China will use genetic diagnosis technology to solve the problem of birth defects

In the recently held 2009 International Conference on bio-economy, science and Technology Department of the China biological technology development Center published reports indicate that China in population and health problems of worrying, born nearly 17 million population 4%-6% with birth defects, seriously affecting the nation overall physical fitness.

To this end, my country will widely used genetic diagnosis, gene therapy, medical and pharmaceutical biotechnology-effective solution to this problem.

It is understood that in 2006, the national birth defects rate 146/million, compared to 1996 has increased by 66%, with an increase of the city as 81 per cent to 38 per cent in the rural areas.

Experts, the occurrence of major birth defects and genetic, adverse environmental impacts, micronutrient deficiency, mother diseases, particularly infectious diseases and other relevant factors. Mother-to-child transmission of infectious diseases incidence increased greatly threaten the health of infants, such as syphilis and HIV mother-to-child transmission of infection can be passed to the next generation.

In addition, the medical and pharmaceutical biotechnology will treat, prevent cancer and cardiovascular diseases, and AIDS, tuberculosis, SARS, avian flu and other malignant infectious diseases.

This report considers that, as the bio-industry development focus area of more than ten years in the future, our pharmaceutical biotechnology will further develop and promote a regenerative medicine for the representatives of the Fourth Chinese medical revolution, promoting a further increase of the average life.