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Nobel Prize for Physiology & Medicine goes to Cancer Therapy

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Won by   James P. Allison   (U.S.) shared with   Tasuku Honjo   (Japan) has led to treatments for   advanced, deadly skin cancer.   Awarded on 1st October 2018. Physiology & Medicine is the first Nobel prize awarded every year. The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to National Institutes of Health grantee   James P. Allison , Ph.D., of the University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. Dr. Allison shares the prize with   Tasuku Honjo , M.D., Ph.D., of Kyoto University Institute, Japan, for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation.                                   Professor James P Allison Professor Tasuku Honjo and his team at Kyoto  University The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said, “by stimulating the inherent ability of our immune system...
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Misconception : Caduceus (☤) As A Medical Symbol

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Caduceus   (Staff of Hermes), it is something that you'll probably find this symbol in almost every healthcare setup, medical institutions and medical associations. And apart from this, you'll also encounter it very often in ambulances. But there is a misconception about it. Well, originally it is not related to healthcare but belongs to the Greek god   Hermes   and related to   commerce and trade   but used mistakenly as a medical symbol from late 19th century in North America. The original symbol which is related to medical sciences is   Rod of Asclepius   which belongs to Greek god Asclepius. The   caduceus   (☤) is the traditional symbol of Hermes and features two snakes winding around an often winged staff. It is often mistakenly used as a symbol of medicine instead of the   Rod of Asclepius , especially in the United States. The two-snake caduceus design has ancient and consistent associations with trade, eloquence, negotiati...
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Subjects In MBBS & Their Respective Fathers

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There are total 19 subjects in M.B.B.S  (Medicine Baccalaureas and Baccalaureas Chirurgiae) which is comprised of preclinical , paraclinical and clinical subjects. 1. Preclinical Subjects (2 semesters) Anatomy -   Andreas Vesalius Physiology -   Claude Bernard Biochemistry -   Carl Alexander Neuberg 2. Paraclinical Subjects (3 semesters) Pathology -   Rudolph Virchow Pharmacology -   Oswald Schmiedeberg Microbiology -   Antony (Antonnie) Von Leeuwenhoek Forensic Medicine & Toxicology -   Paolo Zacchi 3. Clinical Subjects (4 Semesters) (A) Part - I (2 Semesters) Opthalmology -   George Bartisch Otorhinolaryngology -   Julius Lempert Community Medicine (Preventive & Social Medicine) -   Milton Joseph Rosenau (B) Part - II (2 semesters) Medicine -   Hippocrates Surgery -   Susruta Pediatrics (Paediatrics) -   Abraham Jacobi Obstetric...
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