JAKARTA - The Minister of Health, Budi Gunadi Sadikin, assesses that the presence of genome sequencing technology or the identification of genetic material will bring major changes to the healthcare industry in the future.
"Inventions in genome sequencing and DNA technology will drastically change the health industry in the future. It will change how health workers diagnose patients, change how they treat patients", Budi said when opening a discussion on genomic technology in Jakarta, Thursday, February 16, reported by Antara.
Genome sequencing is a method used to sequence the genomes of living organisms, such as bacteria, viruses and humans.
Budi said the development of genome sequencing technology itself was in line with the health transformation being carried out by the Ministry of Health, namely the transformation of health technology including biotechnology.
According to Budi, the study of the genome plays an important role in understanding and analyzing the smallest component in humans, namely DNA. The use of this technology brings benefits to the medical world in terms of treating each patient so that treatment can be more precise.
The development and utilization of genome sequencing technology in Indonesia are currently still in their early stages, said Minister of Health Budi. Even so, Indonesia has many opportunities in this field in the future.
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He reminded that Indonesia has biodiversity, genomic data, and population size which can be capital for the development of genome sequencing technology in the health industry.
Other capital, according to Budi, Indonesia also has an ecosystem of various startup companies that have developed over the last five to ten years.
"So our homework now is to replicate this ecosystem for companies in the biotechnology sector", said Budi.
It can also open opportunities for venture capital companies to be actively involved in the health industry sector related to the development of genome sequencing technology. However, Budi also reminded that investment in this sector requires a long-term commitment.
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