Letter of the Week
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HOMEOPATHY will become a real medical science only when we are capable of scientifically explaining and proving the biological mechanism involved in SIMILIA SIMILIBUS CURENTUR, as well as the exact molecular level process happening during POTENTIZATION, by which the medicinal properties of drug substances are transmitted to a medium without any drug molecule remaining in…
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‘Drug designing’ is an advanced branch of modern pharmaceutical chemistry, which is involved with the process of developing new medicinal substances appropriate to the specific biological targets in the organism. Such a ‘designer drug’ is most commonly a small organic molecule which can inhibit or activate the functioning of a target biomolecule such as a…
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Celiac disease is a chronic, immune-mediated systemic disorder primarily affecting the small intestine. It develops in genetically susceptible individuals following exposure to gluten, a complex mixture of storage proteins found mainly in wheat, barley and rye. The disease is characterised by an abnormal immune response to specific gluten-derived peptides, resulting in inflammation and structural damage…
