SEOUL, Sept. 1 (korea Bizwire) – South Korea is bracing for a prolonged virus combat as the number of cases involving unknown transmission routes and critically ill patients increases, with the country’s infection cases surpassing the grim 20,000 mark. South Korea, once praised for its successful containment of COVID-19, reported 235 new cases Tuesday, raising [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — A big data analysis of brain imaging using artificial intelligence (AI) technology can deliver a forecast on the symptoms and severity of autism spectrum disorders (ASD), a recent study revealed. A joint research team from Severance Hospital, a major general hospital in Seoul, and the Korea Advanced Institute of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean scientists have discovered a way to quickly and accurately detect airborne viruses that could help public health and quarantine efforts, a state-run research university said Monday. The technique utilizes electrostatic force to capture and condense viruses in the air and a special filter to check collected samples [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Celltrion Inc., a leading pharmaceutical firm in South Korea, said Wednesday that it will conduct an additional phase one clinical trial of its coronavirus treatment on patients. Celltrion’s CT-P59 will be administered to nine COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the antiviral antibody [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The novel coronavirus pandemic will not end right away even with the development of a vaccine, and lockdowns will not help root out the virus in the long term, local health experts said Tuesday. The country reported 280 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight Tuesday, with unknown infection routes [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Mando Corp., a South Korean auto parts manufacturer, has been selected as a partner for a project being pushed by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to develop a ventilator for novel coronavirus patients, company officials said Monday. Mando has become the only Asian company to collaborate [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A joint research team of South Korean and American researchers has scientifically proven the effects of acupuncture by observing changes to brain structure. Researchers from the Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine and the Harvard Medical School announced Thursday that they had verified the hypothesis that acupuncture heals the senses [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is moving to secure a sufficient supply of coronavirus vaccines through close international cooperation and local development, the government said Friday. The move comes as countries around the world have been racing to find drugs that can combat the pandemic that has killed more than 796,000 around [...]
DAEGU, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — It has been six months since the outbreak of the first coronavirus infection in Daegu. Daegu, once known as one of the biggest coronavirus hotspots in the world, is now being commended as a successful model case for containing the pandemic, gaining the world’s attention. As of Sunday, the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A majority of young South Korean women who have yet to give birth have the intention to preserve their eggs through ‘egg freezing,’ a method used to save women’s ability to get pregnant in the future, regardless of whether or not they plan to get married in the future. [...]