salts removing mercury from biological proteins.[8] Yet Haley noted that the gold salts could themselves be toxic, and called for the extreme caution before applying gold salts in medical treatment.[8]

Thimerosal controversy

Further information: Chemistry:Dental amalgam controversy

Haley argues that mercury exposure via dental amalgams and vaccinations may cause neurological impairments and diseases, such as autism and Alzheimer's disease.[9] The United States Public Health Service and the American Dental Association reject these claims.[10][11]

Haley has appeared in court as an expert witness against vaccine manufacturers, stating his belief that thimerosal causes autism, but his testimony has not been accepted.[12] In 2008 a judge ruled that his "lack of expertise in genetics, epidemiology, and child neurology make it impossible for him to supply the necessary factual basis to support his testimony".[12]

Haley has labeled autism as "mad child disease" (akin to mad cow disease), which some autistic individuals and their parents have found highly offensive.[13][14]

Supplement marketing

Haley is the founder of CTI Science, a Lexington, Kentucky-based biotechnology firm. CTI marketed a product, OSR#1, for human consumption; it was described as an "antioxidant" dietary supplement that is a powerful chelator from a family originally developed to remove heavy metals from soil and acid mine drainage.[15] In June 2008, an FDA toxicologist questioned[16] "on what basis the product could be expected to be safe and could be considered a dietary ingredient", but CTI Science and Haley had not responded as of January 2010.[15] The testing was described as incomplete and indicating toxicity.[17] On June 17, 2010, the FDA sent a warning letter noting five potential violations, expressing concern over the testing, and requiring a response in 15 days.[18][19] Although Haley wrote an op-ed for the Lexington Herald-Leader,[20][21] the FDA did not receive a formal response, and OSR#1 was withdrawn from the market.[22]

References

  1. ↑ "James "Jim" Haley". Muskogee Phoenix. 4 September 2007. http://muskogeephoenix.com/obituaries/x2128971745/JAMES-JIM-HALEY/print. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Curriculum Vitae". Food and Drug Administration. https://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/dailys/02/Sep02/091602/80027dd3.pdf. 
  3. ↑ "Boyd Eugene Haley". 13 June 1963. https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/15065515/. 
  4. ↑ Worley, Jeff (25 September 2003). "Boyd Haley: Tagging toxins for better health". University of Kentucky. http://www.research.uky.edu/odyssey/exclusive/summer03/haley.html. 
  5. ↑ "Adjunct & emeritus faculty" , College of Arts & Sciences—Chemistry wepbage, University of Kentucky website, accessed 13 Jun 2017.
  6. ↑ "Detection of glutamine synthetase in the cerebrospinal fluid of Alzheimer diseased patients: A potential diagnostic biochemical marker". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 89 (24): 11949–53. December 1992. doi:10.1073/pnas.89.24.11949. PMID 1361232. Bibcode: 1992PNAS...8911949G. 
  7. ↑ "A possible Alzheimer marker is found". The New York Times. 15 December 1992. https://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/15/news/a-possible-alzheimer-marker-is-found.html. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Olmsted, Dan (2005-12-30). "The Age of Autism: Gold standards". United Press International. http://www.upi.com/Consumer_Health_Daily/Reports/2005/12/30/the_age_of_autism_gold_standards/2870/. 
  9. ↑ Rockmarch, Andrea. (April 2004). "Toxic Tipping Point", Mother Jones. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Questions and Answers on Dental Amalgam". Food and Drug Administration. 2006-10-30. https://www.fda.gov/cdrh/consumer/amalgams.html. 
  11. ↑ "ADA Statement on Dental Amalgam". American Dental Association. 2007-04-06. http://www.ada.org/prof/resources/positions/statements/amalgam.asp. 
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Offit PA (2010). "Behind the Mercury Curtain". Autism's False Prophets: Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure. Columbia University Press. pp. 132–133. ISBN 978-0-231-14637-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=er6rAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA132. 
  13. ↑ Paul A. Offit (2 April 2010). Autism's False Prophets: Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure. Columbia University Press. p. 132. ISBN 978-0-231-14637-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=er6rAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA132. 
  14. ↑ "Petition to Defend the Dignity of Autistic Citizens". neurodiversity.com. July 2005. http://www.neurodiversity.com/mothers_for_dignity.html. 
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 "OSR#1: Industrial chemical or autism treatment?", Chicago Tribune, January 17, 2010
  16. ↑ FDA letters and documents
  17. ↑ "FDA warns maker of autism supplement". UPI. June 24, 2010. http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2010/06/24/FDA-warns-maker-of-autism-supplement/UPI-44231277415294/. 
  18. ↑ Warning letter CIN-10-107927-14 from US FDA, June 17, 2010
  19. ↑ Tsouderos, Trine (June 23, 2010). "FDA warns maker of product used as alternative autism treatment". Chicago Tribune. ISSN 1085-6706. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-06-23/health/ct-met-autism-chemical-20100623_1_boyd-haley-autism-recovery-movement-dietary-supplement. 
  20. ↑ Haley, Boyd (June 26, 2010). "Dietary supplement safe for right use". Lexington Herald-Leader. ISSN 0745-4260. http://www.kentucky.com/2010/07/12/1345487/dietary-supplement-safe-for-right.html. 
  21. ↑ Tsouderos, Trine (July 12, 2010). "Supplement seller says FDA may be 'confused'". Chicago Tribune. ISSN 1085-6706. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-07-12/health/ct-met-autism-chemical-update-20100712_1_dietary-supplement-fda-boyd-haley. 
  22. ↑ Tsouderos, Trine (July 26, 2010). "Controversial supplement to come off shelves". Chicago Tribune. ISSN 1085-6706. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-07-26/health/ct-met-autism-treatment-pulled-20100726_1_cti-science-web-warning-letter-expert-in-environmental-health. 

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