“It’s like navigating EDSA using a map of London.” This was how University of the Philippines clinical geneticist, Dr. Eva Maria Cutiongco-de la Paz described medical treatment of Filipino patients using foreign genomic data. A glaring mismatch. But one that can finally be addressed. To sequence the Filipino genome and to keep […]
“In the Philippines, two-thirds of pediatric patients with cancer are diagnosed at advanced stages,” says Prof. Loyda Cajucom of the Faculty of Management and Development Studies, UP Open University (UPOU). This is one of the reasons that led her to conceptualize Aruga sa Batang may Cancer, an online resource designed specifically for Filipino pediatric palliative care.
The UP College of Medicine (then known as the Philippine Medical School) opens. It predates the opening of the University proper by 3 years.
