by Tiffany Geluz | Jul 1, 2025 | Good School
A multidisciplinary team from the University of the Philippines is developing a virtual reality (VR) game that turns therapy into play for patients with cerebral palsy and dementia. The system, known as the Immersive Gamification Technology System (ImGTS), combines...
by The Good News Pilipinas Team | Sep 1, 2021 | Good Tech
The Philippines’ clinical trial on the locally developed herbal anti-dengue capsule, the first of its kind, is nearing completion. The first anti-dengue medicine in the world was developed by Dr. Rita Grace Alvero and her team in partnership with the De La Salle...
by Alyssa Leyda-Aldemo | Dec 18, 2020 | Good School
University of Santo Tomas (UST) anthropologist Dr. Maria Carinnes P. Alejandria has won a multi-million peso research grant for a nationwide qualitative study on university students’ mental health. The Filipino anthropologist was granted funding by the...
by Margo Hannah De Guzman Quadra | Oct 7, 2020 | Good Balita
The test results are in: Filipino research probing virgin coconut oil (VCO) as a potential antiviral agent against the COVID-19 virus has yielded promising results. The VCO test results after six months of experiments show that compounds from coconut oil and virgin...
by Eldan Sambatyon | Jun 17, 2020 | Good Tech
The Department of Science and Technology – Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (DOST-PCHRD) has initiated talks with the local pharmaceutical industry as part of efforts to develop the country’s own vaccines. DOST-PCHRD met with...
