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

Sun Jun 20 17:55:06 IST 2010

can't wait for the Taliban to develop the next hot drug :D

somehow i dont think it will be unani (= greek = ionian)

On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 4:07 PM, Rajendra Bhat Uppinangadi <
rajen786uppinangady at gmail.com> wrote:

> Begum,
> traditional medicines have now found "patent " in western nations because
> of
> our laughing attitudes, be it unani or ayurvedic, we have been enamoured by
> allopathic medicines so much that we forget that the western allopathic
> medicines treat the symptom and not desease, whereas the traditional
> medicines of ancient wisdom have found useful in many cures be it from
> unani
> wisdom or ayurvedic formulae.
> regards, rajen
>
> On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 2:29 AM, Raheema Begum <
> theunderscoredhood at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
> > couldn't help but.
> >
> > On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 8:45 AM, Pawan Durani <pawan.durani at gmail.com
> > >wrote:
> >
> > > 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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