PHandemic: The Cataclysmic Failure of Philippine COVID-19 Response
by Dun Matthew Nofuente | Ikirara A year and a half have passed since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and a year-and-a-half-worth of downplaying…
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Nonsense Priorities
by Koozae Calvin Umali | Hachimoji The Philippine General Hospital (PGH) and the Philippine Genome Center (PGC), institutions that play vital roles i…
SARS-CoV-2 variants in PH: naming, categories, and updates
by Pauline Anthonette De Juras | Hachimoji It has been well over a year since the SARS-CoV-2 virus started wreaking havoc all around the world. At …
VIP: The Promising Future of Philippine Virology
by Justin Gabriel Badlis | Crypton Amidst the current pandemic, hope continues to rise in the sciences as the Department of Science and Technology (D…
Time for Take-backs: On PH COVID-19 Response
by Maria Carmela Lanip (Hachimoji) In this ongoing battle against COVID-19, the competence of every nation is put to the test. The pandemic has expos…
Plants vs. Pandemics: The Search for Potential COVID-19 Treatments
by Hanz Benedict Aguilar (Ikirara) Rising COVID-19 cases have struck the world with an increasing number of deaths every single day, with an accumula…
Research Reveals Relation of Neanderthal Gene Sequence to COVID-19 Susceptibility
by Christian Natanauan (Ikirara) A 2020 research published in the online journal Nature by scientists Hugo Zeberg and Svante Pääbo (Karolinska Instit…
The Real Deal Against COVID-19
by Danica Nicole Del Rosario ( Crypton ) In the search for a vaccine for COVID-19, DNA vaccines may be our best bet. For several years, we depended o…
Stories from the Lab: Merc Matienzo, A Medical Frontliner in the COVID-19 Pandemic
by John Dane Valdez ( Allosyndesis ) He went on from serving his fellow resident members to serving the Filipino people, armed only with his i…
D614G Mutation in SARS-CoV-2 detected in the Philippines
By Justin Badlis ( Crypton ) The Philippine Genome Center (PGC) has reported the detection of the SARS-CoV-2 variant known as the D614G from 9 sample…
Twin studies show that genetics plays a role in susceptibility to COVID-19
By Hannah Cueto ( Polyplex ) Perhaps you have met two individuals sharing the same physical characteristics to the point you cannot tell them apart? …
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The UPLB Genetics Society, also known as GeneSoc, is a duly recognized academic organization in UPLB that was established in 1983. Through the years, the organization strives to promote and create awareness about the science of Genetics in the Philippines.