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The bubonic plague has reappeared in the US, but modern medicine has made it less deadly. A video explores how a rural community in 17th Century England took decisive action during 'The Great Plague', which still fascinates centuries later.
A new study suggests that traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has a scientific foundation based on a complex network of proteins, challenging the perception that it is pseudoscience. The study mapped the proteins associated with symptoms and the target proteins of chemicals in TCM herbs onto the human protein interaction network. The researchers found that TCM herbs tend to target proteins close to the symptoms they are intended to treat, similar to modern drug-disease relations. The study validates the effectiveness of TCM herbs on a systematic level and hopes to inspire further research and utilization of traditional medicine's wisdom in creating better treatment methods and novel drugs.