Exploratory Animal and Medical Research · Published 2026-06-01 · DOI 10.52635/eamr/16.1.14-27
Shibabrata Pattanayak
Prevention of diseases by modifying the body’s immune system is considered the most important aspect of healthcare from a very early stage of human civilization. Before the development of modern healthcare, nature-derived and easily available materials were used for that purpose. Along with old techniques like the use of parts of specific medicinal plants and also of some animals, the use of self or animal urine, auto-haemotherapy, autologous vaccination, etc., many modern techniques are developed to modulate the immunity of the individuals. These include techniques like vaccination by the use of weak or attenuated microorganisms of infectious diseases, their nucleic acids, artificially synthesized immunogenic proteins, etc. Research is underway for the development of vaccines to control non-infectious diseases like Alzheimer’s disease, early aging (Senolytic), Type 2 diabetes, etc. Use of stem cells for different serious health problems, including cancers, is considered a highly valued area in contemporary research for modulation of immunity of the body. Along with proper validation of the commonly used techniques targeting mainly modulation of the acquired immunity, a detailed study is required on the old procedures as well as the techniques targeting modulation of the innate immunity of the body - like following of a designed lifestyle, food-drink-nature exposure-body clock maintaining style, minimizing psychological stress, etc., that influence the biological age of the individuals; effect of use of specific succulent fruits, vegetables, nuts and spice mixtures in the diet schedule as well as use of succulent biomedicines as preventive and curative medicines, etc.
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Pattanayak, S. (2026). COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW ON THE PROSPECTS AND CONUNDRUMS OF ANCIENT TO CONTEMPORARY MODERN IMMUNO-MODULATION TECHNIQUES PRACTICED IN HUMAN AND ANIMAL HEALTHCARE. Exploratory Animal and Medical Research. https://doi.org/10.52635/eamr/16.1.14-27