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Hanwha Chemical Sacks 4 Top Executives of Its Biotech Unit

SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Several executives within the biotech unit of Hanwha Chemical have been fired. This is widely interpreted as a personnel move by Hanwha Group chairman Kim Seung-youn who kick-started the biotech business in 2006 as part of an ambitious plan to nurture it as a next-generation growth engine. For years the unit hasn’t [...]

New High-Tech Laser Method Allows DNA to Be Inserted ‘Gently’ Into Living Cells

Washington, August 7, 2013 (Korea Bizwire) – The applications of gene therapy and genetic engineering are broad: everything from pet fish that glow red to increased crop yields worldwide to cures for many of the diseases that plague humankind. But realizing them always starts with solving the same basic scientific question — how to “transfect” [...]