“The doctor neither looked at me nor touched me.” Expressions like that are often heard from people who have come from clinics for any reason. Two Chicago MDs have warned about the progressive loss of diagnostic skills among doctors, despite the widespread use of new technologies and growing number of sophisticated diagnostic biomarkers and imaging […]
The central dogma of molecular biology was formulated by Francis Crick in 1958. Life is sustained by a unidirectional flow of genetic information within each cell: DNA replicates, is transcribed into messenger RNA, and this is translated into amino acids that make up proteins (Fig. 1). Figure 1. Central dogma of molecular biology and Google […]
Acquisition of HIV infection following potential exposure may occur occupationally in health care workers or, much more frequently, outside working sites, in persons engaged in high-risk behaviors, either sexual or through injection drug use. The use of antiretroviral drugs either before or soon after HIV exposure may prevent primary viral infection. The US CDC released […]
Several international associations have banned the use of genetically modified animals in sports competitions. The latest development has been the Argentine Polo Association, following the announcement that cloned specimens of Pureza, a mare that has won multiple awards, have been produced. In addition, the five clones of the horse have an alteration in the myostatin […]
The prestigious medical magazine The New England Journal of Medicine has published an article announcing and arguing the reasons that have led Bill Gates to extinguish his foundation (Phillips S. N Engl J Med 2025). Reading the text leaves no one indifferent. Health and prosperity After World War II, the Marshall Plan in Europe allowed […]
Introduction The National AIDS Control Program Pakistan reports 0.24 million HIV patients indicating an alarm of danger1. Out of 46,912 HIV/AIDS patients, only 26,093 are receiving treatment, while about 45% have not initiated their treatment1, despite providing free of cost HIV testing and treatment services2. The general prevalence of HIV positive drug injectors may reach […]
Introduction AIDS, precipitated by the HIV, constitutes a chronic, pernicious condition that profoundly debilitates the immune system, thereby heightening vulnerability to opportunistic infections and specific malignancies. The advent of antiretroviral therapy (ART) has significantly mitigated AIDS-related mortality and substantially prolonged the life expectancy of those afflicted, effectively transmuting AIDS from a fatal affliction into a […]