SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A new system that will conduct sewage analysis to monitor the spread of infectious viruses like the coronavirus and determine the pandemic situation in the local community will take effect this month. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said Thursday it will monitor various infectious pathogens including [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Three plants native to South Korea turned out to have the effect of suppressing the proliferation of the COVID-19 virus and A-type (H1N1) influenza virus. As a result of a joint study conducted together with the Institut Pasteur Korea starting in 2021, the National Institute of Biological Resources identified [...]
SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Institute of Energy Research said Tuesday it had developed a photothermal HEPA (high-efficiency particulate air) filter that eradicates fine and ultrafine dust as well as viruses. The research team coated commercial HEPA filters with photothermal materials like metal nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes, which turn light energy into [...]
DAEJEON, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study showed that the efficiency of photoelectric transformation improved by using a virus rather than a chemical compound as solar cell thin film. The National Research Foundation of Korea said Thursday that a joint research team from Sungkyunkwan University and Pusan National University succeeded in complementing the [...]
DOYLESTOWN, Pa., July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Evrys Bio, a biotech company developing Next Gen Antivirals, was awarded a $34.3 million contract from the Department of Defense (DOD) to develop a drug, simultaneously effective against multiple high-risk viral agents. The proposed drug intends to improve disease survival after exposure to one or more viruses from [...]
SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) — COVID-19 patients including those suffering from both mild and severe syptoms are experiencing a severe imbalance of microorganisms inside the stomach. A research team from the Kangbuk Samsung Hospital collected stool samples from 12 COVID-19 patients, both asymptomatic and mild, transferred to a public health center in Yeongdeok, North [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean research team has developed the technology and equipment to detect viruses in an indoor environment in just 50 minutes. A joint research team from the Korea Institute of Science and Technology, the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, and Konkuk University’s Department of Veterinary Medicine announced [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has revealed that a culture medium of lactic acid bacteria extracted from kimchi is capable of killing off viruses. This medium is expected to be a safer alternative to alcohol. The National Institute of Biological Resources announced on Monday that the culture medium of ‘Lactobacillus plantarum [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (korea Bizwire) – South Korea is bracing for a prolonged virus combat as the number of cases involving unknown transmission routes and critically ill patients increases, with the country’s infection cases surpassing the grim 20,000 mark. South Korea, once praised for its successful containment of COVID-19, reported 235 new cases Tuesday, raising [...]
SEOUL, April 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul city plans to test all international arrivals to the capital for the new coronavirus, Seoul’s mayor said Thursday, as the city fights to contain the outbreak that is worsening due to imported cases. To screen the large inflow of arrivals, the city will set up a walk-through screening [...]