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Today's topics: * BM Kanpur : Success in Passport Scandal - 1 messages, 1 author http://groups.google.com/group/BM_discussion/browse_thread/thread/4c445549023418b4 * Study on toxicity of aluminium in vaccines raises fears. - 1 messages, 1 author http://groups.google.com/group/BM_discussion/browse_thread/thread/446a4911d16142ba * "Pharmed Drug" : Medicine from GM animal is cause for concern. - 1 messages, 1 author http://groups.google.com/group/BM_discussion/browse_thread/thread/2014df1473590d83 * The NY Times focuses on the GM controversy. - 1 messages, 1 author http://groups.google.com/group/BM_discussion/browse_thread/thread/63a40a761c04de47 * Constituent Assembly update! - 1 messages, 1 author http://groups.google.com/group/BM_discussion/browse_thread/thread/cd22bd4cadee6862 ============================================================================== TOPIC: BM Kanpur : Success in Passport Scandal http://groups.google.com/group/BM_discussion/browse_thread/thread/4c445549023418b4 ============================================================================== == 1 of 1 == Date: Mon, Jun 5 2006 3:44 pm From: Murali Ravi Great to hear this, amazing work by BM, i hope from now on, no one dares to torment a layman to bribe to just get a passport which is a basic identity. long live bharat uday mission, i guess we can also shower some credit on the crime branch for not just pushing the matter off, and responding to BM's complaint. Jai Hind. Moderator BharatUdayMission <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Jai Hind, I am glad to tell all of our BM family that we are getting great success in our mission against corruption. The work initiated by our very own Alok Trivedi is on its way to success. We had sent the copies of the statements given by students and faculty to 9 places and The Honerable President of India was one among them. On Saturday, a team from crime branch Kanpur had visited us to investigate the whole matter. Yesterday we all were glad to know that The Honerable President of India has asked D.I.G. to look into the matter. Thus, D.I.G. had visited IITK yesterday. ALok had a meeting with him for about 90 minutes. Overall the thing is that right now the things are going great for us. I would like to again thank Alok, who has looked into the matter single handedly. May god bless him, and may god enrich us with as many patriotic and pure people as possible. one correction----- Team of anti corruption organisation has visited along with DIG . they people were here for two days yesterday and the day after yesterday. and if the things will succeed then credit goes to bharat uday mission kanpur chapter and all the faculty and students of iit kanpur who have us their support. and I will give specially thanks to Gopal ,without his much afford it can't be possible.. this is just a beginning. we have to do a lot of other things too. and make our country corruption free. Jai Hind Jai Hind BM_Kanpur -- "We have only one Passion The Rise of a Great Nation." www.bharatudaymission.org SPONSORED LINKS India India calling card India prepaid phone card India visa India travel India offshore outsourcing --------------------------------- YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "bharatudaymission" on the web. 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Messenger Download now ============================================================================== TOPIC: Study on toxicity of aluminium in vaccines raises fears. http://groups.google.com/group/BM_discussion/browse_thread/thread/446a4911d16142ba ============================================================================== == 1 of 1 == Date: Tues, Jun 6 2006 4:10 am From: Jagannath Chatterjee From foodconsumer.org http://www.foodconsumer.org/777/8/New_vaccine_preservative_proves_harmful.shtml New vaccine preservative proves harmful By Ben Wasserman Mar 28, 2006, 22:19 March 28 (foodconsumer.org) - The new preservatives used to replace methylmercury in vaccines may actually be more dangerous than mercury, straight.com reported March 23, citing a new research paper that is under peer review. Methylmercury in vaccines is known to be toxic to the nervous system even though vaccine makers vehemently deny mercury in vaccines has any alleged association with autism. The magnitude of the toxicity of at least one new preservative used currently in vaccines are surprisingly high, although it is expected that any preservative should be toxic at a certain level Canadian scientists along with their US colleagues just completed a study and found that aluminum hydroxide used in vaccines was linked with symptoms associated with Parkinson's, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease), and Alzheimerâs, according to straight.com. Aluminum compounds have been known to many to harm the nervous system while aluminum hydroxide has been used in patients to stimulate