Madeleine Ennis
Madeleine Ennis is a pharmacologist and researcher at Queen's University in Belfast, Northern Ireland. She generated controversy by publishing results that showed that ultra-dilute solutions of histamine, diluted to the levels used in homeopathic remedies, could affect cells just as the controls did. Her report said, "We are unable to explain our findings and are reporting them to encourage others to investigate this phenomenon", though she remains sceptical.[1][2][3]
A team of scientists failed to replicate these results.[4] These experiments were conducted by reputable scientists under protocols set by the James Randi Educational Foundation under their million dollar challenge.[5]
References
- ^ "13 Things That Do Not Make Sense". New Scientist. March 19, 2005. p. 30. Retrieved 2007-03-04.
4. Belfast Homeopathy Results
- ^ Brown V, Ennis M (2001). "Flow-cytometric analysis of basophil activation: inhibition by histamine at conventional and homeopathic concentrations". Inflammation Research. 50 (Suppl 2): S47–8. doi:1023-3830/01/02S47-02. PMID 11411598.
{{cite journal}}: Check|doi=value (help); Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ^ Belon P, Cumps J, Ennis M; et al. (1999). "Inhibition of human basophil degranulation by successive histamine dilutions: results of a European multi-centre trial". Inflammation Research. 48 (Suppl 1): S17–8. doi:10.1007/s000110050376. PMID 10350142.
{{cite journal}}: Explicit use of et al. in:|author=(help); Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Horizon failed to reproduce her results. "Homeopathy: The Test - Transcript". BBC. Nov 26, 2002. Retrieved 2007-03-04.
- ^ Horizon Transcripts' "Part 1". ABC. Apr 3, 2003. Retrieved 2007-07-03. "Part 2". ABC. Apr 10, 2003. Retrieved 2007-07-03.
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