SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean biopharmaceutical company Celltrion Inc. said Monday that its self-diagnostic kit for the novel coronavirus has won emergency approval from U.S. drug authorities. Celltrion DiaTrust COVID-19 Ag Home Test, co-developed by local healthcare business Humasis, received the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Emergency Use Authorization approval. The product [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study revealed that the risk of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in children can be measured using stool samples. Researchers from Yonsei University’s Severance Hospital compared and analyzed the intestinal microbiome structure in the feces of 54 children with ADS who visited the hospital and 38 children without [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea reported 1,440 new daily cases Friday in a downward trend in its coronavirus infections as its strong vaccination push seems to be helping prevent the spread of the coronavirus from spinning out of control. The new tally, including 1,420 local infections, brought the total caseload to 348,969, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — University students have a substantial difference in favorite foods by gender — female students showed more preference for dairy products and sugary foods, while male students ate seaweed and greasy foods more frequently, a survey said Thursday. A research team led by Song Kyung-hee, a food and nutrition professor [...]
SINAN, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean fermented foods such as kimchi, soy sauce and soybean paste contribute to preventing obesity and colon cancer, research showed Wednesday. A research team led by Park Gun-young, a food science professor at Cha University, conducted an experiment on mice to analyze the effect of kimchi in preventing colon [...]
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 [...]