Von Recklinghausen Neurofibromatosis is a disease characterized by pebbles under the skin. It is present since birth. The little boy was crying. His eyes were red. Every time there was a family get-together, all the kids in the house would gather and enjoy, the little boy would be depressed. Their father, the great emperor wouldContinue reading “Subhadrangi’s Dilemma”
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Cancer Drugs: MABs, MIBs, MIDs, NABs, and NIBs
the first monoclonal antibody, rituximab (MAB) was approved for non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 1997, Every living cell has a critical enzyme called Protease. The first Protease inhibitor (PI) was approved for myeloma in 2003. It is bortezomib (ZOMIB) The first immuno-modulatory drug, lenalidomide ( IMID) was approved for myeloma in 2006. Remember Thalidomide. NAB isContinue reading “Cancer Drugs: MABs, MIBs, MIDs, NABs, and NIBs”
The first Painless Surgery
Those Barber Surgeons Those were the days when as you went for a hair cut, your barber would trim your hairs inside your nose, pick any thing stuck inside your ear canal as he would use a sharp blade to pare your nails. Barbers were adept in using sharp blades on human skin. They wouldContinue reading “The first Painless Surgery”
Pandemic to Endemic and so on..
As I scanned through the daily covid-19 figures of our zone, I got a pleasant surprise. Date: 31.8.2022 The total number of Covid-19 cases admitted in Railway hospitals of the zone – NIL. Test Positivity Rate in our zone – ZERO Even the new Covid-19 cases in the country has fallen below 10,000. Does itContinue reading “Pandemic to Endemic and so on..”
Vaccination and R0
The basic aim of vaccination is to reduce the R naught (R0) factor of a pathogen. r k mahapatra R0 is a measure of transmissibility of the virus. It is always observed that whenever a new pathogen enters a closed community, say an isolated island, it rapidly infects a large number of the residents causingContinue reading “Vaccination and R0”
