All viruses, including the one that causes covid-19, mutate. These tiny genetic changes happen as the virus makes new copies of itself. Most are irrelevant and some may even be detrimental to the virus’s survival, but others can make it more infectious or...
Nowadays, 2021 January, many cases of bird flu have been reported in India. Several states have issued bird flu alert. The Centre has warned the states over possibility of the disease spreading to humans. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 (A/H5N1) is a subtype of...
The coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has only been circulating in human hosts for a few months, less than one year, which means that there is simply no way to know whether immunity to the disease lasts longer than that. How long immunity lasts is a big question. Research can...
Natural killer cells (NK cells) are a type of lymphocyte (LGL -Large Granular Lymphocyte) and a component of the innate immune system. NK cells are activated in response to interferons or macrophage-derived cytokines. In the host innate...
A subject gains space in discussions about combating the new coronavirus: the early treatment of Covid-19. Those who defend this measure say that it is the only way to reduce, at this moment, the deaths from the disease in the country. However, many experts and...
As I mentioned earlier here on the blog, with homeopathy, we also do Science with quality, methodologically correct, reproducible and carefully evaluated. We do NOT work with beliefs, “I believe it works”, “I don’t believe in homeopathy”,...
