DOST explores GM mosquito applications against dengue
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Part of its advocacy to find solutions against dengue, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) explores the possibility of using genetically-modified mosquito (GMM)...
DOST Dengue Summit tackles R&D directions in dengue prevention and control
It all started from a simple technology to control the population of dengue carrying mosquitoes – the ovicidal larvicidal mosquito trap or popularly known...
PNHRS advocates research translation, launches first Lancet South Southeast Asia Series
The Philippine National Health Research System (PNHRS) week celebration became the launch pad of the Lancet Southeast Asia series. The event was held last...
Government agencies launch community-based approach to control dengue
In an intensified campaign to fight dengue, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), Department of Health (DOH), Department of Interior and Local Government...
DOST intensifies campaign against dengue
As dengue cases continue to rise in the provinces and major cities in the country, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) intensifies its...
Alcoholic drink a day 'is good for older women's health'
"Moderate amounts of alcohol may offer some protection against heart disease, especially for women who have gone through the menopause, but it's very important...
Soil bacterium helps kill cancers
A bacterium found in soil is a showing promise as a way of delivering cancer drugs into tumours.
Spores of the Clostridium sporogenes bacterium can...
Address risks of nanotechnology toxicity
Developing countries forging ahead with nanotechnology need regulation and research into local risk patterns, say Alok Dhawan and Vyom Sharma.
Nanotechnology, the science of manipulating...
Top surgeon warns against hair transplants too young
Young men shouldn't have operations as soon as they start losing hair, according to one of the country's leading hair transplant surgeons.
He has told...
Tuberculosis relative could be new vaccine
Injecting modified bacteria related to those which cause tuberculosis could protect against the lung disease, US scientists say.
Experiments on mice showed the injections could...