In ritual contexts the 72 Killers are a common occurrence, prominently understood as a possible cause for disease or death. Preying on the 72 “passes” (關 guan) that connect the human body to all aspects of the cosmos, they can cause all sorts of maladies—especially for small children...
The Journey to the West Research blog is proud to host a guest post by the very knowledgeable @ryin-silverfish of Tumblr. They managed to track down a digital copy of the script for Tripitaka Seeks the Scriptures (Sanzang Qujing, 三藏取经), an extremely rare Journey to the West (Xiyouji...
For me, a more challenging aspect of vaccine diplomacy has been countering widening antivaccine activism. The idea of antivaccine activists or those who would seek to undermine the public confidence in vaccines was something I had not imagined as an MD-PhD student in the 1980s. However, now ...
Crystal morphology is mostly euhedral and subhedral prismatic. Selected zircons were visually characterized with cathodoluminanescence to reveal internal Petrography and magnetic mineralogy We used non-destructive and semi-quantitative petrographic investigations to examine textures and mineral compositions, ...
My scientific life in translational medicine runs in two parallel, yet often converging paths. The first, is four-decade-long commitment to develop new vaccines for parasitic and neglected tropical diseases, as well as pandemic threats. This includes a vaccine for human hookworm infection that I ...