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When Black Lives Matter protests started around the world, Reiki Level 3 student, Indra Gandy, decided to use her skills in the alternative healing technique to help.

"At this point, I become a conduit of positive energy," Gandy described the Reiki ritual she performed on a pier bench, a walking distance from her Staten Island home. "You are purposely giving them love and pure energy, health, stability and positive strength."

Reiki, which was developed in Japan in early 20th century, is often described as alternative medicine through energy healing.

In Japanese, the first part of the word, 'rei,' means "spiritual" and the second, 'ki,' stands for 'vital energy' or 'life force.'

Practitioners believe that a Reiki treatment can be performed from a distance.

"A Reiki practitioner doesn't actually have any secret powers," said Reiki Master Erin Tschantret. "Anyone can practice Reiki. It's really, like, if a plumber were to open up a pipe and then suddenly water can flow through it, the practitioner is the pipe in the Reiki is the water. And it works on every level, so mental, emotional, physical, spiritual."

Tschantret's client, Rachel Garbow Monroe, said distance Reiki helped her fight COVID-19.

"The first time I talked to her when I was ill, I had had almost an entire week of a fever," Rachel Garbow Monroe said. "And the next day, my fever broke."

Tschantret's another client, writer and an author of a book "Zen Bender," in which she explored many alternative healing techniques of dealing with stress, Stephanie Krikorian, said distance Reiki has been helpful in the coronavirus era.

"People are afraid, we are at the end of our rope and feeling very stressed and anxious," Krikorian said. "You can do something without being near somebody, when we're all sort of separated and trying to hunker down and things are easing up a little, but everybody is still not comfortable."

Over the past 20 years, Reiki has become more and more popular in some of the most respected American hospitals, such as Yale Cancer Center.

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"I'm not going to be the first person to tell you that there's a ton of evidence behind it," said Dr. Gary Soffer, who runs the Integrative Medicine Program at the Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital in New Have, Connecticut. "But what I will tell you is that when we deal with patients one on one, it's really meaningful, and it's really helpful."

Several studies showed that Reiki helps diminish negative side effects of chemotherapy, recover from surgery, regulate nervous system, and deal with pain.

But there is no research paper that explains how Reiki works.

There is also no proof that healing energy can pass between people on command.

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- They treating us like this.

- You are visualizing in your heart and minds the protesters, and the fear, and the anger, and all the things that are happening. And you are purposely giving them love and pure energy, health, stability, and positive strength.

- So what a Reiki practitioner does is they channel that energy to the person. So it's like you're getting flooded with this intense energy, knowledge, intelligence that knows how to get you to your best place. So it only ever works for your highest and greatest good. And it works on every level, so mental, emotional, physical, spiritual. And it helps get you back in alignment.

- I suffered both from COVID, and then a few weeks later, I had another acute illness. And she took care of being in touch with me and asking how I was doing. And you know, she believes very strongly in the power of Reiki, whether she's in the room or not.

And I leave it to you to determine the results. But I-- the first time I talked to her when I was ill, I had had almost an entire week of a fever. And she was incredibly sweet, and solicitous, and wanted to know how I was feeling and what specifically I was struggling with. And the next day, my fever broke.

- It's a great thing for the time. Distance Reiki, that you can do something without being near somebody when we're all sort of separated, and trying to hunker down. And things are easing up a little, but everybody's still not comfortable.

- The first question we ask ourselves in integrative medicine is, is this invasive? Is this going to be harmful to the patient? And then the next question is, is this helpful? Right? Is there evidence behind it?

So with Reiki, I'm not going to be the first person to tell you that there's a ton of evidence behind it. But what I will tell you is that when we deal with patients one on one, it's really meaningful, and it's really helpful. And because it's non-invasive, because it does no harm to our patients, it's a really meaningful and helpful intervention for them.

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The inherent, ineluctable unpredictability of biology can be the basis for biological patent claims being non-obvious (lacking the requisite "reasonable expectation of success"; see, e.g., OSI Pharmaceuticals v. Apotex) and for the greater quantum of disclosure necessary to satisfy the written description and enablement requirements of 112 (see, e.g., Amgen v. Sanofi), despite complaints from the life sciences patent bar that these increased requirements are improper doctrinally and unfair. These two different characteristics can be frequently in tension for patenting in the life sciences, it being difficult to maintain on the one hand that there is insufficient expectation of success for a claim to be obvious and on the other hand that deficiencies in disclosure can be appropriately supplemented by the knowledge of one of ordinary skill.

This unpredictability was illustrated in a paper recently published in Nature Medicine, entitled "Common germline variants of the humanAPOE gene modulate melanoma progression and survival." These authors* showed (somewhat paradoxically) that one variant of the human APOE gene (APOE2) was associated with a propensity for tumor cells to metastasize, while a different variant (APOE4), which has been known for several years to be associated with development of Alzheimer's disease (see Strittmatter et al., 1993, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 90: 1977-81), exhibited a metastasis-inhibiting effect (and APOE2 itself can have a protective effect on development of late-onset Alzheimer's; see Corder et al., 1994, Nat. Genet. 7: 180-84).

