M·CAM Investigation Expands in Healing Technologies from Samoa: Local Botanist Contributes
Date: Mon, 2008-12-08
M·CAM Investigation Expands in Healing Technologies from Samoa: Local Botanist Contributes
Apia, Samoa – December 8, 2008 ––Samoan botanist, Arona Faitala Palamo, has revived the debate in a letter to the Samoa Observer yesterday, where he questioned who the rightful owner is. Mr. Palamo has entered the bewildering discussion over intellectual property since another American expert, Dr. David E. Martin, cast doubt as to the benefits Samoa would be getting from the mamala plant.
Mr. Palamo’s warning raises concerns about the numerous taro varieties that agriculturalists here have developed through research throughout the years.
“Did you know that Mr. Cox took three other plants, and who knows how many more, that we used to control skin inflammation and he is working with a pharmaceutical firm for medical uses for two and the third has promising results in the lab against T lymphocytes?” he asks in a letter to the Samoa Observer. “So who owns these plants and all the chemical discoveries from them?”
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