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

Sun Jun 20 18:45:23 IST 2010

sermon......................:-).........?

On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 4:42 PM, anupam chakravartty <c.anupam at gmail.com>wrote:

> Rajen,
>
> Thanks for your sermon. I think people can differentiate between quacks and
> those who really practice such medicines.
>
> Anupam
>
> On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 4:37 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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