‘Around 3.2m people die of diabetic disorders annually’
January 15, 2009
Karachi
Diabetes is considered as the third major cause of death in the world, as 3.2 million people die every year from diabetic disorders across the globe, revealed scientists at the third day of the international symposium on molecular medicine being held at the University of Karachi.
“Natural products are playing an important role in global health and economy. Medicinal plants have more potential against cancer than any therapy,” they said.
George G Chen, scientist from Hong Kong said, “The need for new, more effective and safer therapies for existing or emerging diseases along with increasing global demand for healthcare products are a reason to believe that there is a robust health and food alternate medicine market out there that could be utilised. The high prices of conventional pharmaceuticals as well as the fact that modern medicines are often out of reach of a large segment of human population, this just adds to the fact that alternate medicine have a bright future.”
According to him, it was proven in the laboratories that medicinal flora had more potential to cancerous tumour than other therapeutics. Former KU Vice Chancellor Dr Zafar Saied Saify and Dr Fatima Shad of Dr Panjwani Centre for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research (PCMD) said that they had prepared some special chemicals that have potential to help drug addicts quit drug addiction. Such chemicals also prevent the drug addicts from other infectious diseases, they added.
Another Professor from the PCMD, Dr Anwar Waqar informed the audience that “Respiratory allergies are affecting various countries of the world and unfortunately Pakistan is one of them.”
Diabetes is considered as the third major cause of death in the world, as 3.2 million people die every year from diabetic disorders across the globe, revealed scientists at the third day of the international symposium on molecular medicine being held at the University of Karachi.
“Natural products are playing an important role in global health and economy. Medicinal plants have more potential against cancer than any therapy,” they said.
George G Chen, scientist from Hong Kong said, “The need for new, more effective and safer therapies for existing or emerging diseases along with increasing global demand for healthcare products are a reason to believe that there is a robust health and food alternate medicine market out there that could be utilised. The high prices of conventional pharmaceuticals as well as the fact that modern medicines are often out of reach of a large segment of human population, this just adds to the fact that alternate medicine have a bright future.”
According to him, it was proven in the laboratories that medicinal flora had more potential to cancerous tumour than other therapeutics. Former KU Vice Chancellor Dr Zafar Saied Saify and Dr Fatima Shad of Dr Panjwani Centre for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research (PCMD) said that they had prepared some special chemicals that have potential to help drug addicts quit drug addiction. Such chemicals also prevent the drug addicts from other infectious diseases, they added.
Another Professor from the PCMD, Dr Anwar Waqar informed the audience that “Respiratory allergies are affecting various countries of the world and unfortunately Pakistan is one of them.”
