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Zia H Shah

He is a physician practicing in Upstate New York. He is the Chief Editor of the Muslim Times, which has more than 43,000 followers in Twitter. He is also Chair of Religion and Science for the Muslim Sunrise, the oldest Muslim publication in North America. He has authored more than 400 articles on Islam, Christianity, Secularism and Religion & Science. Follow in Twitter: @The_MuslimTimes

Carlo Rovelli: A Physicist’s Life, Science, and Poetic Worldview

Epigraph: الَّذِي خَلَقَ سَبْعَ سَمَاوَاتٍ طِبَاقًا ۖ مَّا تَرَىٰ فِي خَلْقِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ مِن تَفَاوُتٍ ۖ فَارْجِعِ الْبَصَرَ هَلْ تَرَىٰ مِن فُطُورٍ ثُمَّ ارْجِعِ الْبَصَرَ كَرَّتَيْنِ يَنقَلِبْ إِلَيْكَ الْبَصَرُ خَاسِئًا وَهُوَ حَسِيرٌ He […]

Nivolumab in the Treatment of Cancer

Nivolumab (Opdivo) is a fully human IgG4 monoclonal antibody that targets the programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) immune checkpoint receptor on T lymphocytessynapse.patsnap.comsynapse.patsnap.com. By blocking PD-1, nivolumab “releases the brakes” on the immune system, enabling T cells to mount a stronger anti-tumor responsesynapse.patsnap.com. Since its initial approval in 2014, nivolumab has […]