biobanking in the philippines

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BIOBANKINGTECHNOLOGY:

Pros and Consof its use inDevelopingCountries likethe

Philippines


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ABSTRACTThe introduction of Biobanking Technology in

Developing Countries in Southeast Asia like the Philippinesproved to be a success. To be eact ! the advent of its "irstCancer Research Center in St. #ukes $edical Center%S#$C& set up in '()* is at its early stages ho+ever! it isby no ,eans free fro, facing adversities and challenges.

The "unding for the pro-ect +ould a,ass a fortune if not

for the pre,ier health care provider like S#$C. nvestorsalike +ould be bene/cial to the continued lifespan of the

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Biobanking ndustry.

#$TAT01SThe scope of this paper +ould be contained in the /rst

type of Biobanking2 Biobanks for organs and tissues for

therapy and transplantation. And that the Philippines is its

,ain focus.

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,1 Bio0an5

4 a place for biological sa,ples like hu,an tissue!

blood! or D1A that ,ay be used especially for future

,edical research.

*1 Biomar5er!

4 al,ost any interaction re5ecting an interaction

bet+een a biological syste, and a potential ha6ard!

+hich ,ay be che,ical! physical! or biological. The

,easured response ,ay be functional and

physiological! bioche,ical at the cellular level and

,olecular interaction

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4 a country having a standard of living or level of

industrial production +ell belo+ that possible +ith


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/nancial or technical aid7 a country that is not yet

highly industriali6ed.

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4 a nonindustriali6ed poor country that is seeking to

develop its resources by industriali6ation

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What is a Biobank?4 n his Article published in the Philippine Star

Dr. ,asa) de/ned it as a long term storage

and conservation facility for biological

speci,ens. t is created pri,arily to help

researchers develop personali6ed ,edicine!

innovative drugs and other therapies. t consists

of the follo+ing2

a. Biological ,aterials that are collected!

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processed and dated for each collected sa,ple

b. Database that contains the infor,ation and

date of each collected sa,ple.

4 0ver ti,e as ,ore speci,ens are collected

and archived. Researchers analy6e and co,pare

the actual ,olecular characteristics! and identity

+hat +ent +rong +ith those cellsand tissues such

that they beca,e diseased. 0nce they discover

this! they can no+ for,ulate +ays of detecting

the disease using that are kno+n as Bio,arkers.'

Types of Biobanks

There are ' broad categories in relation to type of

sa,ples stored2

). Biobanks for organs and tissues for therapy and

transplantation

'. Biobanks for :enetics

The "irst group has the collection and storage of

organs! tissues! cells and products %D1A! proteins! etc.& for

+hich therapy! diagnosis and research! is not a ne+

practice since it has been carried out for ,any years in

laboratories and hospitals. As a ,atter of fact a signi/cant

a,ount of useful biological sa,ples of hu,an beings

ca,e fro, ordinary health assistance acts and its stored

in biobanks of organs and tissues for therapy and

transplantation. n the Philippines this strated over a year

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ago at St. #ukes $edical Center.

The second group! is the speci/c type of >? 1ational

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the abnor,al cell! ,olecular of the deceased cell.

Outcome5

4 The end result is a treat,ent that is

personali6ed! targeted innovative hopefully has

fe+er side eects.

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eveloped v! eveloping "ountry

- n the for,er! biobanks have been

established contributing to the current large 5u

of cutting edge researches that have leapfrogged

ne+ and diagnostic approaches and therapeutic

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intervention. The treat,ent is ,ade ,ore

personali6ed and in ad-unct +ith the needs of the

patient. The latter ho+ever! its concept is a fairly

ne+ /eld. t proved to be understandable due to

the stringent /nancial and technical reuire,ents

that cost a lot of ,oney and resources.E

Biobanking in #outh $ast %sia

China 9adoorie Biobank or C9B

4 it +as set up to investigate the ,ain genetic and

environ,ental causes of co,,on chronic diseases in

the Chinese population

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9orea Biobank Pro-ect %9BP&

4 launched in '((? it is a net+ork bet+een the 1ational

Biobank of 9orea and biobanks run by university aFliated

general hospitals.

Biobank apan Pro-ect

4 it started in '((= and ended in '()'.

4 it ai,s to investigate the relationship bet+een

approi,ately =((!((( people as +ell as the eFcacy and

side eects of the drugs used.


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Biobanking in the &hilippines

- The /rst hu,an cancer biobank in the

country +as established on $ay '?! '()* at St.

#ukes $edical Center %S#$C&. ts President! Dr.

3dgardo Corte6 said that the idea for the pro-ect

started in '()8. The ,ain thrust of setting up of a

biobank is for patients to have a custo,i6ed

treat,ent since analy6ing their sa,ples +ould


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result to a ,ore personal approach to the

,edications to be used.

The "irst


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The vials are labeled +ith the patients na,e and are

provided +ith a barcode

A surgeon is seen getting the vials of the cancer patients

for research.


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Dr. 3dgardo Corte6 being intervie+ed about the


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'

'yth about the #('" Biobank

4 At /rst even felt unease +ith the idea of a

biobank since it is a fairly ne+ concept ,y

preconception +as that having ,y sa,ples

free6ed +ould entail loads of ,oney.

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The biobank in S#$C if free of charge it is still

in its early stages. The fee for ,aintaining and

constant funding of the fresh sa,ples is +hat

see, a challenge to the biobank.

PR0S and C01S

PR0 C01can help cure cancer constant need of fundingpersonali6ed approach to

evidenced4 based ,edicine

traet,ent. Tailor /t to the

patients needs.

,aintenance cost of the

facility

free of charge ,ulti4,illion dollar venture

early stages of the research

ne+ concept not kno+n to,any

Storing ones tissue speci,en in a Biobank is the "utureof Cancer care. n their +ebiste St. #ukes $edical Centeras the pioneer of the countrys /rst Biobank on


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The launching of Biobanks in the Philippines is still on

its infancy stage and the constraints of the its +idespread

infor,ation is not +ell4taken into concept by the "ilipinos.

The reality is that in a Developing Country like the

Philippines! the eposure of the general public and their

a+areness to the idea of +hat a Biobank is taking a stall

on their health. Technology like any other ,ust be utili6edin order to ,ai,i6e the potential of the society and not

stunt its gro+th. f everybody has a facebook account +ith

a readily available internet connection. The health sector

should bo,bard the public of the ne+ and breakthrough

develop,ents in the health industry. 1ot -ust the

increassing nu,ber of health care BP0s providing -obs for


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the +orking class but the need to raise a+areness. That in

the country! +e have a biobank that could help cancer

patients in their battle against the grueling disease. @hat

is ,ore surprising is that it is free to store the speci,ens

of the patients. @ith the future at bay! the scope of

biobanking should be broadened to include the sper,

banks in the country. Bearing the fact that +e do not have

at present a Sper, Bank in the country! the closest +e

can get is the n itro "ertili6ation! $aturation! ntrauterine

nse,ination still at St. #ukes. The nearest neighboring

sper, bank facility being in Singapore. $oreover!

establishing such facility ai,s to provide single ,others

+ho opt to conceive the chance of beco,ing a parent a

choice and decision carefully planned to e,po+er +o,en

in general.

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