[Reader-list] RSS-developed cancer drug gets US patent

[anupam chakravartty]

Thanks for posting this Pawan. You might be interested to the other side of
the story as well.

http://www.chowk.com/ilogs/65586/48030

About a month and a half later, the media splashed the news that the
United States Patent and Trade Office had granted Patent No 6410059 to an
"Indian innovation which has proved that cow's urine can make
antibiotics, anti-fungal agents and also anti-cancer drugs more
effective" (The Hindu 4 July 2002). The product, cow-urine distillate
(CUD), was the result of a joint enterprise by the centrally funded
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and the Vishwa
Hindu Parishad's Go-Vigyan Anusandhan Kendra (cow science research centre)
in Nagpur. Seems Murli Manohar Joshi, union minister for science and
technology as well, notorious for introducing 'vedic astrology' and reviving
Sanskrit courses in universities, had asked the Centre for Science and
Industrial Research in 1999 to investigate the chemical properties of cow's
urine. According to The report published in Indian Express (4 July 2002), 10
lakh rupees were spent over three years by the Central Institute of
Medicinal and Aromatic Plants at Lucknow to establish that "certain
compounds in cow urine, when used in combination with certain antibiotics
like the commonly used anti-tuberculosis drug rifampicin, can help kill more
bacteria than a single application of the antibiotic".

Regards

Anupam

On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 11:56 AM, Pawan Durani <pawan.durani at gmail.com>wrote:

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> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/RSS-developed-cancer-drug-gets-US-patent/articleshow/6058657.cms
> <
> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/RSS-developed-cancer-drug-gets-US-patent/articleshow/6058657.cms
> >
> NAGPUR: An anti-cancer drug extracted from cow urine and developed by an
> affiliate of the RSS has got a US patent for the third time for its
> anti-genotoxicity properties, a senior official has said.
>
> The drug developed by RSS-backed Go Vigyan Anusandhan Kendra had earlier
> got
> the US patent as a bio-enhancer with antibiotics and anti-cancer drugs.
>
> The research for the drug brand named 'Kamdhenu Ark' was carried out
> jointly
> by the Anusandhan Kendra and National Environmental Engineer Research
> Institute (NEERI), Acting Director of NEERI Tapan Chakraborty said.
>
> The research found that Re-distilled Cow Urine Distillate (RCUD) was useful
> for protecting and repairing DNA from oxidative damage, Chakraborty and
> Sunil Mansinghka of Kendra told reporters yesterday.
>
> Oxidative DNA damage is a leading cause of ageing, cancer and other
> diseases.
>
> RCUD works against genotoxicity, a harmful action on a cell's genetic
> material, they said, adding research has strengthened the efficacy of
> 'Kamdhenu Ark' as an anti-cancer drug.
>
> The research was carried out on three patients, two of them having throat
> and uterus cancer, Mansinghka said.
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