Virgin coconut oil as adjunctive therapy for COVID-19
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Considered as the Tree of Life, the coconut never stops giving. Right now, with the global health crisis, this has been proven again that the coconut could offer life-saving solution to fight COVID-19 in the form of virgin coconut oil (VCO).
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AMERIAL hub to enhance PH industrial capacity for IR 4.0
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Following its launch on 16 June 2021, the Advanced Mechatronics, Robotics, and Industrial Automation Laboratory or AMERIAL is set to bolster the metals and engineering sectors and allied industries as the Philippines takes part in the “fourth industrial revolution” or IR 4.0.
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BSL-2+ Laboratory to be launched in preparation for the Virology and Vaccine Institute of the Philippines
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On 28 July 2021, the House of Representatives passed on the third and final reading House Bill 9559 proposing the creation of the Virology and Vaccine Institute of the Philippines or VIP.
To be under the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), it is envisioned to become "the premier research and development institute in the field of virology, encompassing all areas in viruses and viral diseases in humans, plants, and animals.” The institute will also be tasked to conduct product research for diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccines.
Women’s association in San Luis, Batangas receives DOST-FNRI’s pancit canton with squash technology
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PHP Noodle Haus, an association of marginalized women in Barangay Taliba, San Luis, Batangas, received the Department of Science and Technology – Food and Nutrition Research Institute’s (DOST-FNRI) Pancit Canton with Squash Technology through a technology transfer training conducted via Zoom platform last 18 August 2021.