Dr. Ramakanta

And Quiet Flows The Daya

( Yesterday, I took my guest from Delhi for a visit to Dhauli hills, Shanti Stupa for a visit) Like each and every tourist does, we went up to see the more famous Shanti Stupa ( Peace Pagoda) built by the Japan- Kalinga Buddhist association. It is hardly 50 years old and helped ourselves toContinue reading “And Quiet Flows The Daya”

Vaccine Efficacy vs Immunological Memory

We have developed Covid vaccines that are highly efficacious ( 94%) as early as December 2020. Yet in the mid 2021, the world reeled under the attack of Delta and the Omicrons. Today we are going to discuss two aspect of the Covid Vaccines: Vaccine Efficacy (VE) Immunological Memory ( IM) Let us classify allContinue reading “Vaccine Efficacy vs Immunological Memory”

Correlates of Protection

In search of a true Correlate of protection against new viruses. The old world of immunology and vaccination are crumbling. For 100 years we thought that our antibody levels are synonymous with Protection against the microbe. Whenever the efficacy of a vaccine needed evaluation, we only measured the serum antibody level against the antigen atContinue reading “Correlates of Protection”

A Brief history of Immunology

We live in a dangerous world full of a billion pathogens ready to infect us at any time. No wonder nature has endowed us with a strong immunity against these pathogen. The whole history of our knowledge about such an important life story is hardly 120 years. The first Nobel prize in medicine was awardedContinue reading “A Brief history of Immunology”

On Academics

…An Idiot Speaks. I’m not a Cretin, though I know since birth that I’m an Idiot. Because everyone calls me Idiot. Initially I thought it was my nickname, a noun. But then I came to know that it is an adjective to my intellect. So be it. Recently I heard this brand new word thatContinue reading “On Academics”