PCR, pre-sensitisation and polycrystals

This issue of Homeopathy includes three paired papers which cover related issues from differing perspectives. Paolo Bellavite's group from the University of Verona in Italy and Simran Tandon's group from India both used advanced cell biology methods, particularly the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in cell culture, but with different objectives.

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• 2 Jyoti S., Tandon S. Impact of homeopathic remedies on the expression of lineage differentiation genes: an in vitro approach using embryonic stem cells. Homeopathy 2016; 105: 148-159.
• 3 Chikramane P.S., Kalita D., Suresh A.K., Kane S.G., Bellare J.R. Why Extreme Dilutions Reach Non-zero Asymptotes: A Nanoparticulate Hypothesis Based on Froth Flotation. Langmuir 13 2012; (28) 15864-15875.
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