Atopic dermatitis (AD) in children usually get better with increasing age-Why?

Sixty percent of children with AD are seen to clear of the disease by 10 years of age. It happens due to age specific changes in immunity and skin barrier function. What is/ are the immunological...

01 January 1970 6,083 4 View

Are you in favour of prescribing systemic corticosteroids in all cases of erythroderma?

Despite diverse etiologies in erythroderma , the end stage immunologic pathways are similar. As results there are similar clinical findings irrespective of causes. But in some cases systemic...

01 January 1970 7,201 4 View

Gross national happiness (GNH) index.

GNH index is used to measure the collective happiness and well being of a population. How is it calculated? Is it a substitute for gross domestic products (GDP)?

01 January 1970 2,210 2 View

Umbrella- the best way to protect your skin from sun damage.

Sun damage is a major issue in relation to skin health. I think a good quality umbrella gives better protection to skin than any other good quality sunblock. What is your opinion?

01 January 1970 4,385 2 View

Detection of fetal cells in maternal tissues.

There is a bidirectional flow of fetal and maternal cells in pregnancy. Fetal cells migrate and resides in breast tissue, thyroid tissue, skin and so on in mothers body. How can we detect these...

01 January 1970 703 3 View

Early detection of dengue.

We go for NS1 (antigen) testing to diagnose dengue. In some cases NS1 may be negative. Antibodies take a few days to develop. How dengue could be diagnosed prior to development of antibodies...

01 January 1970 8,404 9 View

Criteria of an ideal teacher.

Teaching is a noble profession. A teacher is he, who is engaged in teaching. A teacher helps students to acquire knowledge, competence and virtue (Wikipedia). In many cases we use the term ideal...

01 January 1970 6,846 16 View

RG members stats over view: A question.

Two RG member's stats over view are as follows: Member 1: 175 reads and 229 citations Member 2: 302 reads and 679 citations How the number of citations could be more than number of reads? Can a...

01 January 1970 9,433 7 View

Most effective therapeutic option for seborrhoeic dermatitis (SD).

SD runs a very chronic course like that of Diabetes or hypertension but SD is not asymptomatic. It produces many symptoms. Pruritus is one of them which is sometimes unbearable. Many treatment...

01 January 1970 7,149 3 View

Prenatal Vit-D supplementation.

Prenatal Vit-D supplementation is a common practice. Is there any positive impact of these supplementation on fetal health?

01 January 1970 8,647 4 View

What is the state of the drug inside solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs)?

I am a little confuse with the mechanism of solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs). The main point of encapsulating drugs into SLNs is because some drugs have low solubility in water. Therefore, SLNs...

01 March 2021 3,703 3 View

How does an antibody have full intact antibody + half antibody?

Hello, I was just wondering how does a antibody have full intact antibody + half antibody? Is it because of the drug conjugation?

28 February 2021 1,577 1 View

Is there a deep reason for using the squared modulus of the wave function as the probability density of the existence of the particle?

I think we were all surprised at the first time we got to know quantum mechanics that the squared modulus of the wave function is the probability density of the existence of the particle? The role...

28 February 2021 6,282 9 View

How do I choose contrasts in SPM8?

I am learning how to use SPM for PET and PET-MR analysis, but I haven't found any great resources that explain how contrasts work. I have a series of PET images where our hypothesis argues that...

24 February 2021 1,534 2 View

Does anyone have any ideas why drug-resistant malaria is increasing in Southeast Asia even when those drugs are no longer used?

When dealing with bacterial toxins, there are three varieties of microbes that develop in your petri dish: toxic, resistant, and susceptible. Initially, there are only toxic and vulnerable...

21 February 2021 6,084 5 View

What is the most prevalent drug related problem in the developed countries?

Detecting the drug related problems is an important step in the pharmaceutical care plan

21 February 2021 5,421 3 View

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19 February 2021 8,647 3 View

How to improve dissolution of neosome?

I have made neosome from herbal drug. Neosomes are stable. But I face problems in dissolution. I used minimum ratio of 1:1:0.25 ( Drug:span 60: Cholesterol and GMs. Now how can I active better...

17 February 2021 3,584 1 View

How to determine the drug loading and the drug release capacity of a polymer micelle using UV spectroscopy?

Currently, I am working on PLA-PEG copolymer micelle for the drug delivery system. I have seen several papers where some researcher talks to centrifuge the drug-loaded micelle to separate the...

13 February 2021 5,822 7 View

Should the AUC in a concentration-time graph of a subcutaneous implant be roughly the same for poeple?

I have 2 concentration time curves of a subcut drug implant. the first group has a peak around the 50 day mark where as the second group does not. Both groups received the same implant by the same...

10 February 2021 2,305 3 View