2 March 2023
Collecting DNA data is not much help without the key to understanding what it all means. And that key is centralised health records.
Tag: genome analysis
22 June 2022
Letter
Understanding The Benefits Of Genome Sequencing And Why Malaysia Can Be The Next Genomic Hub In Southeast Asia – Dr Chee-Onn Leong
The ongoing genomics revolution promises to change how we predict, prevent, and personalise management of diseases with precision.
9 May 2022
Dr Adham Baba announces RM15mil in additional funds for the third phase of Covid-19 genomic surveillance to monitor variants.
6 April 2022
New technology capable of revolutionising detection, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases to potentially save millions of lives.
2 December 2021
Malaysia shared only 67 genomic sequences with GISAID in the last 30 days as of Dec 2, or 0.04% of 161,140 Covid-19 cases, ahead of Russia’s 0.01% that is lowest in the world.
28 September 2021
University Malaysia Sarawak has genome testing capacity of 200 tests a fortnight, nearly equal to the combined capacity of 204 tests by IMR, UiTM, UM’s Tidrec, and UKM-UMBI under the MOH-MOSTI-KPT genomic surveillance consortium.
24 September 2020
Genome analysis is required to identify a primary case, the individual who infects others; an index case is the patient in an outbreak who is first noticed by health authorities.