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Orphan diseases and drugs – Widen the horizon. Edition No. 1
VDM Publishing House, June 2009, Pages: 92
Looking at the plight of people suffering from
unknown ailments, this book is an effort to
integrate the modern science with vedic scriptures
of India (with oldest surviving civilization) to
help them out from hopelessness. To bring a new drug
molecule into market, ~ 500 million dollars and 12-
15 years of time is required. After all the efforts,
only a handful of patients of orphan diseases are
able to benefit from them. Ancient Vedas (~6000 year
old) have enumerated ways of prevention and cure of
infectious diseases by organizing daily Yagyas and
for prevention of genetic disorders by observing
certain sanskars (sacraments). The sanskars revolve
around purity of mind and action and incorporates
the concepts of genetic counseling. The concepts of
Yagya and sanskars are based upon sound scientific
knowledge. Why not revisit and adopt them in our
daily routines to ameliorate the sufferings of
modern man, and save time and money in the process?
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