The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has granted P1 million in research and development (R&D) grant to Xavier University–Ateneo de Cagayan to fund the implementation of a research project on the formulation of microbial cocktails from indigenous microorganisms (IMOs). DOST...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) urged Sunday, Oct. 31, the Senate to act with dispatch on a bill creating the Virology and Vaccine Institute of the Philippines or VIP. Virology and Vaccine Institute of the Philippines or VIP (DOST) DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña...
No adverse effects have been observed in the participants of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Solidarity Vaccines Trial (SVT) that was piloted in three hospitals in Metro Manila, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said Sunday, Oct. 31. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE) DOST Secretary...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said Sunday, Oct. 31, that the eight month-long clinical trials seeking to assess the efficacy, safety, and effect on viral clearance of anti-parasitic drug Ivermectin in asymptomatic and mild coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients confined in...
Researchers, designers, artists, and developers have been given the opportunity to show their ingenuity and creativity through 3D Printing technology, as the Industrial Technology Development Institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-ITDI) through its Materials Science Division...
The Industrial Technology Development Institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-ITDI) has developed air biofilters for the control of ammonia, especially in poultry houses. (Photo by William Moreland on Unsplash) DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña said a poultry...
The Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) will soon bake the fourth variant of its enhanced nutribun (E-Nutribun)—the ube (purple yam) variant. DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña shows the newly developed enhanced nutribun...
The Philippines’ study on the safety and immunogenicity of mixing different coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines and vaccine platforms in Filipino adults may start soon. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) During his weekly report on Friday, Oct. 22, Department of Science and Technology (DOST)...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is seeking to help ensure food security and address malnutrition in the country through its research and development (R&D initiatives. DOST Secretary Fortunato de la Peña DOST Secretary Fortunato de la Peña said Tuesday, Oct. 19, that...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) installed its digital science libraries in five public schools in Malimono, Surigao del Norte. STARBOOKS (DOST) The DOST-Caraga through Provincial Science and Technology Center (PSTC)-Surigao del Norte installed Science and Technology Academic and...
The country’s clinical trials seeking to assess the efficacy, safety, and effect on viral clearance of anti-parasitic drug Ivermectin in asymptomatic and mild coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients confined in isolation facilities will begin on Oct. 15, the Department of Science and Technology...
National Scientist Dr. Ramon C. Barba has died at the age of 82. National Scientist Ramon Barba (NAST PHL website) This was confirmed by Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña to the Manila Bulletin on Monday, Oct. 11. Barba died on Sunday, Oct. 10....
