St. Petersburg State University scientists will help children with endocrine diseases
On July 28, St. Petersburg State University will host a traditional meeting of scientists and journalists in the format of a Science lunch. St. Petersburg State University geneticists and experts in the field of endocrinology will talk about the charity program to help children with diseases of the endocrine system "Alpha-Endo", which will be implemented in the North-Western Federal District.
The leading specialists of St. Petersburg on the modern equipment of the Biobank of St. Petersburg State University will conduct free examinations of children with suspected endocrine diseases within the framework of the charity program "Alpha-Endo", which is carried out in partnership with the Endocrinological Research Center of the Ministry of Health of Russia with the financial support of Alfa Group. The total amount of funding for this area of the program in the North-Western Federal District exceeded 20 million rubles. These funds are used to purchase equipment, consumables, finance the work of staff and the delivery of blood samples of children for research.
Endocrinologists participating in the program will diagnose and advise patients. This service will be free for patients.
Molecular genetic diagnostics of blood is the most modern method of early diagnosis of diseases. This examination allows you to consult a family about the risk of hereditary diseases in children, predict diseases and their course with high accuracy, clarify the diagnosis and adjust treatment. Such diagnostic techniques bring modern medicine to a qualitatively new level and help to determine a personalized approach to the treatment of each patient.
Children with such diseases as congenital hypothyroidism, adrenogenital syndrome, hypopituitarism, diabetes mellitus and congenital hyperinsulinism, hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, adrenal insufficiency, disorders of sex formation and endocrine tumors will be able to undergo the examination.
The participants of the program are children under the age of 18 living in St. Petersburg, Leningrad Region and other subjects of the North-Western region of Russia. The collection of material for the survey started on June 15.
Today, there are already more than 140 samples of biological materials in the Biobank of St. Petersburg State University. There are also the first research results that scientists will share with journalists. The participants of the Science Lunch will tell about the practical significance and uniqueness of the charity project, about the new genetic methods of blood analysis and diagnosis of endocrinological diseases used for its implementation:
- Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Director of the Institute of Pediatric Endocrinology, Chief Specialist – Pediatric Endocrinologist of the Ministry of Health of Russia, MD, Prof. Valentina Peterkova;Head of the Laboratory of Prenatal Diagnostics of Hereditary and Congenital Diseases of the D.O. Ott Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chief Specialist in Medical Genetics of the Health Committee of the Government of St. Petersburg, Professor Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor of the Department of Genetics and Biotechnology of St. Petersburg State University, MD, Vladislav Baranov;
- Oleg Glotov, PhD, Senior Researcher at the Laboratory of Genomic and Proteomic Research at the Institute of Translational Biomedicine of St. Petersburg State University;
- Director of the RC "Biobank" of St. Petersburg State University, PhD Andrey Glotov;
- Professor of the Department of Endocrinology at Northwestern University, Chief Specialist in Pediatric Endocrinology of the Health Committee of the Government of St. Petersburg, MD, Elena Bashnina;
- the head of the charity program "Alfa-Endo", the Fund for the Support and Development of Philanthropy "KAF", MD Anna Karpushkina.
- Start of the event: 16.00
Venue: St. Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya nab., 7/9, Petrovsky Hall.
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For information:
Alfa-Endo is a national charity program to help children with endocrine diseases. The project, covering 25 regions of Russia, is funded by Alfa Group and implemented by the Fund for the Support and Development of Philanthropy "KAF" in partnership with the Endocrinological Research Center of the Ministry of Health of Russia.
The main participants of the program in St. Petersburg are St. Petersburg State University; D.O. Ott Research Institute of AGiR (Otta); medical organizations of the North-Western Federal District providing endocrinological care to children and adolescents; Children's City Hospital No. 19 named after K.A. Rauhfus; St. Petersburg Pediatric Medical University. More detailed information is available on the program's website.
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24.07.2015