Live Coverage World Summit on Sustainable Development

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Johannesburg, South Africa
26 August-4 September 2002

31 August 2002

 


PRESS CONFERENCE BY ACADEMY FOR FUTURE SCIENCE

At a Summit press conference today, the Academy for Future Science announced two new, revolutionary technologies, one on water purification and waste treatment, and one on needleless insulin and HIV therapy. The Academy, with offices in Los Gatos, California and Pretoria is a non-profit corporation that examines new scientific ideas for future use in, among other areas, medicine, renewable energy and methods to improve the global environment.

Dr. Hurtak then introduced a new patented technique of administering standard medical treatment on a daily basis, developed by Biophysix, Inc, based on research from the University of Illinois, which would be a "boon to those in need of daily injection therapy". The new technique, based on polymer packages that allowed for loading several medicines, would spray medicine under the tongue, so that it would be assimilated without damage to cell walls and cell membranes. It was a "revolutionary new means of delivering drugs".

Dr. Palmer added that research on white rabbits had shown a sustained action of insulin with the new technique. Only one-tenth of the usual dose was needed.

Dr. Heleen Coetzee, University of Pretoria, South Africa, said the new process was non-invasive, as the molecules transferred the cell membrane in a natural way, the same way as cells got their nutrients. Therefore, no damage was done. Also, delivery of medicine through transferal and oral methods often showed peaks. The new technology gave sustained release over days. This meant that poor people in rural areas, affected by diseases such as diabetes, tuberculosis and HIV, would no longer need daily injections. Another benefit was that the containers did not need to be refrigerated.

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