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Stem cell treatment offers new hope for diabetics

Sara Hussein, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 20 05:51 AM

TOKYO - A new method to create insulin-producing pancreatic cells from stem cells and protect them from the body's immune system could pave the way for improving experimental diabetes treatment. Read more »

End discrimination against Indigenous Peoples, Philippine lawmaker pleads

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 09 11:00 AM

A Philippine lawmaker on Sunday, which is International Day of World’s Indigenous Peoples, called for the end of discrimination against Indigenous Peoples (IPs) and for the protection of their rights. Read more »

Japan researchers create tiny bronchi to develop drug for COVID-19

Kyodo News
Posted at Jun 03 12:10 PM

TOKYO - A team of Japanese researchers has succeeded in creating miniature bronchi -- passageways that conduct air into the lungs -- from human cells that can be used to study the novel coronavirus and help develop drugs for COVID-19, according to a paper recently released online. Read more »

'We are all indigenous': Academics seek to preserve, harness IP skills

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 04 12:07 PM

Indigenous skills and knowledge risk being wiped out slowly by the "politics of knowledge disappearance" by the West, said Leonardo Estacio, Dean UP Manila College of Arts and Sciences. "This is a lamentable and sad reality." Read more »

Philippines hosts international conference on indigenous peoples

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 15 04:51 PM

Lack of knowledge on IP culture sometimes leads to inadequate or improper response by governments to their needs. The conference seeks to address this by promoting a grassroots and research-based approach, said anthropologist Tess de Guzman, chairperson of the UP Manila Department of Behavioral Sciences. Read more »

Palm oil, pineapples threaten Southeast Asia's indigenous lands

Rina Chandran, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Updated as of Sep 24 03:38 PM

Palm oil plantations in Indonesia and commercial fruit orchards in the Philippines have uprooted indigenous people and rural communities from their land, despite laws put in place to protect them, human rights groups said. Read more »

After the quake: Nabuclod’s Aeta school copes with the damage

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 28 09:17 PM

With just days before the opening of the school year, many students of Nabuclod Integrated School in Pampanga will have classes between buildings with cracked ceilings and walls that shake as vehicles pass by.  Read more »

Guess who topped the senatorial race in Ifugao?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 14 02:11 PM

Clue: She's neither with the administration nor the opposition. Read more »

SLIDESHOW: Earthquake leaves Aeta community in ruins

Vincent Go, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 25 04:26 PM

An Aeta village in Porac, Pampanga was left in ruins following the 6.1-magnitude earthquake last April 22.  Read more »

IPs say no to Kaliwa Dam project

Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 22 06:39 PM

Representatives of indigenous peoples (IPs) from Quezon and Rizal join members of the Philippine Movement for Climate Change during a protest action outside the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System on Friday, in observance of World Water Day.  Read more »

Japan approves test of iPS cells for treating spinal injuries

Reuters
Posted at Feb 18 10:23 PM

TOKYO - Japanese scientists will test the use of human-induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) to treat spinal cord injuries, a health ministry panel that approved the research project said on Monday. Read more »

Plan underway to rescue Manila street children, beggars: DSWD

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 15 09:43 PM

The government said plans are underway to rescue street children and beggars in Metro Manila and neighboring areas this holiday season. Read more »

Filipina from Isabela tribe graduates summa cum laude from NYU

Don Tagala, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 25 07:08 PM

NYU graduates tend to get a job within six months after graduation with an average salary of $61,487 dollars (around 3.2 million pesos) annually. Read more »

Duterte vows P100-M for Lumad ancestral domain dev't

Ara Casas, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 01 10:38 PM

DAVAO CITY - President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday vowed to set aside P100 million for the Lumad for agricultural development in ancestral domains.   Read more »