Diabetes is considered third major cause of death in the world and around 3.2 million people die every year from diabetic disorders around the world.

This was stated by the scientists at an international symposium on molecular medicine held at Karachi University on Wednesday.

They pointed out that diabetes is considered the third major cause of death in the world as currently 3.2 million people die every year from diabetic disorders over the globe.

The natural products are playing an important role in global health and economy and that the medicinal plants have more potential against cancer than any therapy.

Epilepsy is among the leading neurological disorders in the world, they further stated.

The scientists were speaking during the four-day Second International Symposium-Cum-Training Course on Molecular Medicine and Drug Research being held at International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS) Karachi University.

As many as 100 scientists from 30 countries of the world are participating in the international event being organised by Dr Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research (PCMD).

According to the organizers, the aim of the event is to develop understanding and appreciation of this emerging field (Molecular Medicine and Drug Research) in Pakistan to bring together the leading experts in the field of molecular medicine from all around the world and forge global partnership for the common benefits of humanity and rapid development of the countries in the South.

Director ICCBS Prof Dr Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary said that diabetes was an old disease which posed a new challenge to the human well being.

Unfortunately, till today no successful treatment of this age-old disease exists, challenging human ingenuity and technological progress, he said and added that it was characterized by hyperglycemia and associated complications; diabetes was the third major cause of death, after cancers and heart diseases in the world.

“The need for new, more effective and safer therapies for existing or emerging diseases, increasing global demand of healthcare products for bulging populations, and the high prices of conventional mainly synthetic pharmaceuticals as well as the fact that modem medicines are often out of reach of a large segment of human population are reasons for a robust health food and alternate medicine market,” he said.

George G Chen, a scientist from Hong Kong, said that it was proven in the laboratories that medicinal flora has more potential to cancerous tumor than other therapeutics.

A former Vice Chancellor of Karachi University, Prof Dr Zafar Saied Saifi, and Dr Fatima Shad pointed out that they have prepared some special chemicals that have potential to help taking out drug addicts from drug addiction.

Such chemicals also prevent the drug addicts from other infectious diseases, they said.

“Respiratory allergies are affecting various countries of the world and unfortunately Pakistan is one of them. Studies have revealed that emergence of new risk factors like change in climate conditions, variable environmental biological particles and loss of protective traditional life styles are linked with the rise in allergic rhinitis and asthma prevalence in the world,” Prof Dr Anwar Waqar of PCMD said.

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