The experiments were performed in mice expressing human APOE4 or APOE2 by genetic replacement of the mouse analogs. Differences in melanoma tumor growth in these two mouse strains carrying these different human APOE genes were shown by comparing mouse melanoma tumor growth as shown in this Figure:

(where YUMM3.3 and YUMMER1.7 are murine melanoma cell lines).

The protective effects against metastasis of APOE4 were compared with APOE2 in these mice was demonstrated by tail vein injection of B16F10 melanoma cells, an established metastasis animal model. The human APOE4-bearing mice had a phenotype of enhanced anti-tumor immune response and improved outcomes under PD1 immune checkpoint blockade.

Because APOE was known to have modulatory effects on immune response, flow cytometric analysis of APOE gene variants in mice was performed and showed "enhanced recruitment of CD45+ leukocytes in animals bearing various melanoma tumors in APOE4 mice compared with APOE2 mice." Proportions of immune suppressor cells (Ly6G+ granulocytic myeloid-derived suppressor cells) were found to be diminished in APOE4-bearing mice, while these mice showed increased proportions of antitumor effector cells such as natural killer (NK) cells and CD8+ T cells. These results were confirmed by single-cell RNA sequencing for detecting lineage-specific gene expression. Further experiments showed that T cell depletion "completely abrogated" differences in melanoma tumor growth between human APOE4- and human APOE2-bearing mice. The authors concluded that "[t]hese data suggest that APOEgenotype modulated both the abundance and the functional state of the tumor immune microenvironment, with theAPOE4variant eliciting an enhanced anti-tumor immune profile relative to theAPOE2 variant." These authors also showed that APOE4 suppressed melanoma cell invasion and endothelial recruitment (involved in angiogenesis), which was consistent with lower blood vessel density in APOE4 mice.

In addition to these mouse studies, the authors assessed APOE genotype association in melanoma human patients from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA). Neither of these APOE variants was enriched in the database, which the authors said indicated neither gene was involved in increased melanoma incidence. However, APEO4 carriers had improved survival, with 10.1 years for these patients versus 2.1 years for APEO2 carriers. This outcome was surprising due to the reduced longevity associated with APOE4 carriers, which the authors attributed to the high rates of melanoma-associated death. These results demonstrated that "germline genetic variants of APOEdifferentially associated with survival in patients with advanced melanoma who were at increased risk for melanoma-associated death and metastasis."

PD-1 immunotherapy is a commonly used treatment for melanoma, and "APOE4mice survived significantly longer thanAPOE2mice upon anti-PD1 treatment, suggesting thatAPOE genotype modulates melanoma outcome also in the context of immunotherapy," according to the results shown in the paper. In humans, "APOE4andAPOE2carriers exhibited the longest and shortest survival outcomes, respectively, upon anti-PD1 therapy," consistent with the results in mice.

The final set of experimental results reported in this paper involved pharmacologic activation of APOE through liver X receptors, which are "nuclear hormone receptors that transcriptionally activate several genes implicated in cholesterol and lipid metabolism, includingAPOE." In mice, this effect was completely abrogated in APOE2 mice but showed "robust anti-tumor effects" upon treatment in APOE4 mice. The authors concluded from these results that "distinct APOEgenotypes elicited differential responsiveness to LXR agonistic therapy and might serve as potential genetic biomarkers for current clinical efforts investigating the use of LXR agonism in cancer therapy."

The authors provide the following context for the results set forth in their paper:

Our findings have several potential clinical implications. Most importantly, they suggest that common germline variants might serve as biomarkers to identify patients with melanoma who are at high risk for metastatic relapse and melanoma-associated death for treatment with adjuvant systemic therapy. Notably, these clinical association findings will need to be assessed in prospective studies. It will be important to also assess the effect of APOE genotype on the outcome of additional cancer types. More generally, our findings support the notion that hereditary germline variants in the same gene can positively or negatively affect future progression and survival outcomes and responsiveness to therapy in a common human malignancy.

Authors: Benjamin N. Ostendorfa,Jana Bilanovica, Nneoma Adakua,Kimia N. Tafreshiana,Bernardo Tavoraa,Roger D. Vaughanb & Sohail F. Tavazoiea

a Laboratory of Systems Cancer Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USAb Department of Biostatistics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA

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Homeopathy is a pseudoscientific system of alternative medicine. It was created in 1796. In this pandemic, where many doctors and scientists are failed to find the Corona Virus Pandemic, there are some doctors are experts who believe homeopathy is the panacea of this fatal virus. Homeopathy has proved itself in several epidemics. It boosts immunity and increases the growth of the good bacteria in our body, which helps us to fight against any virus.

Father of Homeopathy, Dr. Samuel Hahnemann coined the phrase genus epidemics, which indicated the remedy which can cure any epidemic. Homeopathy has also helped cure the Spanish flu epidemic which happened after the First World War, plus, it has also proved its significance in curbing dengue and Swine flu.

