Does the quality of sunscreen get affected as the time passes while in the shelf?

a large number of sunscreens are being sold in the market which have an expiry date. most of the sunsceens are just stable chemiclas which tend to react only with sun light. what is the expiry...

07 August 2018 5,590 2 View

Proactive versus reactive approach. which is better?

A proactive approach focuses on eliminating problems before they have a chance to appear and a reactive approach is based on responding to events after they have happened. The difference between...

11 December 2016 1,943 26 View

Pepsi and Coca Cola are known to cause Obesity. Still people love them. How can we define such paradox?

Pepsi and coca cola if they have contributed anything to this world is that they have made the world heavier by causing Obesity. Any function any meeting and any get together and any thirst...

09 October 2016 6,255 1 View

Can benzyl peroxide be combined with adapalene and clindamycin simulatneously?

09 October 2016 1,973 3 View

LED light is there any UV radiation that is harmiful to skin?

what spectrum of Light is emitted through LED lights and what ids the amount of UV radiation that is emitted. Is it safe for long use and particularly for OT uses

08 September 2015 585 0 View

Of all the branches medicine has the highest and constant updates and efficiency. Yet it is charity?

Hotels with luxury. Food with luxury, clothing with luxury. every one pays for being happy. Why does one not pay for being healthy? Why are insurance companies making it easy for one to keep...

31 December 2014 3,453 0 View

Anti diabetic drugs and anti hypertensive drugs are available as both branded and generic. Which is to be prescribed and why?

With the advent of generic drugs the branded forms are also competing for prescription. while offering the best to the patient which is considered better. why is there no uniformity in pricing...

10 November 2014 2,727 10 View

Compare and cotrast products versus services like chemical peels and lasers?

How to compare and contrast each of the pros and cons for products and services. like laser, PRP and chemical peels. with the customer first attitude which is safe?

10 November 2014 6,380 0 View

With life expectancy increasing why is quality of life not equal everywhere?

Happiness is ultimately that is required. does money alone decide the quality of life or happiness? Is medical science responsible for increasing life expectancy or providing clean and healthy...

10 November 2014 8,589 11 View

How safe is Glass as an enclosure?

A recent cyclone in Andhra Pradesh damaged many show rooms with glass as exterior. Many show rooms which flaunted expensive glass as walls, and exteriors came for a shock as they found the glass...

09 October 2014 1,900 3 View

Which of the Covid-19 Vaccines would elicit the best immunoprotection and why?

I want to know which of the available Covid-19 Vaccines would elicit the best immunological response and why

02 March 2021 1,388 3 View

Experimental Design: How deal with pseudreplicates with immunological and clinical-chemical paramaeters?

Hello everybody, I am investigating the influence of a toxinon various clinical-chemical and haematological parameters in fish. I have three treatments (control, low dose, high dose) in my...

24 February 2021 1,243 1 View

Looking for advices and tips to improve the staining and the gating strategy in human blood?

Hi, I am staining a human blood with CD19, CD3,CD14 and CD16. My gating strategy in FlowJo goes like this: - First, I gate a general population SSC-A VS FSC-A => Then gate for single cells, =>...

21 February 2021 5,724 4 View

Can you polarize Jurkat cells into different T helper subsets?

I am wondering if anyone has had success with in vitro polarization (via cytokines) of Jurkat cells. My goal is to understand the affect of a drug on Treg induction and differentiation. I...

12 January 2021 3,606 2 View

Can only the spike protein of the virus provide immunity?

Virology, microbiology, immunology, vaccine

21 December 2020 424 16 View

Can somebody recommend me a decent textbook to learn more about signaling pathways and their mechanistic principles in general?

I studied biochemistry and molecular biology in my bachelors and Immunology in my masters. I never came across a suitable course for general signaling pathways and principles. My interest is...

13 December 2020 5,690 5 View

Is it possible to extract DNA or RNA from paraffinized biopsies ?

My lab have some skin biopsies that were previously conserved in paraffine , and i wanted to know if it is possible to extract DNA or RNA from them.

06 December 2020 7,964 6 View

Could the desmin mutation in myofibrillar myopathy be caused by an infection?

A patient with desminopathy (mutation Thr341Pro DES in a heterozygous state) with the progression of the disease has a decrease in taste and smell, immunosuppression, and an increase in IgA in the...

02 November 2020 5,886 6 View

Whis HLA-A2 TAAs are best for DC pulsation and CD8+ cytotoxic T cell induction?

When looking to establish Ag-specific CD8 cytotoxic T cells with autologous dendritic cells, there are numerous tumor-associated Ags to choose from. Does anybody know which Ags give the best...

27 October 2020 2,068 2 View

Resuspending cell pellet after ficoll centrifugation?

In my current project I am planning to isolate mononuclear cells from peritoneal ascites of cancer patients using ficoll centrifugation. However, following isolation of the mononuclear cell layer,...

26 October 2020 5,966 4 View