immune response. But this seems to be the first study that addresses the toxicity of an aluminum compound in vaccines. The vaccine makers use aluminum hydroxide not only as a preservative, but also as a stimulator that the vaccine makers hope can boost the efficacy of their vaccines. Aluminum hydroxide is present at least in hepatitis A and B, and the Pentacel cocktail, which vaccinates against diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, polio, and a type of meningitis, straight.com cited the study paper. The thing that triggered the researchers to perform the study is the Gulf syndrome. According to Chris Shaw, a Vancouver neuroscientist, the soldiers during the first Gulf War were vaccinated with an aluminum-hydroxide-loaded anthrax vaccine. It turned out that the Gulf Syndrome stroke both those who were deployed in the Gulf and those who were not at a similar rate. To test the effects of aluminum hydroxide in the anthrax vaccine, Shaw and his four-member team from University of British-Columbia and Louisiana State University injected mice with the anthrax vaccine developed for the first Gulf War soldiers and watched what would happen. After the 20-week study of mice, the scientists found statistically significant increases in anxiety (38 percent), memory deficits (41 times more errors), and an allergic skin reaction (20 percent). Tissue samples from the sacrificed mice showed neurological cells were dying. Inside the brains, in the part that control movement, 35 percent of cells were destroying themselves. "No one in my lab wants to get vaccinated," Shaw was quote as saying said. "This totally creeped us out. We weren't out there to poke holes in vaccines. But all of a sudden, oh my Godâwe've got neuron death!" For more information, visit http://www.straight.com/content.cfm?id=16717 © 2004-2005 by foodconsumer.org unless otherwise specified. © 2004-2005 foodconsumer.org all rights reserved Get news headlines on your site. "Our ideal is not the spirituality that withdraws from life but the conquest of life by the power of the spirit." - Aurobindo. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ============================================================================== TOPIC: "Pharmed Drug" : Medicine from GM animal is cause for concern. http://groups.google.com/group/BM_discussion/browse_thread/thread/2014df1473590d83 ============================================================================== == 1 of 1 == Date: Tues, Jun 6 2006 4:21 am From: Jagannath Chatterjee FROM GMWATCH: Recently the first medicine produced from a genetically modified animal was recommended for use in Europe. (see 'Go-ahead for 'pharmed' goat drug') http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5041298.stm The European Medicines Agency (EMEA) reversed an earlier decision not to issue a licence for the drug, ATryn, which is extracted from the milk of goats engineered to carry a human gene involved in inhibiting blood clots. But this editorial, taken from the staunchly pro-GM journal Nature Biotechnology, about EMEA's original decision to turn down the Atryn application back in February, raises some interesting concerns about this kind of transgenic product. EXCERPT: "The problem is that it is pretty difficult for transgenics producers to produce 'nature-identical' proteins in milk. In cows and sheep and GTC's bioreactor of choice, the goat, the oligosaccharide decoration on proteins typically contains N-glycolylneuraminic acid (NGNA), a monomer virtually absent in native human proteins... In fact, only in rabbits and chickens are the oligosaccharides more human-like... Thus, if immunogenicity of milk-produced proteins turns out to be a generic problem, then a whole class of transgenic production methods may turn out to have a limited future. Chicken milk, anyone?" --- EDITORIAL Nature Biotechnology 24, 368 (2006) doi:10.1038/nbt0406-368b http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v24/n4/full/nbt0406-368b.html Transgenic milk prospects turn sour The European Medicines Agency's (EMEA) decision back in February on recombinant human antithrombin- , an anticoagulant developed by GTC Biotherapeutics, was eagerly awaited because the product, known as Atryn, if approved, would be the first drug produced in a transgenic farm animal to reach the market. In the event, the EMEA did not approve the product, but not because of any direct concerns about its animal origins. Atryn was rejected because GTC simply did not present enough appropriate data to allay EMEA's concerns about its immunogenicity. GTC has been developing Atryn since 1993 principally for treating patients suffering from hereditary antithrombin deficiency, a rare condition affecting one person in every 3,0005,000 that puts them at increased risk of deep vein thrombosis. Over the years, Atryn has been given to over 200 patients. But in its submission GTC only presented data on 14 patients. This exceeds the minimum