Dr. Meirleir continued research started under his mentor and did not publish important findings in peer-reviewed journals that would have otherwise aided ME and CFIDS research and helped sufferers adopt treatment protocols. Meirleir claims Hydrogen Sulphide over-produced by gut bacteria causes a cycle of tissue derangement and hormone and enzyme imbalance that can produce "broken" proteins, toxic prions, in a reactive soup of free-radicals. One protocol might entail the use of silver colloid to cleanse the G.I. tract, and the addition of friendly gut bacteria. Meirleir uses Antibiotics . Meirleir's crass grasping after cash has many calling for his censure. "The love of money is the root of all evil."