Developments on drug discovery and on new therapeutics: highly diluted tinctures act as biological response modifiers.

Background: In the search for new therapies novel drugs and medications are being discovered, developed and tested in laboratories. Highly diluted substances are intended to enhance immune system responses resulting in reduced frequency of various diseases, and often present no risk of serious side-effects due to its low toxicity. Over the past years our research group has been investigating the action of highly diluted substances and tinctures on cells from the immune system.

Mercurius solubilis: actions on macrophages.

Background: Macrophages play central roles in homeostasis as well as host defence in innate and acquired immunity, auto-immunity and immunopathology. Our research group has demonstrated the effects of highly diluted toxic substances in macrophages.

Aim: To investigate if highly diluted Mercurius solubilis (Merc sol), can activate or modulate macrophage functions.