The Biomedical Research Laboratory of the PNRI was one of the honorees recently feted by the University of the Philippines Los Baños Bee Program for fostering research collaboration on the control of bee diseases and for efforts in harnessing the pharmaceutical potential of honey and other bee products.
The recognition, which was given on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the UPLB Bee Program was accorded by Dr. Luis Rey Velasco, UPLB Chancellor, and Dr. Enrico Supangco, UPLB Vice Chancellor for Research and Extension, to Ms. Zenaida B. de Guzman, representing the Biomedical Research Unit of the Institute which she heads. A certificate attesting to the efforts of the group in promoting the growth of bee science and technology in the country was presented during the awarding rites held on 27 February.
The Biomedical Research Unit is actively involved, through a DOST Grants-in-Aid project, in studying the efficacy of gamma radiation for the sterilization of American Foul Brood-infected materials and in a separate study on the clinical applications of Philippine honey.
