| The human being, as designed by nature, was endowed with
the ability to think, to create, and to experience the vibrant world around him. When
blessed with good health and well being, man is able to do all these and even scale new
horizons in space and time. Suddenly, when disease strikes an individual, the world around
him crumbles to a tiny mass, throwing him out of balance. He reaches out to members of his
own society to be cured of the unwanted malady. In earlier times medicines was simple and
uncomplicated. older forms of healing relied greatly on herbs, on nature and on
faith. As technology advanced , it was
time to scrutinize and laboriously screen the very same herbs and to isolate active
components (lead components) from them, In order to achieve greater potency of the drug
being used. and when advanced chemical techniques and computerisation gracefully stepped
in lead molecules were actually being synthesised in the laboratory and were even being
redesigned to achieve greater healing power. |
Today, due to a greater understanding of the
genetic makeup of man, health is being viewed from an altogether different angle. The new
generation of medicine aims at predicting disease even before it occurs, based entirely on
the genetic traits of an individual. As a result has begun to scale unimaginable heights.
Today man speaks of cloning individuals for the betterment of the human race. He speaks of
gene cures that would rid man of incurable diseases. Technology has allowed him to create life, improve life, manipulate
life and to destroy life. Ultimately, how he puts his knowledge in to use is yet to be
seen. companies such as the HGSI at least, believe in using it for improving the health
for tomorrow's world. |
