Camel Urine

We've had Koranic holy water...now here's the latest breakthrough in Islamic science, from the Saudi Gazette (via lgf):

Dr. Faten Abdel-Rahman Khorshid is responsible for one of the Kingdom’s greatest national achievements in the field of science for her work which began with the urine of camels and concluded in a potential cure for cancer. After spending more than five years in lab research, this Saudi scientist and faculty member from King Abdul Aziz University (KAAU) and President of the Tissues Culture Unit at King Fahd Center for Medical Research, has discovered that nano-particles in the urine of camels can attack cancer cells with success. Her work began with experiments involving camel urine, cancer cells found in patients’ lungs and culminated in injecting mice with leukemic cancel cells and camel urine to test the results. 

Speaking to the Saudi Gazette, Dr. Khorshid claimed that she was inspired by Prophet Muhammad’s (pbuh) medical advice and that camel urine consists of natural substances that work to eradicate malignant cells and maintain the number of healthy cells in a cancer patient. 

“This treatment is not an invention, but rather, taken from our Prophet’s legacy,” she remarked. A Hadith narrated by Al-Bukhari (2855) and Muslim (1671) claims that some people came to Madina and fell ill with bloated abdomens. The Prophet (pbuh) told them to combine the milk and urine of a camel and drink that, after which they recovered. A swollen abdomen may indicate edema, liver disease or cancer.

Comments

[Bob-B]

This is basically a good thing. As long as such things flourish in Saudi universities they will need to send students abroad for a decent education and British universities will continue to benefit from Saudi money.

[DaninVan]

"A swollen abdomen may indicate edema, liver disease or cancer."
Not to mention 'being in the family way'...speaking of things with humps. ;)

[SnoopyTheGoon]

Well, camel piss is a natural resource in abundance there, be a crime to waste a good thing. After all, cow piss is already reworked into a popular drink...