S’wak eyes regional hub status for integrative medicine leveraging rich biodiversity, research capabilities

Key points

• On botanical medicine, Abang Johari said Sarawak’s rich biodiversity and the traditional knowledge of its indigenous communities provided an important foundation for expanding research into plants with potential medicinal applications.
• He said these efforts could be strengthened through collaboration among traditional medicine practitioners, botanists, universities, medical practitioners, and industry players to identify the potential of medicinal plants and develop quality standards based on scientific research.
• On genomics, epigenetics and personalised medicine, he said these approaches had the potential to expand research into individual differences, disease predispositions and responses to specific healthcare interventions.

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