I think Dr Goswami is right. Changes at the genetic level at such a rapid pace is extremely unlikely, at least in case of eukaryotes like human being. Rapid genetic changes are possible only in case of certain bacteria and mostly in case of viruses.
--- On Sat, 9/13/08, Dr Jayanta Kr Goswami <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Dr Jayanta Kr Goswami <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [asom] Regarding new innovation To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, September 13, 2008, 11:53 PM Dear Friends, I fail to understand why Mr Helaluddin Ahmed has sent this letter praising Dr Dhaniram Barua and sending an abstract in this forum. Dr Barua being a medical prctitioneer, should have sent this to a medical journal. In present day medicine no claim is authenticated unless the study is done in a proper way. Clearance from ethics committee, proper description of methodology, statistical significance etc. are essential for it. It is dangerous to use any herb without knowing its active ingredients and their toxicities. Mere subjective improvement is not enough. One can get such temporary improvements with many potentially dangerous medicines. Though I don't deny the possibility of discovering a new drug, this is not the way. Please don't describe this herb application as a genetic engineering. Genetic engineering is a vast and developing science. Human genome project has just been completed with combined effort of scientists of all over the world after a painstaking research of many years. Though some progress have been made, a long way to go before ascertaining the gene's involvement in all the genetic diseases. Genetic treatment for most of the genetic disease is a remote possibility. I request moderators to be careful in allowing such letters in future. Thanks. Yours truly, Dr J K Goswami http://groups.yahoo.com/group/assamonline/message/4513 ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/assamonline/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/assamonline/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
