World Allergy Day

 

                                    Nobel Prize In Physiology/Medicine, 1913 

                                         ANAPHYLAXIS  

In 1902, Charles Richet and Paul Portier discovered anaphylaxis, demonstrating that the immune system could produce life-threatening hypersensitivity reactions. This work earned Richet the 1913 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. During the following decades, researchers suspected that an unknown antibody, then called "reagin," 

 

 

 

In 1966, Japanese immunologists Kimishige Ishizaka and Teruko Ishizaka demonstrated that reaginic activity was due to a previously unknown class of immunoglobulin. 

Around the same time, Swedish researchers S. Gunnar O. Johansson and Hans Bennich isolated an unusual myeloma protein from a patient (coded ND) and showed that it represented the same new antibody class. 

 

 

 

1968: IgE Officially Recognised    

In 1968, the World Health Organization officially recognized this fifth class of immunoglobulin and named it Immunoglobulin E (IgE).

 

 

 

IgE And Allergy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 World Allergy Day is observed every year on July 8th to raise global awareness about allergic diseases and their prevention. Initiated by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Allergy Organization (WAO), it empowers people to understand allergy triggers and seek timely treatment. 

 

 

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Blast From The Past: Roswell

 

On July 8, 1947, the Roswell Army Air Field in New Mexico issued a press release announcing it had recovered a "flying disc" that crashed on a local ranch. This triggered global fascination with UFOs, though the military quickly retracted the statement and claimed it was merely a weather balloon. 

 

 

 

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Blast From The Past: Wall Street Journal

 

The first edition of The Wall Street Journal was published on July 8, 1889. Founded by journalists Charles Dow, Edward Jones, and Charles Bergstresser, the original issue was just four pages long and sold for two cents.

                                 

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Blast From The Past: Lisbon To Calicut

 

                                                           Vasco Da Gamas First Voyage 

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                                                                    Lisbon To Calicut  

On July 8, 1497, Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama set sail from Lisbon with four ships and 170 men. His goal was to find a sea route to India and the rich spice trade, bypassing land routes controlled by other empires 

 

 

 

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International Soil Conservation Day

 

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Soil: The Essence Of Life 

 

 

 

Soil Is Alive

 

 

 

 

 

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7 th July: International Soil Conservation Day 

 

 

 

 

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Blast From The Past: Iran Under Sharia

 

Following the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Iran overhauled its legal system. 

July 7, 1980 – Institution of Sharia Law in Iran

In 1980, under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the new theocratic government established an Islamic judicial apparatus, appointing Ayatollah Mohammad Beheshti as the first chief justice to draft and enforce laws derived strictly from the Ja'fari (Shia) school of Islamic jurisprudence 

                                                                Ruhollah  Khomeini 

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World Chocolate Day

 

                                                               The History Of Chocolate  

 

 

 

 

Worlds First Chocolate House

 

In 1657, the first chocolate house opened in London on Queen's Head Alley. It wasn't a café. It was a private club — where wealthy men gathered to drink liquid chocolate, debate politics, and conduct business. Samuel Pepys, the famous diarist, wrote about drinking it to cure a hangover 

 

 

  

Nutritional Benefits Of Chocolate

 

 

 

 

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 Chocolate Is 4000 Years Old 

 

Worlds Oldest Food Still In Consumption 

 

 

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