A solidez da pesquisa básica em homeopatia / The solidity of basic research in homeopathy
Bonamin, Leoni Villano.
Rev. homeopatia (São Paulo)
; 80(1/2): 89-97, 2017. tab
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in Portuguese
| HomeoIndex (homeopathy) | ID: hom-11971
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 published articles amassed over time allowed for several systematic reviews on this subject. Recently, the demonstration the homeopathic medicines might alter 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 in the homeopathic dilutions brought light into a field poorly known before, as it was believe that homeopathic dilutions consist in nothing but water. Thus being, the challenges forthe future concern the demonstration, or not, of the interrelationship between both phenomena. (AU)
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