Considered a national epidemic by the Department of Health last August 6, the dengue virus—a viral infection generally originating from a female mosquito species called Aedes aegypti, whose bite results in a flu-like illness—was reported to have claimed the lives of 622 people based on 146,062 cases that recorded during the months of January to…
Author: Carlos Doble
It has been 23 years since the birth of Dolly, the sheep known to the world as the first mammal to have ever been successfully cloned through adult cell cloning—a cloning process which requires the replacement nucleus to come from an adult cell instead of an embryo. Originally part of a series of experiments led…
Earlier this year, three countries were chosen to pilot-test the first ever malaria vaccine. In a joint project with the World Health Organization (WHO) and GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals (GSK), the program sought to immunize 120,000 children below the age of two. The initiative comes after the vaccine RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S), also known as Mosquirix, was found to…
Spearheaded by the Philippine Society of Youth Science Clubs (PSYSC), the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Expo 2019 was held last May 26 to 27 at the SMX Convention Center Aura in Bonifacio Global City. This two-day national convention was bannered by lectures on science journalism, exhibits of investigative projects during a science fair,…