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”
Author Archives: Dr. Ramakanta
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”
The Grief Cycle.
[ Dr Elisabeth Kübler-Ross is a Swiss Psychiatrist. Here I have tried to illustrate one of her complex psyche theory from her famous treatise ‘Death and Dying’ with an autobiographical example ] – Ramakanta Mahapatra It was a December night, 18 years ago. I was on duty at the hospital that night. In the morningContinue reading “The Grief Cycle.”
This Virus is Still an Enigma-2
What is happening in Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea ? Country Population( in lakh) Total New cases ( on 27.02.22) New cases (per one lakh population) South Korea 513 166,206 323 Singapore 59 16,857 285 Hong Kong 75 17,053 227 Japan 1,258 65,196 52 India 14,024 10,273 0.7 Daily New detection on 27.02.22Continue reading “This Virus is Still an Enigma-2”
Dr Ramakanta's Ideas 