SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has revealed that 1 in 4 asymptomatic or mild coronavirus patients quarantined at residential treatment centers are suffering from depressive symptoms. A research team from Seoul National University Hospital conducted a study on the psychological health of 107 COVID-19 patients quarantined at a residential treatment center [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s science ministry said Wednesday that it seeks to commercialize a COVID-19 test kit by March that provides results within three minutes to help better combat the pandemic. The Ministry of Science and ICT said the new semiconductor-based kit has a low likelihood of false negatives for the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent survey showed that disasters like the paralysis of public healthcare and IT infrastructure are expected to have a higher risk in the post-coronavirus era. The National Disaster Management Institute asked 100 disaster safety-related professionals to pick five disasters with a potential to be highly impacted by the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Survivors of COVID-19 reported hair loss and decreased breathing capacity months after their infections, and some had lingering lung troubles, the health authority said Thursday. A survey on 40 adult patients who were hospitalized for the virus infection showed that hair loss and shortness of breath during exercise were [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly two-thirds of South Koreans think they will wait to see how the coronavirus vaccine is working for other people before getting the jab, a poll showed Thursday. A survey of 1,094 adult Koreans across the nation, taken by Seoul National University, showed 67.7 percent of respondents taking a [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries said Wednesday it had registered a patent to develop a new drug for urinary problems after discovering a neuromodulatory material in the genome of the common octopus that has the effect of reducing urination. The ministry-affiliated National Marine Biodiversity Institute and the Korea [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean pharmaceutical giant Celltrion Inc. said Wednesday that its COVID-19 treatment candidate reduces recovery time and the chance of a severe case developing. It was making public clinical data on the second-phase global trial study of the CT-P59, an anti-COVID-19 monoclonal antibody treatment candidate. The firm earlier submitted [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s pharmaceutical giant Celltrion Inc. said Tuesday that its anti-COVID-19 monoclonal antibody treatment has shown higher treatment efficacy compared to its two rival candidates. The Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety is currently reviewing conditional approval of Celltrion’s CT-P59, also known as Regdanvimab, a move that could [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is close to striking a deal to purchase COVID-19 vaccines for 10 million people from U.S. drugmaker Novavax, according to informed sources Tuesday. The Seoul government has been negotiating with Novavax to secure its vaccines as early as in the second quarter of this year, sources with [...]
DAEJEON, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The trend of digitalization using artificial intelligence (AI) and 3D printing is increasingly prevalent, even in the dental implant area. The Korea Intellectual Property Office recently said that the number of patent applications in the digital dental implant area shot up to 113 in 2019 from 41 in 2010. [...]