New Ayurvedic Drugs to Help Cancer - Just 50 paise !!

December 18, 2005

and an ayurvedic medic using herbs, commonly available in the courtyards of

homes in Kerala. He said this was the first time such a collaborative effort

was being made. The final product of this effort should be available to those

suffering from cancer for a mere 50 paise. A similar drug being sold in the

U.S. was priced at $200. The drug, Mr. Pillai pointed out, was the product of

translational research, which was based on the bench-to-bedside concept that

sought to transfer the benefits of basic research findings in the laboratory to

the bedside of cancer patients in the shortest possible time. The Rajiv Gandhi

Centre, he said, was also working on a drug by separating the cancer fighting

properties of cucumin. The Departments of Science and Technology and

Biotechnology had already cleared the project. Clinical trials of the new drug

would be held at a hospital in Mumbai, the Regional Cancer Centre here and the

Amrita Institute of Medical

Sciences, Kochi, he added. The importance of translational research, Mr. Pillai

said, was that it had brought together basic researchers and clinical

practitioners who had so long been moving on parallel lines. He said it had

become a major movement in most developed nations, particularly in relation to

treatment of cancer. Translational research opened up new avenues in the search

for a viable and credible treatment methodology for cancer, he said. Mr. Pillai

said it had great relevance in the current Indian context and, in view of this,

the Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology would be organising an international

symposium on `Translational Research: Apoptosis and Cancer' here from December

18 to 21. President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam would inaugurate the symposium which

would be attended by 150 pioneers in cancer research from various countries,

besides 300 Indian delegates. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy would chair the

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