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Biotech Firms to Track and Monitor Patients Injected with Stem Cells or Gene Therapy Treatments

SEOUL, July 16 (Korea Bizwire) — New government regulations will require South Korean biotech companies to track and monitor patients who are injected with stem cells or gene therapy treatments. According to the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety on Wednesday, the Advanced Regenerative Bio Act, enacted to strengthen the safety management of advanced regenerative [...]

Korean Researcher Develops Breakthrough Parkinson’s Treatment

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 [...]