Las Tunas, Cuba.- The updating and exchange of experiences among students and professionals of medical genetics and other related specialties such as Pediatrics, Gynecology and Cardiology became the focus of the symposia and lectures.
Dr. Beatriz Marcheco Teruel, president of the Medical Genetics Society of Cuba gave an address on the challenges and perspectives of Personalized Medicine in the country, especially related to this field of science.
"It is important to know how the world is doing in this area, since personalized medicine is present and the closest future where we are moving forward in relation to designing and using treatments for people based on their own genetic profiles," the specialist said.
Results of research developed at the community level, which respond to the transdisciplinarity of the current health problems in this branch, were presented in the meeting.
"We have also discussed the experiences of research such as Holguín's ataxia, and local practice of genetic services in the development of care programs in different regions of the country," added the National Director of Medical Genetics.
Dr Juan Carlos Perdomo Arrién, specialist in Clinical Genetics of Matanzas, shared the work of a team of professionals from his province on the results of clinical cases regarding the care of prenatal diagnosis programs, and the care of people with disabilities and other genetic diseases.
In Las Tunas, there is a systematic work with respect to the prioritized research lines, which contribute to the improvement of genetic registers; such as the identification of congenital malformations, the first cause of infant mortality in the province, and hereditary cancer as the first cause of morbidity in adulthood.
"These studies make it possible to refine these records by having identified each of the cases in the province; and is the first step to deploy intervention actions at the care level to prevent these diseases," explained Dr. Nora Orive Rodríguez, head of the department of Medical Genetics in Las Tunas.
Cuba is distinguished internationally in the field of Human and Medical Genetics, due to the numerous results of scientific research, despite the technological shortcomings; as well as for the quality of the Public Health System that has also inserted this service at the primary care level.
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