SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest mobile carrier, said Monday it has released a mobile app-based DNA testing service in partnership with bio firm Macrogen Inc. and the mobile carrier’s joint venture Invites Healthcare Co., expanding its involvement in the digital health care sector. The subscription-based service, named care8 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s biotech company GC Pharma will soon begin advanced clinical trials of its plasma therapy treatment for the novel coronavirus both locally and globally, company officials said Monday. The plasma therapy, known as GC5131, is a type of hyperimmune globulin drug that uses blood plasma taken from people [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has shown that the people with diabetes for longer periods of time have a higher risk of developing Parkinson’s disease. Rhee Sang-youl, a professor at Kyung Hee University Hospital, revealed on Thursday that this fact was confirmed after analyzing the correlation between the duration of diabetes [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean small drug firm Bioneer Corp. said Thursday it has won approval from the local drug safety watchdog to conduct a clinical trial of multi-diagnostic kits that can detect both the novel coronavirus and seasonal influenza. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety has given the green light [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — A new artificial intelligence (AI) model has been developed using big data to predict the possibility of patients suffering from falls or bedsores on a real-time basis. The Hallym University Medical Center announced on Tuesday that it had developed a new AI model that can predict the possibility of [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic earlier this year, more than 7 in 10 South Korean adults have reported having a stronger interest in improving the strength of their immune system, a recent survey has revealed. Market research firm Opensurvey conducted a survey of 1,000 men and women [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s exports of coronavirus test kits rebounded in August as the world grappled with a resurgence of the novel coronavirus, data showed Wednesday. In the first 20 days of August, exports of virus test kits stood at US$106 million, compared with $123 million in July. Exports of virus [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea aims to secure enough new coronavirus vaccines to administer to 30 million people, or roughly 60 percent of the country’s population, the health ministry said Tuesday. Under the COVID-19 vaccine plan discussed at the Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun, the country will seek to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Only one out of 1,440 people has antibodies for the new coronavirus in South Korea, a second round of antibody tests in the country showed Monday, reinforcing the notion that the nation’s aggressive containment efforts might have curbed the prevalence of the virus. The result also indicated that herd immunity, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Google has pledged US$500,000 to help expand a coronavirus self-diagnosis website developed by the South Korean military’s Medical Command in cooperation with government and private experts, officials said Friday. The COVID-19 checkup site helps users decide whether to visit hospitals depending on the symptoms they experience, according to the [...]