The Assam Tribune Online Hypertension, diabetes curable: Dhani Ram
By A Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, June 17 – Cardiac surgeon Dr Dhani Ram Baruah today claimed that he had found permanent cure to hypertension, diabetes mellitus and thyroid dysfunction by the first-ever “clinical application” of genetic engineering using biological molecules developed by him. “The common perception that changing lifestyles and food habits are at the root of coronary artery disease (CAD), hypertension and diabetes mellitus (although they may be responsible to a little extent) is wrong, as our research has shown that reversing lifestyles and food habits does not necessarily reverse the diseases,” Dr Baruah said at a press conference.
According to Dr Baruah, hypertension is caused by errors in m-RNA-expressed genes that disturb the metabolic pathways. “This condition can be cured permanently by reversing the disturbed metabolic pathways by changing the m-RNA-expressed diseased genes. I claim that I am the first person to develop biological molecules that can correct the derangement of metabolic pathways,” he said, and termed it as a feat of genetic engineering.
Dr Baruah asserted that it was possible to cure diabetes as well with the application of his organic molecules – nicknamed Baruah molecules — by engineering the genes responsible for diabetes mellitus, which are expressed under m-RNA. “Baruah molecules are isolated from edible medicinal plants and are used successfully as tools to engineer the diseased genes and achieve permanent cure to these dreaded diseases,” he added.
Dr Baruah, who had earlier claimed that pacemakers and bypass surgeries did more harm than good to the patients and that the permanent cure lay in application of genetic engineering, said that he had thrown these challenges before the medical fraternity. “In the world conference of cardio-surgeons in London on September 6, 2006, I dared everyone to prove my assertion on the uselessness and dangers of pacemakers and bypass surgery wrong, but none opposed me,” he said.
Dr Baruah said that most of the commonly-prescribed drugs for heart disorders were not just effective but damaging to the heart muscles, as they were cardio-toxic.
Dr T Dutta, who termed Dr Baruah’s findings as pioneering, said that no one before Dr Baruah had done research on genetic engineering in relation to diseases. “Dr Baruah has been decoding RNA, including 1,000 genes of the heart, which is a stupendous feat,” he said.
Rituparna Das (29) of Mirza, a hypertension patient treated by Dr Baruah, said that when he failed to get the desired results even after getting treated at reputed hospitals, he approached Dr Baruah and the results showed almost immediately. “And after six months of treatment I was completely cured,” he said.
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