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Efforts are underway to develop a “potential” vaccine against coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said Friday, Dec. 10. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE) DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña said they supported a study on a potential candidate for the d
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 sa
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) inaugurated on Thursday its initial Biosafety Level 2+ Laboratory of the Virology and Vaccine Institute of the Philippines (VIP) at its Bicutan headquarters in preparation for the big VIP facility that it is waiting to be built in New Clark City in Tarlac…
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) inaugurated Thursday, Oct. 21, its Biosafety Level 2+ (BSL-2) Laboratory which will enable country’s researchers to work on different virology projects — from plant and animal to human virology in preparation for the upcoming establishment of the Virol
DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña (PCOO/Manila Bulletin File photo) DOST Secretary Fortunato T. de la Peña announced Friday, May 28, that the agency “has approved for implementation” the new R&D projects of the DOST-Industrial Technology Development Institute (ITDI) as part of the VIP program. These are the following: -Combination Therapy: Lytic Bacteriophages and Plant Extracts against Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria; -Detection of Food and Water-borne Bacterial Pathogens using Phage-based Diagnostics; -De novo synthesis of a non-Infective Zika Pseudovirus as reference fo...