MLN med college study to find out meditation effects on Covid antibodies

Prayagraj: The authorities of MLN (Moti Lal Nehru) Medical college are all set to conduct a study on the recipients who have taken vaccine to determine whether heartfulness meditation practice may improve the antibody response to the Covid 19 vaccine in adults.
Nodal Officer (vaccination- MLN Medical college) Dr.Utsav Singh told TOI that we are going to conduct a study at MLN medical college vaccination site from Monday to determine whether meditation practice may improve the antibody response in the Coronavirus vaccine in adults.
The team assigned for the study will check the titre of the antibodies through the blood sample of the recipients step by step and we have planned to collect over 500 samples in one month period from September 27 to October 26, he added.
“The written consent of the recipient will be taken at the time of taking the blood sample before administering the first dose. The second sample will be taken after 21 days of administering the first dose,” said Dr Singh.
The third blood sample of recipient will be taken after 21 days of administering the second dose and the fourth and last sample will be taken after a gap of six month, informed Dr. Singh.
In these six months, the recipient will be guided to go through heartfulness meditation which will commence on the day of administering the first dose and there will be online sessions for the recipients by expert trainers.
Dr. Singh, meanwhile, said “As it was said that meditation increases the effect of vaccine (antibody titre), so we are conducting this study from Monday.”
Dr. Mamta Dubey, junior resident in Physiology department at MLN Medical college has been assigned to conduct the study while the entire exercise will be done under the supervision of Dr. RB Kamal, professor and head of the department of Physiology, he added.