GWANGJU, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Photonics Technology Institute said Monday it has developed a free-space augmented reality (AR) system that allows examination of the exact location and shape of breast cancer tissue through the naked eye, without using separate AR glasses or other supplementary devices. The technology, developed jointly by the institute, [...]
POHANG, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — New technology has been developed that allows doctors to connect severed nerve ends together using mussel adhesive protein without the need to use suture threads. A joint research team from Pohang University of Science and Technology, Ewha Womans University and the Catholic University of Korea Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study showed that if breathing sounds during sleep are recorded with a smartphone, it can help improve the accuracy of sleep apnea diagnosis. The diagnosis of sleep apnea, in general, uses a standard polysomnography. The individual undergoing the test stays overnight at a hospital and during their [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — About half of the Korean households that have concerns, worries, and conflicts pointed to the health of family members as the biggest cause of conflict, a survey showed Monday. According to a survey conducted jointly by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs and Seoul National University of [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Biologics Co., the biotech arm of South Korea’s Samsung Group, is shutting down its joint venture with multinational pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca Plc., a company official said Tuesday, due to the suspension of the development of a biosimilar product. The move came two months after Samsung Biologics’ board approved [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean vaccine maker SK Bioscience Co. said Monday it has secured a US$31.3 million deal from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to supply chickenpox vaccines to Latin American countries. SK Bioscience said it has recently delivered its first batch of shipments of SKY Varicella, the company’s chickenpox [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced that it had selected four hospitals to participate in an initiative to develop new smart hospital services. The project is aimed at developing and verifying a leading model to improve patient safety and medical service quality by leveraging information and communications technology [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to conduct tests for COVID-19 antibody positivity this month to secure scientific data for pandemic-related policies, health officials said Tuesday. The state-run National Institute of Infectious Diseases will test a selected pool of 10,000 people aged 5 and above across the country later this month to [...]
SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Lotte Group decided Friday to buy U.S. drug firm Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS)’s pharmaceutical factory in Syracuse, New York, for $160 million. Lotte’s board of directors approved the deal, which also includes BMS’s contract manufacturing agreements to produce medicine worth $220 million over the next three years. [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Seniors with dementia have seen their symptoms worsen at a much faster rate after being cut off from society during the pandemic era. Choi Ho-jin, a professor of neurology at Hanyang University Guri Hospital led a team that published an article in Dementia and Neurocognitive Disorders, a journal published [...]