Nityananda, Rajaram
(2016)
Editorial: Resonance April 2016.
Resonance: Journal of Science Education, 21 (4).
p. 297.
Abstract
The 1960’s and ‘70s were a heady period for medical science. It
seemed that the three-pronged attack of chemical synthesis, antibiotics,
and molecular biology would defeat the ancient scourges
of mankind. Today’s scenario is much more realistic. Progress
against cancer, heart disease, and diabetes has been much slower
than anticipated – or even promised – a few decades ago. Bacteria
continue to develop strains resistant to new antibiotics. In this
context, the 2015 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology points in a different direction. We
present two articles which remind readers that there is unexplored promise for medicine in the
natural world, some of it residing in traditional practices which did not receive much attention
from mainstream medicine.
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