SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — With children spending longer hours confined at home following the coronavirus outbreak, experts are warning of heightened concern for high blood pressure caused by obesity. A research team from Woorisoa Children’s Hospital conducted a health survey of 1,548 elementary school students (813 first-graders and 735 fourth-graders). They found that [...]
DAEJEON, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A joint research team from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and the Seoul National University Bundang Hospital confirmed that diabetes and fatty liver disease can be cured by suppressing the transmission of the serotonin signal in fat tissue. Serotonin, often called the ‘happy hormone,’ refers [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A U.S. court accepted a motion to dismiss a patent suit by South Korean drugmaker Medytox Inc. against its local rival Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co. over a botulinum toxin strain, company officials here said Thursday. Medytox had sued Daewoong in the Eastern District Court of Virginia and the Central District [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The World Health Organization (WHO) said that it has begun the shipment of COVID-19 medical supplies to North Korea through the Chinese port of Dalian, raising the possibility that the North might be easing its long-enforced tight border controls amid the global pandemic. North Korea has tightened border controls [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean drugmaker SK Bioscience Co. said Wednesday it has signed an agreement with the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) to extend capacity reservations for manufacturing COVID-19 vaccines by the end of 2022. The agreement was signed between SK Bioscience CEO Ahn Jae-yong and Richard Hatchett, CEO of [...]
DAEGU, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A new deep learning model has been developed that can automatically classify bacterial pneumonia and COVID-19 patients through the analysis of computed tomography (CT) images. The Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology said Thursday that along with eungnam University Medical Center, it had developed a new method to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea aims to develop at least one homegrown messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine against the new coronavirus by 2023 as part of efforts to secure a stable supply of vaccines, government officials said Thursday. The goal is part of the country’s ambitious plan to become a global hub for [...]
GWANGJU, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A team of South Korean researchers has published a study that argues obesity obstructs memory formation. Researchers from Chonnam National University Medical School found that obesity increases the number of certain circular RNAs in the brain which obstruct the expression of nerve growth factors. Consequently, obesity obstructs the neuronal [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul National University Hospital successfully completed a liver transplant procedure without leaving scars for both the organ donor and recipient using a robot and a laparoscope. The hospital announced on Tuesday that it had succeeded in excising the liver of a donor and transplanting it in a recipient using [...]
NEW YORK, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Cytiva, a U.S. producer of vaccine materials, has decided to invest US$52.5 million in South Korea for two years beginning next year, Cheong Wa Dae said Tuesday. The announcement came at a ceremony in New York, attended by President Moon Jae-in, on partnerships between South Korea and the [...]