Live Breaking News & Updates on Expansion The Iloilo City Government Is Eyeing To Expand Services Of Its Molecular Laboratory Based In Barangay San Pedro Molo District Already Include Genome Sequencing Currently

EXPANSION. The Iloilo City government is eyeing to expand the services of its molecular laboratory based in Barangay San Pedro in Molo district to already include genome sequencing. Currently, it can perform up to 800 tests a day with a 24-hour turnaround time.(PNA photo courtesy of Arnold Almacen/City Mayor's Office) ILOILO CITY - The city government here is eyeing to expand the services of its molecular laboratory to already include the conduct of genome sequencing. Chiqui Blancaflor, head of the Uswag Iloilo City Molecular Laboratory based in Barangay San Pedro in Molo district, said that they still have to capacitate the laboratory for genome sequencing that will take some time, undergo training, and purchase the needed equipment. "It will take some time but we are hoping to have it done before the end of the year," she said in an interview Wednesday. Currently, tests for genome sequencing are being sent to the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) in Manila. The city govern ....

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