On January 11, the launching ceremony of the thalassemia prevention and control project of “building a healthy Shaoguan to eliminate severe poverty” was held, which also means that the gas film “fire eye” laboratory located in Shaoguan International Convention and Exhibition Center will be put into use soon.
First application of in the field of maternal and child health
The gas film “fire eye” laboratory was completed on January 5, which is a specific measure for Shaoguan and Bgi Genomics Co.Ltd(300676) to promote charity livelihood projects. There are 6 film tanks in the laboratory, with an overall area of about 800 m2. The laboratory is designed in strict accordance with the PCR amplification laboratory and will undertake the large-scale population gene testing of the free thalassemia prevention and control project in Shaoguan. At present, the instruments and equipment required by the laboratory for project testing have been deployed. In addition to providing gene testing, the laboratory can also provide “peacetime and wartime combination” support and guarantee for large-scale nucleic acid testing in Shaoguan.
Next, the “fire eye” laboratory will carry out thalassemia gene testing for school-age people in Shaoguan to help eliminate “severe land poverty” in Shaoguan.
The detection of thalassemia gene can accurately understand the carrying situation of thalassemia gene in the target group, guide marriage and childbirth, assess the risk of fetal thalassemia for the fertility group, and then eliminate the birth of children with severe thalassemia through prenatal diagnosis, reduce the family and socio-economic burden, and further reduce the incidence of birth defects, Create a good population environment for the coordinated and sustainable development of Shaoguan’s economy and society.
It is reported that the large-scale genetic screening of thalassemia is the first application of the “fire eye” laboratory in the field of maternal and child health and the first demonstration of the in-situ transformation of the “fire eye” laboratory. In the future, we can also work with local medical institutions and public health systems to explore applications in the fields of tumor prevention and control, infectious disease prevention and control, etc.
continue to carry out the work of “recruiting kindness and attracting love”
Since last year, in order to further promote the high-quality development of Shaoguan’s philanthropy, create the brand of Shaoguan’s public welfare and charity activities, and widely mobilize forces from all walks of life to pay attention to vulnerable groups, offer love and donate goodwill, Shaoguan municipal Party committee and municipal government have carried out the work of “recruiting kindness and attracting love” around “helping the elderly, poverty-stricken, disabled, learning and medical treatment”, so as to help improve the social and people’s well-being of Shaoguan.
With the unprecedented attention paid by all sectors of society to the work of “recruiting kindness and attracting love”, the business environment in Shaoguan has been continuously optimized, attracting a number of well-known enterprises who care about and love public welfare and charity to Shaoguan for development, Bgi Genomics Co.Ltd(300676) is one of them.
As the world’s leading frontier organization of life sciences, Bgi Genomics Co.Ltd(300676) leads the innovative development of genomics with the development model of integration of industry, University and research. For a long time, Bgi Genomics Co.Ltd(300676) takes “gene technology benefits mankind” as its mission, adheres to independent innovation, promotes the progress of gene technology, and is committed to reducing birth diseases and restraining the harm of major diseases to mankind.
In July 2021, the Shaoguan municipal Party committee and the Shaoguan municipal government jointly Bgi Genomics Co.Ltd(300676) launched the Shaoguan thalassemia prevention and control project, established a maternal and child health precision medicine center in Shaoguan maternal and child health hospital, and used high-throughput sequencing technology to provide free testing for pre pregnancy, pregnant couples and newborns who voluntarily accepted thalassemia gene testing. So far, nearly 10000 cases of thalassemia have been tested.
In December 2021, Shaoguan further deepened its cooperation with Bgi Genomics Co.Ltd(300676) and established a joint laboratory to apply core technologies to provide gene testing services for school-age and risk groups in Shaoguan in terms of genetic deafness gene screening and public welfare colon cancer screening, so as to improve the health index of Shaoguan people and help promote the construction of “healthy Shaoguan”.
It is reported that Shaoguan will take the launch of the project as an opportunity to make full use of the scientific and technological forces provided by Bgi Genomics Co.Ltd(300676) to Shaoguan, strengthen overall organization and services, increase publicity, launch and support, gather wisdom and gather strength for accurate testing, and promote the high-quality development of Shaoguan medical and health undertakings and big health industry.
(source: Nanfang plus)
