The Institute’s research efforts are specifically focused on the prevention, early diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases that are of major national health concern. Examples of these diseases are tuberculosis, pneumonia, viral hepatitis, dengue hemorrhagic fever and malaria. The mission of IBMB is embodied in the following objectives:

1. develop vaccines, diagnostic reagents and therapeutic agents
2. biological control of vectors of human diseases
3. support for macro/micro nutrients
4. upgrade manpower pool in medical biotechnology
5. foster linkages with national and international experts in biotechnology

Some of IBMB’s ongoing and recently finished research projects are:

1. Development of Alamar Blue-based Test as an Alternate Method in Lymphocyte Proliferation Assays
2. Development and Evaluation of a Polyclonal Antibody Based Immunodiagnostic Assay for the Detection of V. Cholerae Species in Stool Specimens
3. A Study on the Activity of Protein Fractions of Commercially-Available Crude Drugs in HIV-1 Chronically-Infected Cells
4. Laboratory Evaluation and Preparation of the Most Effective Formulation of Botanical Molluscicides Against Oncomelania hopensis quadrasi von Mollendorf
5. Evaluation of a Locally Developed Rapic Colorimetric Assay as a Diagnostic Screening Test for Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (G-6-PD) Deficiency
6. Development of an Immunoassay Procedure for the Determination of Congenital Hypothyroidism: Development of Sandwich ELISA Technique as a Screening Test for Congenital Hypothyroidism
7. Development of Transgenic Banana and Tomatoes Expressing the Salmonella typhi Gene Encoding Flagellar Protein Antigens

Contact details:
Institute of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology
National Institutes of Health
University of the Philippines – Manila
Pedro Gil St.,
Ermita, Manila
Tel. 528-4041
URL: http://www.upm.edu.ph/nih
E-mail: nih@upm.edu.ph