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

[anupam chakravartty]

>From your previous monosyllabic retort, you have advanced to a bi-syllabic
one. Now that's progress, Pawan. Congratulations!

On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 2:50 PM, Pawan Durani <pawan.durani at gmail.com>wrote:

> OK
>
> On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 2:30 PM, anupam chakravartty <c.anupam at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > "So?"
> >
> > An editor of a local daily in north east once cautioned me that "So" is
> > "Quite possibly the most overused adverb in the English language, when
> > capitalized". There are others who say if someone says "so", you must
> take
> > them to be:
> >
> > 1. the other person doesn't know what to say.
> > 2. when someone is not sure what to say. Usually repeated by another
> person.
> > 3. Used by someone in a conversation if it doesn't matter.
> > 4. Used by someone in a conversation if they don't care.
> >
> > See people tell me all kinds of things about using "so" but what you
> > probably wanted to say is that "so what are you trying to prove?" or "so
> > what is the connection here?" I am sorry if i am assuming. The idea is
> not
> > trying to prove anything which will be bother you. My idea is have things
> in
> > a perspective which has not just one way of looking at it but many.
> >
> > Thanks Anupam
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 1:50 PM, Pawan Durani <pawan.durani at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> So ?
> >>
> >> On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 1:30 PM, anupam chakravartty <
> c.anupam at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> > 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:
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> 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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