The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has invested P8.4 million to determine the safety and efficacy of virgin coconut oil (VCO) as adjunctive therapy for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients, and to evaluate its beneficial effects for probable COVID-19 patients who are quarantined in...
The country’s eight month-long study on the use of anti-parasitic drug Ivermectin as a treatment for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is set to begin on Sept. 15, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said Friday, Aug. 27. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) DOST Undersecretary for Research and...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is seeking more participants for its ongoing randomized controlled clinical trial on the efficacy and safety of tawa-tawa (Euphorbia hirta) extract as an adjunctive coronavirus disease (COVID-19) treatment for mild to moderate cases. Tawa-tawa (Manila...
The Philippine Coconut Authority’s (PCA) Coconut Somatic Embryogenesis Technology (CSet) laboratories in the Bicol region have been upgraded and rehabilitated under a five-year project implemented by the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of...
The Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development (PCIEERD) and the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) have inked a memorandum of agreement (MOA) to further boost the country’s maritime industry through science and...
The Department of Science and Technology-Industrial Technology Development Institute (DOST-ITDI) has developed an intelligent colorimetric sensor that can determine food spoilage and the condition of the food products. (UNSPLASH/MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de...
A technology business incubation agreement seeking to boost the food processing industry in the province of Isabela has been signed, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said. (DOST Region II Isabela Facebook page) The agreement was signed by the officials of the Isabela State University...
The Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Textile Research Institute (DOST-PTRI) has signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with Terra Verde Ecofarm Inc. (TVEI) to forge a partnership on the production of bamboo textiles through the agency’s bamboo fiber extraction technology....
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has continued assisting micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) through its Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program (SETUP) amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Northern Mindanao Federation of Dairy Cooperatives Facebook page) The...
The second and third phases of the clinical study on the safety and efficacy of the plant-based anti-dengue drug will start in September this year, and "will be completed within a year", the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said on Friday, Aug. 20. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) DOST...
What a challenge to be young at this time! There’s the pandemic, there’s climate change, but short attention spans, gadget-ruined eyes, lazy memory cells, the age of obsolescence, and snowflakes as well AGE OF OBSOLESCENCE Unlike this TV from the 1950s, nothing lasts anymore, not your latest...
A new inter-agency group is working to finalize a uniform certificate for Filipinos who have been vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to facilitate safe and smooth mobility. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said the Department...
