José Manuel Puerta, director of the SAS Biobank: "We guarantee ethical use of each sample donated by patients"
It is the science fiction of the present: a warehouse with hundreds of tissue samples at the service of global research. José Manuel Puerta (Granada, 1982) is the director of the Biobank of the Andalusian Health Service, and from Granada he directs and coordinates this network of biological extracts that at any time can become key elements for the advancement of research anywhere in the world. .
During the interview, Dr. Puerta explains the operation of the system, its vocation for public service and its permanent interaction with the scientific ecosystem around the world. He also talks about ethics, deontology, and the defense of public health. "We guarantee ethical use of each sample donated by patients," he emphasizes.
José Manuel Puerta has also been director of the Granada Day Hospital, and explains the advantages and benefits that outpatient care entails for patients, and how being at home has a positive effect on the state of mind without establishing clinical harm.
Regarding the medicine of the next world, "which will be personalized", Puerta distributes responsibilities to the patients themselves, betting on healthy lifestyle habits and prevention as fundamental tools so that the system can accommodate the increase in life expectancy. .
In the following link you can listen to the complete interview with Dr. Puerta:
Source: Cadena Ser