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

[Pawan Durani]

Begum laughs :)

On 6/18/10, Raheema Begum <theunderscoredhood at gmail.com> wrote:
> hahahahahaha
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 6:29 PM, Pawan Durani <pawan.durani at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > :)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 2:53 PM, anupam chakravartty <c.anupam at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > 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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