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'Jungle Raj' in stem cell research: Official
Thursday December 29, 2011 10:18:58 AM,
IANS
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Kolkata: A 'Jungle Raj'
has been prevailing in the country regarding research on stem cell
therapy and the government will ensure a proper structure where
there is transparency, an official of the union health ministry
has said.
"We at ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research) fund many
projects. In the last two years, 80 percent of them are gaining
the experience of how they can be preserved and how they can be
transplanted, but very few were on clinical trials. This is Jungle Raj and not the correct way. As a person responsible for research
governance, I find it very unacceptable," said union secretary of
health research Vishwa Mohan Katoch.
Speaking on the sidelines of a workshop here on "Stem Cell and
Research", Katoch said the government will ensure a proper
structure where there is transparency.
"The issue of stem cell being used for different kind of therapy
has been in the country for a long time, almost for a decade. This
excitement has led to chaos. I don't doubt the excitement.
Handling stem cells or transplants is not like handling
injection," said Katoch.
"Cell has lot of potential. So the damages could be far greater
than saving something. That means the evidence should be based on
critical experiments and trials should be done ethically and then
put into practice," he said.
"The guidelines came for the stem cell application in India few
years back only. But it was not followed as those guidelines were
not backed by any legislation or act which could pin-point the
recklessness of the individuals," said Katoch.
"Trials should be done through proper procedures which are well
monitored. But in the last one decade it has not happened and that
has led to a chaotic situation with people claiming inventions. We
don't know whether it is authentic or not as they were not open to
inspection and no records were available," Katoch added.
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