We are baaack! Busy as ever.
As we all know, it has been a wild ride in the past 6 months for everyone. First off, let's address the gigantic viral elephant in the room that is COVID-19. Everyone was hit hard when the pandemic begun. We have been fortunate enough in Thailand as the disease control strategy has been quite effective in the past few months with very minimal local transmission (1 local case in 100+ days). That being said, we are picking things up right where we left off. The lab is back and running again. We have implemented extra safety measures for our lab members. We are working out the work flow with the OB/GYN department at the Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Thailand, to ensure that our personnel have the lowest exposure risk while interacting with volunteers and patients in the future. As exciting as it is to be back in the lab, we are still keeping our guards up to protect ourselves and others in this new normal. Again, we are very excited to resume the project, ...