As such, her lab and others like it could serve as an early warning system for the next potential pandemic. “It was like Lazarus.” Manning keeps a photo of herself with the patient, a girl named Fatoumata, in her office. ‘Like a Giant Jigsaw Puzzle’To identify unknown pathogens, Manning’s project employs an approach called metagenomic sequencing. “This kind of exposure might allow the virus to mutate, which might cause a pandemic,” he told the BBC last month. One small Cambodian lab alone is unlikely to catch the next potential pandemic, but it has provided a strong proof of concept for Manning’s approach.

Source: bd News24 February 16, 2021 12:56 UTC