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Basic information and updates on the Expanded Newborn Screening (NBS) and Nutrigenomics programs of the government were presented to biotech-affiliated professionals and students at the Health Forum of the 2015 National Biotechnology Week (NBW) on November 23, 2015.

Led by the Department of Science and Technology’s Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (DOST-PCHRD) and the Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI), the forum shed light on the progress of implementing the Expanded NBS Program, the trial for which is being conducted in selected hospitals in Metro Manila.

 

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Pulilan, Bulacan- Mang Noel Mauricio, a rice farmer in this agricultural municipality, has seen many rice fields damaged badly by typhoons in the past. However, he has never seen such an occurrence when rice crops did not stoop down amidst a raging typhoon.

“Kung makikita ninyo, yung mga katabing palayan namin, lahat yan nakayuko. Nagtatanong nga ang aking mga kapitbahay kung ano ang inilagay ko daw ba sa palayan ko doon sa tabing-kalsada, ay ang sabi ko ay yung ibinigay sa akin ng DOST (If you will look at the adjacent rice fields, all of their crops are bent. My neighbors have been asking what kind of fertilizer I used. I told them it was from DOST), exclaimed Mang Noel.

 

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With agricultural productivity, food security, and public health at the top of its agenda, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) under the leadership of Secretary Mario G. Montejo, spearheads the National Biotechnology Week (NBW) 2015 which formally opened last November 23, 2015 at SM City Dasmariñas in Cavite.

Celebrated annually, NBW showcases the latest inventions and innovations in the field of biotechnology as a response to meet the challenges of climate change that have great impact on farm harvests, crop yields and climate-related diseases. It bears the them “Kaagapay ng Mamamayan sa Pambansang Kaunlaran.”