"As a clinician – scientist, I continuously try to narrow down the gap between Basic Science, Medical Science, Biotechnology and Community service by forging strong collaboration among disciplines to reached focused goal. My research bench to community approach’ is ultimately geared towards developing low-cost technologies for the control of infectious diseases in the Philippines and the generation of new knowledge to find sustainable and equitable solutions to disease of poverty."

Destura, Raul V.

Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology 
Email Address
rvdestura@up.edu.ph
Research Areas
  • Biotechnology
  • Infectious Diseases
Relevant Publications
  1. ACirle Alcantara Warren, Raul V. Destura, Jesus Emmanuel A. D. Sevilleja, Luis F. Barroso, Humberto Carvalho, Leah J. Barrett, Alison D. O'Brien, Richard L. Guerrant, Detection of Epithelial-Cell Injury, and Quantification of Infection, in the HCT-8 Organoid Model of Cryptosporidiosis, The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Volume 198, Issue 1, 1 July 2008, Pages 143–149, https://doi.org/10.1086/588819
  2. Brito, G.A.C., Carneiro-filho, B., Oriá, R.B. et al. Clostridium difficile Toxin A Induces Intestinal Epithelial Cell Apoptosis and Damage: Role of Gln and Ala-Gln in Toxin A Effects. Dig Dis Sci 50, 1271–1278 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-005-2771-x
  3. Kurup, Asok; Liau, Kui-Hin; Ren, Jianan; Lu, Min-Chi; Navarro, Narciso S.; Farooka, Muhammad Waris; Usman, Nurhayat; Destura, Raul V.; Sirichindakul, Boonchoo; Tantawichien, Terapong; Lee, Christopher K.C.; Solomkin, Joseph S. (2014). Antibiotic management of complicated intra-abdominal infections in adults: The Asian perspective. Annals of Medicine and Surgery, 3(3), 85–91. doi:10.1016/j.amsu.2014.06.005
  4. Destura, R.V., Labio, E.D., Barrett, L.J. et al. Laboratory diagnosis and susceptibility profile of Helicobacter pylori infection in the Philippines. Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob 3, 25 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1186/1476-0711-3-25
  5. Guo-Bao Tian, Jemelyn Garcia, Jennifer M. Adams-Haduch, Jennifer P. Evangelista, Raul V. Destura, Hong-Ning Wang, Yohei Doi, CTX-M as the predominant extended-spectrum β-lactamases among Enterobacteriaceae in Manila, Philippines, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Volume 65, Issue 3, March 2010, Pages 584–586, https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkp480