IgE in the human placenta: why there?

Why Believe That There Is a God?

This article presents an argument for the existence of God, showing that the evident phenomena are best explained by supposing that a God causes them. The argument is based on the inductive force of four very evident general phenomena: that there is a physical Universe; that it is governed by very simple natural laws; that those laws are such as to lead to the existence of human bodies; and tha...

Why is there CSF?

Accessible online at: www.karger.com/journals/pne A good mathematical model of a physiological process does not need to explain everything. It is a big success if (1) it is physically intuitive; (2) it reveals deep connections between phenomena not previously known to be related, and (3) it makes predictions that can be tested by experiment. The model of intracranial pulsations presented in thi...

Why there is

What, precisely, is 'salt'? It is a certain white, solid, crystalline, material, also called sodium chloride. Does any of that solid white stuff exist in the sea? — Clearly not. One can make salt from sea water easily enough, but that fact does not establish that salt, as such, is present in brine. (Paper and ink can be made into a novel — but no novel actually exists in a stack of blank paper ...

The human placenta.

Why is There Still no Human Vaccine Against Lyme Borreliosis?

Lyme disease, transmitted by ticks, is a complex illness that can be difficult to diagnose but easy to treat in most early cases, yet difficult in its latest stage. Every year, infections with Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato spirochetes cause thousands of new cases of illness around the world, including people with a normal immunological reaction. Prevention in the form of vaccines is difficult...