An Array of Vaccines
It took just over three quarter of a century to go from the Jenner smallpox breakthrough to Pasteur’s demonstration of the attenuation culture. Twenty...
Vaccines
After the realization that general lock down leads to severe economic consequences and, that it cannot eradicate entirely the presence of the virus, it...
Our Immune System
Our immune system is a series of defense mechanisms that protects us, not only against foreign malignant invaders called pathogens, but also to ensure...
Learning to treat the threat
Days, weeks are passing, and COVID-19 is not passing away. Even in countries which thought they had tamed the beast, it keeps reappearing. Meanwhile...
Waiting for Godot
For some forty years we have been waiting for an HIV (otherwise known as AIDS) vaccine. Just like nuclear fusion, it is around the...
Mutation Theories
We have just woken up to the fact that, President Trump, under pressure from various corners has reversed his decision to disband the task...
The Return of Doctor Strangelove
It would appear, that Doctor Strangelove is about to be back in the White House. For the non classical film buffs, this was a...
Liberty and Death
We all know the slogan of the Greek revolution “Liberty or Death”, so brilliantly immortalised by Nicholas Kazantzakis. It was the choice between a...
TO TEST OR NOT TO TEST, that is the question
As Greece is approaching the opening up phase, we must look at what has occurred in other countries more advanced in the epidemic curve...
Conspiracy theories
Although totally tea-totaller on the use of social media, i.e. Instagram or Facebook, which I obstinately refuse to join, I have been, during this...