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Korea's biotech industry urges increased investment and regulatory support for drug development
The Korea Pharmaceutical and Bio-Pharma Industry Association emphasized that new drug development should be established as a national future growth driver and that support must be increased. On the 18...
Lee Jong-hyun
Korea's biotech industry urges increased investment and regulatory support for drug development
Mars imagery reveals Ares 3 landing site from 'The Martian' novel
This close-up image captured by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)'s HiRISE camera shows eroded craters and wind-blown sediments in the southern Acidalia Planitia. It appears in striking blue in st...
 
6h ago
|Lee Jong-hyun
Smoking over 30 years raises small cell lung cancer risk 54 times, study finds
A study providing evidence for the causal relationship between smoking and the incidence of lung cancer and laryngeal cancer was released ahead of the final arguments in the tobacco lawsuit appeal. Ac...
 
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|Lee Jong-hyun
AI app AcessTalk enhances communication for autistic children in Korea
An artificial intelligence (AI) app that helps children with autism who have difficulty expressing themselves verbally communicate with their parents has been released. Researchers from the Korea Adva...
 
8h ago
|Lee Jong-hyun
Minister Yoo secures GPU supply deal with Nvidia to enhance AI infrastructure in Korea
Minister Yoo Sang-im visited the U.S. headquarters of Nvidia to secure graphics processing units (GPUs). During meetings with senior officials responsible for science and technology policy in the Trum...
 
10h ago
|Lee Jong-hyun
Residents prepare to return to Korean hospitals as government finalizes recruitment plan
The government will soon open the door for returning residents. Attention is focused on how many residents will choose to return in the first half of the year. According to the government and the medi...
 
10h ago
|Lee Jong-hyun
Korea urged to enhance microbiome research for personalized therapies by 2033
"Microbiome-based treatment will evolve to be administered by combining strains depending on an individual's gut environment in the future." On the 25th of last month, Curtis Huttenhower, a professor ...
 
14h ago
|Hong A-reum
Foreign researchers face challenges in settling in South Korea, despite government efforts
The real crisis of the South Korean economy could start with the shortage of engineering and science personnel. The number of students enrolled in engineering and science universities is expected to h...
2025.05.17(Sat)
|Lee Jong-hyun
Small and medium Korean pharmaceutical firms boost profit by cutting costs and focusing on key products
Domestic small and medium-sized pharmaceutical and bio corporations have generally struggled due to deteriorating profitability, but among them, a few have succeeded in turning profitable this year by...
2025.05.17(Sat)
|Heo Ji-yoon
KAIST hosts symposium on innovation strategies amid Korea's population crisis
■Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) announced on the 16th that it will hold the '2025 Innovation and Future Strategy Symposium' on the 19th at the KAIST Dogok campus in collabo...
2025.05.16(Fri)
|Hong A-reum
Korea to compensate up to 300 million won for severe cerebral palsy birth accidents
The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced on the 16th that the state will compensate up to 300 million won for medical accidents, such as newborn cerebral palsy, that occur uncontrollably despite m...
2025.05.16(Fri)
|Hong Da-yeong
Asan Medical Center reaches milestone of 9,000 liver transplants in Seoul
■ Asan Medical Center achieved 9,000 liver transplants as the first single medical institution in the world. This milestone comes 32 years and 8 months after performing the first brain-dead liver tran...
2025.05.16(Fri)
|Heo Ji-yoon
Cheon Byeong-yeon, WOOJUNG BIO chairman and drug development pioneer, dies at 86
WOOJUNG BIO announced that CEO and Chairman Cheon Byeong-nyeon (86) passed away on the 16th. The late Chairman Cheon founded WOOJUNG BIO in 1989 after graduating from the College of Pharmacy at Seoul ...
2025.05.16(Fri)
|Yeom Hyun-a
Korea identifies damage in radiation devices at 14 institutions after inspections
The Nuclear Safety And Security Commission stated on the 16th that a special inspection conducted on 46 institutions possessing radiation-generating devices revealed damage to shielding materials (lea...
2025.05.16(Fri)
|Lee Jong-hyun
Spiral galaxy Messier 101 resembles pinwheel in stunning celestial photo
Messier 101 is a spiral galaxy that resembles a pinwheel. The galaxy's arms are made up of stars and gas, creating a swirling appearance. It is located 25 million light-years away in the direction of ...
2025.05.16(Fri)
|Hong Da-yeong
Sagong Myung appointed director of Korea Railroad Research Institute for three years
Sakong Myung, the chief researcher at the Korea Railroad Research Institute, has been appointed as the director of the Korea Railroad Research Institute. The new director Sakong Myung earned a bachelo...
2025.05.16(Fri)
|Lee Jong-hyun
KMA urges South Korea's next government to prioritize medical education reforms
The Korean Medical Association (KMA) said on the 16th that the next government should prioritize the education of medical students ahead of the presidential election. Medical students opposed to the g...
2025.05.16(Fri)
|Hong Da-yeong
Korean researchers highlight AI's role in biotechnology amidst infrastructure challenges
Last year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to researchers who developed artificial intelligence (AI) for predicting protein structures. AI is rapidly changing the landscape of life sciences rese...
2025.05.16(Fri)
|Hong A-reum
Custom gene therapy successfully treats rare disease in baby boy in Philadelphia
A 10-month-old boy suffering from a rare genetic disease is recovering after receiving the world's first personalized gene editing therapy. The doctor in charge at the Children's Hospital of Philadelp...
2025.05.16(Fri)
|Hong A-reum
Researchers uncover gene mutation behind orange fur in cats
Garfield, the cat character from American comics, is loved worldwide. Its orange fur is almost a symbol of Garfield. It has been assumed that the orange gene exists in male cats since most orange cats...
2025.05.16(Fri)
|Lee Jong-hyun
CG MedTech achieves profitability in Q1 with 25.6% rise in US sales
CG MedTech, a South Korean company specializing in orthopedic implants research and manufacturing, reported that its sales for the first quarter of this year were 6.25 billion won, with an operating p...
2025.05.16(Fri)
|Heo Ji-yoon
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