Patriotic way of a oncologist

As a leading expert in the field of biotechnology research, molecular biology applied in medicine and pharmacy, Dr. Nguyen Trong Binh's name became the top concern of large pharmaceutical corporations and companies at But he still went back to Vietnam, only to transfer technology to young Vietnamese intellectuals.

Each year taking advantage of the holidays to visit his homeland, he made his journey from North to South. Sometimes on the way to discover a disease that harms rice, he enthusiastically instructs how to prevent and treat farmers. Sometimes, there are talk sessions to guide farmers to grow mushrooms by fermenting mushrooms.

Heart of a distant child

Dr. Nguyen Trong Binh

Since the 1990s, Dr. Binh has gone to universities and biological institutes. At Ho Chi Minh City Institute of Tropical Biology, in addition to teaching, he directly trained and helped many young staff of the Institute.

Dr. Van Thi Hanh, who was directed by him to do a doctoral dissertation in the 1990s and completed the PhD thesis in 2000, recalled: "As a guide for my thesis, in addition to sending very valuable documents. In value, Mr. Binh also gave me very useful advice, based on that, I have oriented and developed research results for practical applications. Dr. Van Thi Hanh's thesis is to study insect cells, find vaccines to prevent shrimp diseases. This is also the period of white spot disease in shrimp is raging in Vietnam, so Dr. Hanh's research plays a huge role and has high practical value.

Dr. Nguyen Van Uyen, former deputy director of the Institute of Tropical Biology, who has worked with Dr. Nguyen Trong Binh for more than 15 years, said: "Dr. Nguyen Trong Binh is an expert in the field of cell culture. This is also a problem that the Institute of Tropical Biology is very interested in, so during the past 15 years we have received a lot of help. In particular, Dr. Binh helped us with information, documents and issues related to the cultivation of insect cells, especially the SF9 cell line and the applicability to vaccine production. Anti-virus disease for shrimps The cultivation of Sf9 cell line at the hospital at this time is very difficult because there is not enough material facilities and experience Dr. Binh continues to send many times until the Institute of Tropical Biology has successfully and completely mastered this technique Dr. Nguyen Trong Binh has done a great job and can be considered a dictionary. picture in new technology transfer. Without a deep understanding of the reality of the country and the mind of the scientist, the desire to contribute is not possible. "

Dr. Nguyen Trong Binh confided: "Does anyone succeed without thinking about his hometown, his fatherland? For me," Vietnamese substance "is like salty salt in my bloodstream. At this age, I have a great deal of concern for the country. "

Aspiration for knowledge

Eighteen years old, Nguyen Trong Binh left for Japan to study abroad. Experiencing underprivileged difficulties, young man Nguyen Trong Binh burned his willpower: to study and learn to be successful. Throughout the day poring over book lights and laboratories, the results rewarded his efforts when he became one of the best Vietnamese students in Japan. The topic that Nguyen Trong Binh researched is the Hydrogenovora microbial and anti-cancer compounds. At international conferences, it is his research that resonates and draws attention to international professors. sacrifice. In 1981, Nguyen Trong Binh successfully defended his thesis on microbiology and biochemistry at the University of Tokyo. When he completed his doctoral thesis, he was invited to the United States by Professor Wolfgang Sadeé of the University of California (UCSF) to study the cell response structure of anticancer drugs. This is the time when high-tech industries in the United States and the world flourish.

Dr. Nguyen Trong Binh and his colleagues have made important contributions to the medical science of medicine when they jointly devised a new cure for cancer patients. That is the transplantation of GmCSF transgenic cells to increase immunity to the patient's body to help the cancer patient's immune system become stronger and able to destroy the cancer cells themselves. This is a new cure that has been recognized by the US Department of Health and put into clinical treatment. The name of Nguyen Trong Binh has become a concern and "hunts" at major pharmaceutical companies of many countries. Many of his studies and colleagues have been applied and helped to produce a wide range of anti-aging drugs, AIDS (Viracept) that have brought in billions of dollars a year; but for him the path of scientific research is the biggest "temptation" he pursues and concerns about a rich Vietnam that always makes him think.

Told guests

* In 1981, successfully defended the doctoral thesis on microbiology and biochemistry at Tokyo University

* Since 1990, he has frequently returned to the country to train Vietnamese students, who have been instrumental in transferring new technologies in Vietnam.

* For nearly 10 years, Dr. Nguyen Trong Binh has done research at the Pfizer pharmaceutical company in San Diego to find out chemicals against serious diseases like cancer, parkinsonism or obesity.

* Dr. Nguyen Trong Binh has four inventions in the US and Europe, winning many international awards.