Why Medical Ethics?
Francis Christian The recent proliferation in our medical schools and universities of “departments of medical ethics,” was a sure sign that the medical establishment had decided to redefine and mould medical ethics a;er its own ideas; and to move away from many centuries of ethics that had always spoken to physicians and nurses with a […]
Immunology 101: Why Intramuscular COVID-19 Vaccination Must Fail
Anonymous, Sucharit Bhakdi, Michael Palmer Many countries are currently experiencing a wave of COVID-19 “breakthrough cases” in spite of high vaccination rates. In this paper, we explain the fundamental reason why such cases had to be expected: the antibodies induced by intramuscular vaccination will only circulate in the bloodstream, but they will not reach the […]
The Naked Absurdity of Global Public Health
David Bell Something is fundamentally wrong with global public health. More accurately, something is fundamentally wrong with the mindset of global health professionals, particularly those in positions of leadership. It has become normal to speak, repeat, and defend complete absurdity, as if illusions and fantasies are real. There are no sanctions for operating in this […]
Biocompatible Near-infrared Quantum Dots Delivered to the Skin by Microneedle Patches Record Vaccination
Kevin J. McHugh et al. Accurate medical recordkeeping is a major challenge in many low-resource settings where well- maintained centralized databases do not exist, contributing to 1.5 million vaccine-preventable deaths annually. Here, we present an approach to encode medical history on a patient using the spatial distribution of biocompatible, near-infrared quantum dots (NIR QDs) in […]
Bioluminescent Quantum Dots
David Evanko Bioluminescence is widely used for in vivo imaging of nude mice. By conjugating luciferase protein to quantum dots, bio- luminescence resonance energy transfer (BRET) turns these useful fluorophores into a new class of bioluminescent probe. … When injected into mice, these bioluminescent quantum dot conjugates produced good signals with no background after injection […]
Vitamin D3 and K2 and Their Potential Contribution to Reducing the COVID-19 Mortality Rate
Simon Goddek The world is desperately seeking for a sustainable solution to combat the coronavirus strain SARS-CoV 2 (COVID-19). Recent research indicated that optimizing Vitamin D blood levels could offer a solution approach that promises a heavily reduced fatality rate as well as solving the public health problem of counteracting the general vitamin D deficiency. […]
Vitamin D for COVID-19: Real-time Meta Analysis of 89 Treatment and 137 Sufficiency Studies
vdmeta.com Vitamin D reduces risk for COVID-19 with very high confidence for mortality, ICU admission, hospitalization, recovery, and in pooled analysis, high confidence for ventilation and cases, and low confidence for progression and viral clearance. We show traditional outcome specific analyses and combined evidence from all studies, incorporating treatment delay, a primary confounding factor in […]
Hydrogels for Biomedical Applications: Their Characteristics and the Mechanisms behind Them
Qinyuan Chai, Yang Jiao and Xinjun Yu Hydrogels are hydrophilic, three-dimensional networks that are able to absorb largequantities of water or biological fluids, and thus have the potential to be used as prime candidatesfor biosensors, drug delivery vectors, and carriers or matrices for cells in tissue engineering.In this critical review article, advantages of the hydrogels […]
