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Bamboo Incubator
Dr. Fe del Mundo was a Filipina pioneer who came up with the idea for the bamboo incubator, which does the same thing as medical incubators.Her invention was used in rural regions with no access to medical advancements or electricity. She is also the first Filipina National Scientist in the country. She was the founder of the first pediatric hospital in the Philippines and the first Asian female pediatrician to be admitted to Harvard Medical School.
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The bamboo incubator was a bamboo imitation of a sophisticated medical incubator that is less expensive and easier to install. Premature babies delivered before the mother's 37th week of pregnancy are the only ones using it. She revolutionized Philippine medicine by breaking new ground in immunization and the treatment of jaundice. She was also giving healthcare to help thousands of unprivileged families. When she did research that helped to make the incubator and a device to treat jaundice, she was given a medal.
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Plastic can gas up
Plastic waste is a global issue. It's especially concerning in the Philippines, where plastic garbage accumulates in the Payal landfill in Manila, unable to decompose. However, one inventor believes he has discovered a solution to this long-standing problem.
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A Bacolod-based Filipino inventor has developed a technique for converting plastic waste into kerosene, gasoline, and diesel fuel. According to Navarro, the finding happened by chance as he was attempting to reverse the plastic manufacturing process in the hopes of restoring used plastic to its original form or fundamental components.
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Pyrolysis, the process used by Jayme Navarro. Pyrolysis is an easy procedure that begins with the drying of the plastics to be processed. They're shredded into smaller bits and heated in a thermal chamber after that. The melted plastic is heated continuously until it boils and emits vapors. The vapor is turned into a liquid that is chemically the same as normal fuel after it passes through cooling pipes.
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The sulfur content of the newly discovered fuel is substantially lower, resulting in a cleaner burn. In comparison to commercially accessible gasoline, this technique of creating fuel offers a cheaper production cost of 10%–20%. He says his new fuel could be better for the environment because it is made from recycled plastic.
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The method has already been certified for usage in the industry and is currently being tested in vehicles.
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Talented Filipino Doctor created Erythromycin
There are a broad variety of infections that may be treated or prevented with the use of erythromycin. Acute pelvic inflammatory disease (APID), pertussis, Legionnaire's disease, and syphilis are only a few of the illnesses that may be acquired through these diseases. Replacement therapy for penicillin allergy sufferers is also common. Erythromycin is a macrolide antibiotic that kills or inhibits the development of bacteria.
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Dr. Abelardo Aguilar was working for Eli Lily Co. in the United States at the time of the discovery. His business, in good faith, received the soil samples and attempted to isolate Erythromycin from a strain of bacteria discovered in the samples. Erythromycin was successfully isolated from the samples. One of the Streptomyces Erythreus strain's metabolic byproducts was Erythromycin. It was marketed as Ilosone when it first went on the market commercially in 1952. (the place in the Philippines where it originated). Eli Lily Co. applied for both patent protection and the U.S. Patent without providing Dr. Aguilar any royalties or credit for his research. This was an unfair practice. After that, he waged a 40-year, unsuccessful struggle for what was rightfully his, which ended when he died at the age of 76. He had a profound impact on the field of medicine, despite the fact that Dr. Aguilar was never given recognition for his work. Many people have benefited from his efforts and we are grateful for it.
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