SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of individuals with Parkinson’s disease in South Korea has been on a constant climb over the past five years. The National Health Insurance Service reported that the number of patients with Parkinson’s disease grew from 96,764 people in 2016 to 111,312 people in 2020, up by 15 [...]
UIJEONGBU, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A new diagnostic method that looks at how a person walks to determine if they are suffering from Parkinson’s disease or dementia has been patented. A research team from St. Mary’s Hospital in Uijeongbu developed a new diagnostic method that collects data from an individual’s shoes to diagnose degenerative [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s biotech company ABL Bio Inc. said Wednesday it has entered a global license agreement worth US$1.06 billion with pharmaceutical giant Sanofi to develop and commercialize an antibody candidate to treat Parkinson’s disease. ABL301 is a preclinical antibody therapeutic under development as a potential treatment of synucleinopathy, including [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday a study showed Galaxy Watch’s blood pressure monitoring could help Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients as the company emphasizes health and fitness features of its smartwatches. Citing a study conducted by researchers at Samsung Medical Center in Seoul, the tech giant said blood pressure monitoring [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has shown that the people with diabetes for longer periods of time have a higher risk of developing Parkinson’s disease. Rhee Sang-youl, a professor at Kyung Hee University Hospital, revealed on Thursday that this fact was confirmed after analyzing the correlation between the duration of diabetes [...]
SEOUL, July 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean researchers have developed an equation to assess the risk of dementia for individuals with Parkinson’s disease, a university said Thursday. A research team led by Lee Phil-hyu and Chung Seok-jong, professors of neurology at Yonsei University College of Medicine, had developed a model and an equation tool [...]
SEOUL, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A Korean scientist has succeeded in curing Parkinson’s disease using a patient’s own stem cells for the first time in history. Prof. Kim Kwang-soo of McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School and his research team announced Tuesday that they had succeeded in a clinical treatment of transplanting stem cells extracted [...]
DAEJEON, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — It turns out cicada skin could improve the motor skills of patients suffering from Parkinson’s Disease, a remedy also found in Donguibogam, the Principles and Practice of Eastern Medicine. A team of researchers from the Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine recently announced the results of a study that demonstrated [...]
NEW YORK and SINGAPORE, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — CERESPIR INCORPORATED a pharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery and development of disease-modifying therapeutics for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, and THE NATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE SINGAPORE, a national and international center of excellence in neuroscience with its mission to improve lives through integrated clinical service, research [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — People suffering from Parkinson’s disease and depression are the most susceptible to committing suicide, a survey showed Monday. Parkinson’s disease patients have 4.72 times higher chances of committing suicide than those who do not have the disease, according to the survey of 300,232 people conducted by professor Kim Doh-kwan [...]