Maternal Immunity in Preterm and Term Babies

We are most defenseless when we are born. Up until fifteen weeks after birth a baby is incapable of producing its own immunological defenses and must depend on an alternative. It is known that the mother provides her own antibodies for the child to use to detect foreign invaders. Antibodies are like biological tags with […]

Plasma as Potential Cancer Treatment in Mice

Cancer therapies vary from drugs to radiation to plasma. You read that right, plasma. According to Lin. et Al., Non-Thermal Plasma can be used to treat cancer by damaging tumor cells and making use of the bodies’ natural defense mechanism. Non-Thermal Plasma (NTP) is a substance with enough energy to allow the electrons to flow […]