Morgellons Fibers are Grown From Host Epithelial Cells
Despite the constant assurance from social media that Morgellons is associated with nanotechnology, no evidence of nanotechnology has ever presented itself. This theory in fact is fake news. How do we know this? Because peer reviewed, independent studies have demonstrated the fibers growing from human epithelial cells:
Histological studies on MD tissue show that MD filaments are not textile fibers. They are biofilaments of human cellular origin produced by epithelial cells and stem from deeper layers of the epidermis, the upper layers of the dermis, and the root sheath of hair follicles.6,10,11 Histological studies established that these filaments are predominantly composed of collagen and keratin,10,11 and are nucleated at the base of attachment to epithelial cells,11 thus demonstrating human cellular origin. Staining of embedded filaments with Congo red resulted in apple-green birefringence suggestive of an amyloid component, although this remains to be confirmed by more specific studies (unpublished data). Staining of embedded filaments with calcofluor-white produced negative results, demonstrating that filaments are not cellulose as found in cotton, linen, or other plant-based textile fibers, or chitin as found in fungal cells and insect exoskeletons (unpublished data).
A preliminary study using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) showed hairlike scales on a blue filament, suggesting that at least some MD fibers are hairs.10 The blue coloration of some fibers was first determined to be the result of melanin pigmentation as shown by positive Fontana Masson staining.11 An independent study concurred that embedded blue fibers in an MD specimen (supplied by the authors of this paper) were not textile fibers. SEM revealed that the blue fibers were microscopic hairs with cuticular scaling, and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) revealed darkly stained melanosomes that were not organized, a finding consistent with human hairs (Shawkey MD, unpublished data, 2013).
Microspectrophotometry reflectance data on fibers were consistent with patterns of pigmented tissues. Raman spectroscopy14 on two separate blue fibers showed relevant peaks that were indicative of carbamate compounds and melanin aromatic rings (Shawkey MD, unpublished observation, 2016). Hence, independent studies using different methodologies provided evidence that Morgellons fibers are hairlike extrusions and that the blue coloration is the result of melanin pigmentation. Although the mechanism for coloration of red fibers is not yet understood, there are no known textile fibers colored by blue melanin pigmentation.11
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5072536/
Of course, nobody has ever produced any evidence of nanotechnology, but don't let that stop them from viciously defending their disproven theory.