It is published by the Ministry of AYUSH that homeopathic and Unani medicines could be effective in the prevention of novel coronavirus pandemic. It is recommended that homeopathic medicine Arsenical album 30 could be taken empty stomach daily for three days as a prophylactic medicine against the infection.

As we all know that, it has been more than three months for us fighting with this contagious Coronavirus disease. With the zeal to find the drug for this virus, one of the practioner of Homeopathy said that they should also be given the chance of testing the drug of this virus and they should also be considered on the same page as of other doctors. IANS, Dr. Kushal Banerjee, one of the largest and oldest practitioners of India and abroad, while speaking to News 18, has said that Homeopathy has a good track record with epidemics and infectious disease, therefore people should people should keep their biases aside and should try all treatments possible to save lives amid this pandemic.

But in the meantime, the major concern is, whether homeopathy is medicine for novel coronavirus disease or not? To answer this question, Dr. Banerjee said that There is not much data available about COVID-19. Homeopathic medicines are also given even in ICU and in case of multiple organ failure, patients start recovering quickly. There are very effective medicines in homeopathy for respiratory disease. Right now it is important to provide benefits to as many patients as possible. He further added that he and his team are in the process of analyzing data.

We are also running an online survey to estimate the result of that prescription. The database of 15000 people is ready. It will be the second-largest study on COVID-19 anywhere in the world; the largest is of 20000 patients. We have got responses from patients from 12 countries including the US, Italy, Norway, and Sweden. These data are looking very promising.

There are many myths about Homeopathy, and one of the greatest myths is that it a very long procedure and it will take a long time to cure. This myth has been neglected by Homeopathy doctors. According to them, the time depends on the disease. Homeopathy can cure some diseases in 2-3 hours and whereas some diseases can be cured within 15 minutes. They are also given to the patients on a ventilator. Homeopathic medicines are very effective, especially for respiratory disease.

Allopathic medicines may work a little bit faster as compared to Homeopathy, but it comes with some side-effects. Whereas, Homeopathic medicines are effective as well as there is no side-effect of them. Moreover, they are very beneficial to respiration. Thus, it may be concluded that now it time to bring Homeopathy in the fight against the Coronavirus.

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Is it Time to Introduce Homeopathy and Alternative Medicines to Fight against Covid-19?

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It is published by the Ministry of AYUSH that homeopathic and Unani medicines could be effective in the prevention of novel coronavirus pandemic. It is recommended that homeopathic medicine Arsenical album 30 could be taken empty stomach daily for three days as a prophylactic medicine against the infection.

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Alternative medical therapies are back in business and increasingly gaining traction from the public with the easing of Covid-19 restrictions. Stress management therapies and immune system boosters are seeing a rise in takers after Dubai resumed complementary medicine therapies.

Health care professionals have welcomed this move as it also brings the much needed economic relief to most clinics as well as reassuring patients with their continued treatment which was disrupted due to Covid-19 pandemic.

To put patients at ease and keep them safe, these clinics are implementing a slew of hygiene measures as per the guidelines laid down by the Dubai Health Authority (DHA).

"With all our walk-in patients we first check the temperature and in case, there is any doubt patients are sent for swab tests. Apart from that all other precautionary measures are in place. We have also noticed there are too many people who are in a panic mode now. So, special ayurvedic treatment or therapies focused on this aspect is clearly on the rise," said Shameema Abdul Nazar, ayurvedic practitioner at Metro Medical Centre.

"Health awareness for all age groups is becoming important which entails different herbal preparations, yoga therapy or breathing exercises pertaining to strengthening one's lungs, managing panic and improving sleep are seeing demand," she added.

Life coach and energy healer Girish Hemnani said: "It's encouraging to see more individuals seeking to learn and practice breath work and energy healing as it is instrumental in increasing the immune system. As an energy healer, for the first time I am witnessing that individuals are looking for protective measures and natural ways to increase and maintain their immune system. Prana (life force energy, also known as chi) is being well understood now and various techniques to increase the prana level are being practised."

Homeopathic doctors are also observing a sizeable increase in demand now. "The demand for general immunisation treatment or a need for immunity booster is witnessing a surge. People with active fever are asked a set of questions on the phone first and are routed differently depending on the nature of their replies," said Dr Rozina Baig Zaheer, homeopathic practitioner at Zia Medical Centre.

"However, I am noticing an increase in anxiety cases these days. My patients are relieved that they can finally continue with their preexisting treatment related to a host of other problems. We are back to offering customised treatment on a case-by-case basis," she added.

Using natural herbs to cure different types of diseases, a traditional Chinese medicinal facility located in Dubai Healthcare City, continues to offer certain in-house procedures on an urgent basis. "We provide a complete array of services, from consultation, herbalism, acupuncture, acupressure, cupping and Tui-Na (remedial massage). But right now, patients are prioritised. For example, recently we've been treating a patient with facial paralysis. For all non-urgent cases, we use teleconsultation and delivering medicines at the patients' doorstep," said Deyuan Wei, director of Beijing Tong Ren Tang.

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