The soundness of homeopathic fundamental research
Rev. homeopatia (Säo Paulo)
; 80(3/4): 82-89, 2017. tab
Artigo
em Inglês
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| ID: biblio-973270
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BR926.1
ABSTRACT
Fundamental research in homeopathy has much advanced in the past 20 years. From exploratory studies with animals and plants to the characterization of the systemic effects of homeopathic medicines and in vitro studies with isolated cell systems to assess changes in the mechanisms of cell adaptation and intracellular signaling facing variable homeopathic treatments. The amount of articles published over time enabled several systematic reviews. Recently, demonstration that homeopathic medicines might modify cell functions through epigenetic mechanisms (DNA methylation and demethylation) paved the road for a fully new field of research. In parallel, the discovery of nanoparticles and specific physical properties of homeopathic dilutions brought light to a previously poorly known field, as it was believed that homeopathic dilutions consist in nothing but water. Thus being, challenges for the future concern the demonstration, or not, of the interrelationship between both phenomena.
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LILACS
Assunto principal:
Fundamentos da Homeopatia
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Estudos de Intervenção
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Nanopartículas
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Homeopatia
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo prognóstico
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Rev. homeopatia (Säo Paulo)
Assunto da revista:
Homeopatia
Ano de publicação:
2017
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Brasil
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Universidade Paulista/BR