Mérida, Mexico, Oct. 25 (Notimex).- The development and research of biomaterials that can be very useful to improve the quality of life of people, has managed to grow despite the little budget allocated to science in the country, said the president of the BIOT Network in Mexico, Miriam Flores Merino. Interviewed in the framework of the inauguration of the V International Congress BIOT RED in this city, recognized that Mexico is lagging behind in the subject compared to the first world countries, however there are also notable advances in that scientific area. "There are already Mexican researchers who have even worked with specialists from other countries who have achieved good results, and in some cases are already used with human patients in the area of medicine, especially regenerative medicine," she said. There is already, for example, a Mexican company that sells bone substitutes, and other national companies develop medical devices through marketed biomaterials, she added. "This shows that despite the budgetary constraints, there are advances and also many other projects that are in the process of development, and that need that economic boost to make them a reality and stop acquiring products that can only be obtained in other countries with the high cost that represents," she said. And precisely because they are expensive, most of the Mexican population can hardly make use of or have access to the medical benefits and therapies that have been achieved through the research and development of biomaterials. "An example in that sense, could be people with chronic-degenerative diseases such as diabetes, some of which, at least 10 percent, suffer from the so-called diabetic ulcers that today can be treated with biomaterials, but not all have the economic capacity to that effect,” she said. Therefore, there is a need for the budget to science in Mexico to be more generous in order to develop this type of alternatives within the country, to be able to commercialize them and therefore make them cheaper. The works of this V International Congress BIOT RED, will be developed in the Scientific Research Center of Yucatan, one of the institutions in the country that has an important catalog and projects related to the development of biomaterials. The activity brings together national specialists from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, the Dermatological Center of Yucatan, the Autonomous University of Yucatan and the Mexican Academy of Engineering, as well as other countries such as the United States, Canada and Spain. It is worth mentioning that in this congress several topics will be tackled under the premise of updating and enriching knowledge in the area of biomaterials and their use in the various areas of health. NTX/TAM/HAR/GVG/JCG
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