(PIXABAY) Philippine Genome Center (PGC) Executive Director Cynthia Saloma on Wednesday, July 7, said it is difficult to say now if Metro Manila may become resilient to the Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the next few months. "Whether or not we are Delta resilient, mahirap po...
(PIXABAY) The new Lambda variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which has so far spread to 30 countries, has been declared a "variant of interest" by the World Health Organization (WHO). Philippine Genome Center (PGC) Executive Director Cynthia Saloma said the Lambda variant has become "an...
FILE PHOTO The Beta variant is the most "common" variant among the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) positive samples that were subjected to genome sequencing, the Department of Health (DOH) said. “ na po ang pinaka karaniwan ngayon na nakikita sa biosurveillance, umaabot po ng 21.1 percent...
(JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippine Genome Center (PGC) is hoping to increase its whole genome sequencing capability to better track the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) variants across the Philippines. PGC Executive Director Dr. Cynthia Saloma said they can...
(JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippine Genome Center (PGC) urged Wednesday, June 23, the government to tighten its response against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic amid concerns on the Delta variant. The proper implementation of the different measures on COVID-19...
(JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The Philippine Genome Center (PGC) on Monday, June 21, said it has not yet seen a community transmission in the country brought by the Delta coronavirus disease (COVID-19) variant first detected in India. "Sa ngayon, meron tayong 17 all-in-all na mga...
The P.3 variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) first found in the Philippines, has been named "Theta" by the World Health Organization (WHO), the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) announced on Tuesday, June 1. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) On Monday, WHO announced that it will be using Greek...
The government should tap more laboratories in order to boost the country’s efforts in detecting new variants of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), an infectious disease expert said Monday, May 17. (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Dr. Rontgene Solante, the head of San Lazaro Hospital's...
The Department of Health (DOH) said it is eyeing to further strengthen the country’s genome sequencing capacity in order to detect more cases of coronavirus variants. Currently, only three institutions have the capacity to conduct genome sequencing. These are the Philippine Genome Center (PGC),...
The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) said plant breeders should use technology that makes use of gene transformation to fast-track development of crops like the Golden Rice, which has superior traits. In a statement, SEARCA said that meeting...
Viral genome sequencing may provide clues as to why different people respond very differently to infection, which could be important for more accurate identification and protection of those at greatest risk of severe disease CLINICAL MATTERS By Edsel Maurice T. Salvana, MD, DTM&H, FPCP, FIDSA...
