Ispectrum Magazine 16 | Page 3

editorial Mado Martinez Editorial Director Dear Readers, March is my favourite month of the year. Spring is here, with its sudden changes of weather, and issue 16 keeps the same spirit. As always, Dr. Fahad Basheer, author of The Science of Emotions, has written two pieces of special interest. The first one digs into the Chemistry of stress to show us how it affects our health, whilst the second shows us how emotions influence our immune system. The Engineer Dimitre Assenov offers us the reading of his latest scientific paper under the intriguing title: “I, the Alien”. Are we out of place in this planet? You may find the answer here. And Markus Köller comes with an interesting approach to antibodies: We all know it from biology lessons at school: Antibodies help us to ward off disease and are essential components of our immune system. What many people do not know is that physicians and scientists use animal antibodies to identify diseased or mutated cells. This makes them an important instrument in the diagnosis of diseases such as cancer. Ispectrum magazine Published Bimonthly ISSN 2053-1869 Editorial Director Mado Martinez, [email protected] Art Director Rayna Petrova [email protected] Contributing Editors Matt Loveday [email protected] Laura Hayes Ravinder Dhindsa Jennifer James Contributing Writers Dr. Fahad Basheer Dimitre Assenov Markus Köller Images commons.wikimeadia.org morguefile.com pixabay.com www.ispectrummagazine.com Enjoy the reading! [email protected] +44 7517 864 167 (UK) Follow Us 2