requirement of 12 laid out in the EMEA guidelines, but the authorities disallowed all but five of the cases on the basis that GTC's dosing regimen across the group of 14 had not been constant. GTC will appeal the decision. Ultimately, it may seek approval instead in the United States, where the compound is now in three phase 3 trials. That bare-bones 'not enough data' conclusion rather skirts round some of the underlying issues that transgenic protein producers have to face. Recombinant proteins produced in animals typically have altered glycosylation patterns compared with native proteins. This doesn't necessarily influence their pharmacological properties, of course, but in the case of Atryn, it clearly did. Compared with the conventional antithrombin-product, which is extracted from bovine plasma, Atryn's serum half-life was reduced seven- to tenfold, necessitating infusion of the protein rather than a one-off injection. But one of EMEA's principle concerns with Atryn was its potential immunogenicity. GTC claims that it has not observed adverse immunogenicity in any of the 200 patients who have received Atryn. It will be important not only for GTC but also for other animal transgenics companies to allay the concerns of regulators on this matter. The problem is that it is pretty difficult for transgenics producers to produce 'nature-identical' proteins in milk. In cows and sheep and GTC's bioreactor of choice, the goat, the oligosaccharide decoration on proteins typically contains N-glycolylneuraminic acid (NGNA), a monomer virtually absent in native human proteins. Furthermore, the high concentrations of protein produced in milkaround a gram per literstretches the glycosylation capacity of the mammary gland to its limits. In fact, only in rabbits and chickens are the oligosaccharides more human-like (containing N-acetylneuraminic acid). Thus, if immunogenicity of milk-produced proteins turns out to be a generic problem, then a whole class of transgenic production methods may turn out to have a limited future. Chicken milk, anyone? ---------------------------------------------------------- "Our ideal is not the spirituality that withdraws from life but the conquest of life by the power of the spirit." - Aurobindo. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ============================================================================== TOPIC: The NY Times focuses on the GM controversy. http://groups.google.com/group/BM_discussion/browse_thread/thread/63a40a761c04de47 ============================================================================== == 1 of 1 == Date: Tues, Jun 6 2006 4:47 am From: Jagannath Chatterjee GM WATCH daily http://www.gmwatch.org --- Good to see the New York Times running a couple of excellent pieces that originally appeared in the International Herald Tribune. Biotech Food Tears Rifts in Europe New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/06/business/worldbusiness/06gene.html Questions on Biotech Crops With No Clear Answers New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/06/business/worldbusiness/06geneside.html "Our ideal is not the spirituality that withdraws from life but the conquest of life by the power of the spirit." - Aurobindo. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ============================================================================== TOPIC: Constituent Assembly update! http://groups.google.com/group/BM_discussion/browse_thread/thread/cd22bd4cadee6862 ============================================================================== == 1 of 1 == Date: Tues, Jun 6 2006 9:31 pm From: "Moderator BharatUdayMission" Dear Brothers and Sisters, We are extending date for name submission till June 12, 2006 as some chapters requested for some more time. There is some confusion that it is compulsory for constituent assembly member to attend the meeting at JAIPUR. It is not the case and constituent assembly members have to discuss and work online to draft the Constitution. So even if some chapters are not able to send their representatives to Jaipur meeting, They must send us the name of constituent assembly member. please mail us at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Constituent Assembly Members: 1.bangalore Santosh Nargund 2.bhopal konark Sharma 3.sonepat Kamal Pandey 4.kanpur Gopal Krishna l5.lucknow prateek mishra 6.mumbai Abhijit 7.gwalior Saurabh Khare 8.ujjain Gaurav Khare 9.pune Balajee 10.aurangabad Shailesh Shivajirao Giri 11.nashik manish deshpande 12.hyderabad Bony 13.chennai Prahalathan In case of any error, please mail us at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Regards Moderators. -- "We have only one Passion The Rise of a Great Nation." www.bharatudaymission.org ============================================================================== You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BM_discussion" group. 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