From my personal experience At railway hospital, bhubaneswar RTPCR is a multiplier test. A state of the art machine multiplies the nucleic acid present in your nasal sample till it detects the virus. The number of cycles ( of multiplication) it takes before detecting the virus is called the Cycle Threshold. ( CT value) TheContinue reading “Covid testing and viral load”
Monthly Archives: November 2020
What is mRNA Vaccine ?
Q. How does our body fight a virus ? A. By producing antibodies against it. The rules of immunology state that in order to develop adequate and accurate antibodies against any infection, you must suffer the full infection at least once. Otherwise the antibodies will be inadequate and ineffective. We usually develop good quality antibodiesContinue reading “What is mRNA Vaccine ?”
How does our body make insulin ?
( A brief overview of how our DNA, mRNA and Ribosome manufacture the 22,000 proteins we need every day for our daily activities.) What is mRNA ? Inside the human cell, each protein ( say insulin to enzymes and hormones) are printed by the 3D printer called Ribosome as per the code encrypted in theContinue reading “How does our body make insulin ?”
Ryonen’s Face
Change is the only constant. Ryonen, the beautiful courtesan of the empress of Japan was a ravishing beauty at the tender age of 17. Oneday, the beautiful Empress died suddenly and Ryonen became acutely aware of the impermanence of beauty and life in this world. It was then that she decided to study zen. SheContinue reading “Ryonen’s Face”
Dr Ramakanta's Ideas 