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

Pawan Durani pawan.durani at gmail.com
Fri Jun 18 18:29:13 IST 2010


:)

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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