The Effect of Homeopathic Arnica on Macrophage Gene Expression

An interesting paper recently published in the renowned journal PLoS One claims the ability of homeopathic Arnica to change gene expression in the THP-1 monocytemacrophage cell line previously treated for 24 hrs with IL-4 [1]. The paper elicited also a press release from the web newspaper of the local university and apparently sounds as an excellent manuscript in the field. For a long time, I was interested in the strange phenomena underlying homeopathy and for a short period I even believed that water might bear something new in the crowded world of molecules and proteins. But I was wrong