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A starter culture for processed meats, which increase the chances of developing cancer in humans according to the World Health Organization (WHO), may be in the offing. This development will help pave the way for a better alternative in processing meats.

Dr. Francis B. Elegado of the National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotech or simply BIOTECH of UP Los Baños and his team developed a probiotic starter culture for meats in a research project supported by the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Industry, Energy, and Emerging Technology Research and Development (DOST-PCIEERD) under the program “Enhancement of Biotechnology Products and Services for Agro-Industrial Applications.”

Probiotics are good bacteria, or those that help keep you healthy. Meanwhile, a starter culture is a biotechnology application that starts the fermentation process for food. According to Elegado, they have a wide collection of starter cultures at Biotech.

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The Department of Science and Technology-Advanced Science and Technology Institute (DOST-ASTI), as the local organizing committee, and the Asia-Pacific Advanced Network (APAN) will be hosting the 41st APAN Meeting, with the theme “Manila Revisited: Enabling Connectivity for an Integrated World,” on 25 - 29 January 2016 at the Marriott Grand Ballroom, Marriott Hotel Manila, Pasay City, Philippines.

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A sea plant nurturing the growth of another plant, is it possible?

Yes, indeed. Scientists from the National Crop Protection Center at the University of the Philippines Los Banos conducted a thorough research on the ordinary seaweed or carrageenan and employed innovative technology and the result was simply amazing --- boosting rice yield by more than 65%.

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The country’s weather bureau gets revitalized as President Benigno S. Aquino III signed into law Republic Act 10692 or An Act Providing for the Modernization of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), Providing Funds Therefore and for Other Purposes, last November 3, 2015.

The law compels the weather bureau, an agency under the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), to modernize its technological operational capacity and strengthen its role as the premier national weather agency to attain its vision as a center of excellence for weather-related information services.