The “pain” of patients with spinal deformities is unimaginable for ordinary people. In the past, if the patients were not treated in time, most of them would eventually cause severe physical deformities, causing a heavy burden to the family and society.
Nowadays, the project “Molecular Genetics Research and Clinical Application of Spinal Deformities” completed by Academician Qiu Guixing of Peking Union Medical College Hospital and others has helped to realize early screening and early diagnosis of scoliosis patients in my country, which marks the transition from molecular The successful implementation of the first domestic skeletal deformity genetic counseling clinic model in which genetic research has entered clinical application has promoted the standardization and homogenization of spinal deformity screening, prevention, diagnosis and treatment in my country.
This research project has constructed my country’s first international leading genetic research system on skeletal deformities, revealed the most important genetic etiology of congenital scoliosis, and defined a new congenital scoliosis disease. The subtype was recently rated as one of the “China’s Important Medical Achievements in the 21st Century” at the 2022 China Medical Development Conference.
In addition to spinal deformities, “China’s Important Medical Achievements in the 21st Century” also includes “Basic Research and Clinical Translation of Langerhans Cell Biology Functions”, which promotes the development of immunobiology and provides cancer It has opened up new directions for the treatment of and viral infectious diseases; “the creation, implementation and leadership of China’s blood purification medical quality management and control system” has improved China’s blood purification diagnosis and treatment and medical quality control level, and promoted the innovative development of blood purification; Genetic and epigenetic regulation of germ cells and embryonic development, birth of the world’s first high-throughput sequencing single-gene genetic disease and chromosomal abnormality screening test-tube baby,” has brought my country’s embryo preimplantation genetic diagnosis technology to the world’s leading level.
The above four important medical achievements are important medical and health achievements that have significant scientific, technological, economic, social, and cultural values in my country since 2000 and are highly recognized by their peers.
Wang Jianwei, Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Secretary General of the Academic Advisory Executive Committee of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, pointed out that these achievements are oriented towards the 21st century, and can better reflect the current scientific and technological status and future trends of our country, and better give full play to the command of scientific and technological innovation. Great leadership.
At the same time, at the 2022 China Medical Development Conference, 31 items including “establishing blood pressure control targets for elderly hypertensive patients” and “discovering long-term clinical outcomes and risk factors for recovered patients with new coronary pneumonia” were also released. China’s 2021 Important Medical Progress” project guides the direction of my country’s medical science and technology innovation.
Wang Chen, vice president of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and president of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, said that whether it is clinical, pharmacy, stomatology, or basic research, public health, etc., the most important criteria for selection are It is necessary to select the results that support and maintain the national economy and people’s livelihood and the health of the people.
Wang Chen pointed out in the keynote report of the 2022 China Medical Development Conference that the 21st century is the century of medicine and life sciences, and the cause of medical and health care is related to national security, economic development, social civilization and people’s well-being. It is necessary to continue to strengthen the integration and optimization of the allocation of scientific and technological resources, strengthen original and leading scientific and technological research, persevere in basic research, vigorously build major scientific and technological innovation platforms, and achieve the prosperity of my country’s medical science and technology with a complete system, sufficient resources, advanced platforms and ecology. develop.
Wang Chen, Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and President of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College (Chinese Medicine Photo courtesy of the Academy of Sciences)
It is reported that the China Medical Development Conference is an annual platform for the Chinese medical community to plan the national medical development. Experts discussed the development and innovation of clinical medicine, stomatology, basic medicine and biology, pharmacy, health and environment, biomedical engineering and informatics, pharmaceutical industry transformation and medical history. Hundreds of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Faculty members, academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, as well as experts and scholars in the field of medicine and health attended the meeting in a combination of online and offline methods. (Reporter Mu Tiecheng)