The Philippine Genome Center Visayas has already received its set of Next Generation Sequencers to capacitate the center for whole genome sequencing to detect SARS-CoV-2 variants in the region. PGC Visayas acquired the sequencers through the funding support of the Department of Budget and Management. Installation of the sequencers commenced last Thursday (Jan. 20) at the PGC Visayas Laboratories at the Regional Research Center of UPV in Miagao, Iloilo.
The University of the Philippines-Visayas partnership with Pascual Pharma Corporation focuses on generating better foods for better survival and therapy, particularly for those who are afflicted with disease (especially chronic or terminal diseases). The research and development project is expected to create food products that are easy to digest, appropriate for recovery, and will increase immune system responses.
The UPV Language Program trained UPV employees on effective communication in the workplace last year to enhance their technical writing and speaking skills.
The Philippine Genome Center continues to conduct genomic sequencing and expand its operations to detect variants of COVID-19 that are present in the country. It has already recorded more than 500 cases of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant.
The University of the Philippines Manila-Philippine General Hospital will provide assistance to the newly-established OFW Hospital in San Fernando, Pampanga, by training clinical and administrative personnel and assisting in processes related to the development of relevant clinical services.
Dr. Jomar Rabajante of the UP Pandemic Response Team observes that there is a slowing increase of COVID-19 cases in NCR but cautions that the uptick in the other provinces, accompanied by low vaccination rates, may pose challenges to healthcare capacity.
According to UP researchers that led the clinical studies of lagundi as adjunct treatment for mild COVID-19 symptoms on patients without comorbidities, taking the prescribed dosages will ease the symptoms.
Dr. Jomar Rabajante, the UP Pandemic Response Team’s modeling and analytics lead, shared that we may see a peak of 20,000 to 40,000 active cases between mid-January to the third week of February.
“Bakunahan sa Diliman” is now closed. The UP Diliman vaccination project on campus, in partnership with the Quezon City (QC) local government, officially ended on Dec. 15, after almost eight months. The vaccination drive at the College of Human Kinetics (CHK) gymnasium was established for registered and confirmed UPD personnel, Barangay UP Campus residents, and […]
UPLB has actively participated in the on-going RESBAKUNA campaign of the Municipality of Los Baños by turning Copeland Gym into a vaccination hub, assigning its medical personnel and other employees to man the hub, and deploying buses to ferry people to the hub from the UPLB gate and back.
