Check out the link below (Scroll down on the page to read about Dr. Hollingsworth)
http://homepages.ius.edu/Horizon/021808P05.pdf
Monday, February 18, 2008
Friday, February 15, 2008
Meeting Minutes from 02/15/2008
Feb 15 BiRG Meeting:
Announcements:
* Next week (2/22) tour of Biology facilities (by John Norman), then to Sitar
* Following week (2/29) Tom will present his lab
Prof. Manwani's presentation on Ayurveda Informatics
ayur - life
veda - knowledge
Turmeric can be anti-septic, anti-cancer, anti-arthritis agent
presentation (Dr. Bhushan Patwardhan, University of Pune)
Overview:
Foundation of modern drugs:
* morphine from poppy
* cocaine from coca
All of these are derived from natural sources
Modern pharmacy industry experiencing innovation deficit
* Pre-clinical and clinical time increasing. Less effective
Ayurveda: discovery engine
* 300 well documented and used medicinal plants, sound philosphical, rational base
* Discovery and development process is reversed : starts with large scale trials (we all eat turmeric)
Ayusoft : Ayurvedic Data warehouse
* Composed of drug Database, disease database, treatment pricinples, diet/lifestyle db
* Language issues. India has 400+ languages. So, texts are scattered and not available in one single language
* Good to know Sankrit
AyuGenomics:
* Classifying human composition, broken down into 15 primary variables. The permutations of these variables makes each person a unique entity
Announcements:
* Next week (2/22) tour of Biology facilities (by John Norman), then to Sitar
* Following week (2/29) Tom will present his lab
Prof. Manwani's presentation on Ayurveda Informatics
ayur - life
veda - knowledge
Turmeric can be anti-septic, anti-cancer, anti-arthritis agent
presentation (Dr. Bhushan Patwardhan, University of Pune)
Overview:
Foundation of modern drugs:
* morphine from poppy
* cocaine from coca
All of these are derived from natural sources
Modern pharmacy industry experiencing innovation deficit
* Pre-clinical and clinical time increasing. Less effective
Ayurveda: discovery engine
* 300 well documented and used medicinal plants, sound philosphical, rational base
* Discovery and development process is reversed : starts with large scale trials (we all eat turmeric)
Ayusoft : Ayurvedic Data warehouse
* Composed of drug Database, disease database, treatment pricinples, diet/lifestyle db
* Language issues. India has 400+ languages. So, texts are scattered and not available in one single language
* Good to know Sankrit
AyuGenomics:
* Classifying human composition, broken down into 15 primary variables. The permutations of these variables makes each person a unique entity
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