The RITMUpdate Volume 6, Issue II official newsletter covered the months of April to June 2019. Read through the entire newsletter here: RITM Newsletter Volume 6 Issue 2_2019
Microbiology trains Clinical Laboratory staff in microscopy
The Microbiology Department held two sessions of microscopy review for Clinical Laboratory staff last July 8 and 12, 2019 at Laboratory Rooms 1 and 2. According to RITM Microbiology Department Science Research Specialist II Ma. Stephanie Matira, the training was conducted to enable Clinical Laboratory staff in performing microscopy services such as gram stain and India ink that is continue reading : Microbiology trains Clinical Laboratory staff in microscopy
Insights on TB Manila strains discovered
A group of investigators from the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), Research Institute of Tuberculosis-Japan Anti Tuberculosis Association (RIT-JATA), and Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS)have led the first nationwide study looking at the genetic diversity of circulatingMycobacterium tuberculosis strains, which cause tuberculosis (TB) disease. “Up to now, only a handful continue reading : Insights on TB Manila strains discovered