Generative AI has become a top investment priority for 62 percent of CEOs who manage life science companies.According to a report released by the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI), “2024 Global Health Industry Trends In-Depth Survey," global consulting firms predicted that AI, incl
Crystal Life Sciences said it changed its name to Huons Life Sciences and will continue its operations under the new name.The name changing decision was made at a recent extraordinary shareholders’ meeting.As a subsidiary of Huons, Huons Life Sciences will reorganize its portfolio in line with the v
Korean researchers have analyzed the effects of nanolastics on the metabolism of offspring.The Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB) said its research team, led by Dr. Lee Da-yong of the Center for Rare and Difficult Diseases, has found that nanoplastics are transferred to
The Korea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology (KRIBB) said Monday that a joint research team has developed a platform that can quickly detect multiple respiratory viruses in the field.The state-run institute said it will likely be used as a basis for developing diagnostic devices in the
The Korea National Enterprise for Clinical Trials (KoNECT) will co-host the "Global Investment Attraction Strategy Seminar for Korean Biotech Firms" with Harvest integrated Research Organization (HiRO) on March 28.The seminar will be held for the first time to provide networking with global investor
Merz Aesthetics Korea said it held the “MERZ AESTHETICS SERENDIPITY JOURNEY (MASJ) Symposium” with Korean aesthetic and medical professionals at the InterContinental Seoul COEX on Jan. 27.The MASJ Symposium is part of the “Beautiful Promise” campaign that Merz has been running with Korean medical pr
Korean researchers have confirmed for the first time that vitamin D can directly inhibit nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) that occurs with natural aging.The National Institute of Health (NIH) under the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said Tuesday that the institute has rec
The Korea National Enterprise for Clinical Trials (KoNECT) released the results of its Clinical Research Organization (CRO) certification evaluation for this year and announced the newly certified organizations on Wednesday.As a result of the evaluation, the state agency certified C&R Research as an
Yoo Chul-gyu, a professor of pulmonary and critical care medicine at the Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH), has been appointed as the new president of the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology during the 27th Congress of the APSR in Singapore, the SNUH said. He will serve a two-year term star
If decentralized clinical trials (DCT), which have already become a mainstay of clinical trials overseas, continue to be restricted in Korea, Korean patients may be left out of global drug trials, experts said Wednesday.They also pointed out that it is necessary to increase the competitiveness of do
Kolmar BNH, a Korean health supplement original development manufacturing (ODM), said the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety has recognized both fatigue improvement and immune enhancement capabilities for HemoHIM, a health functional food developed by the company.Introduced in 2006, HemoHIM was develo
A study on mice showed that he intake of Korean red ginseng may reduce both physical and psychological dependencies triggered by drug addiction, notably in the case of morphine.The research, led by Professor Oh Sei-kwan and his team from the Department of Molecular Medicine at Ewha Womans University
Experts in the healthcare sector, ranging from professionals in companies to medical professors, came together in Seoul on Friday to exchange their expertise and envision the future of generative AI in healthcare.Korea Biomedical Review (KBR), along with its sister publication, The Korean Doctors’ W
Korea ranked third behind China and the United States in the number of medical papers retracted for ethical reasons, according to a new study.A team of researchers from Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University in Turkiye and the South Kazakhstan Medical University recently published their findings in the
The international journal Nature has compiled the performance of countries, universities, and companies in anticancer research worldwide, but Korea did not even make the list.According to the Bioeconomy Research Center of the Korea BIO, an industry association, Nature released the results of the sha
As worries increase among the public in Korea regarding potential radiation exposure due to Japan's choice of releasing treated radioactive water from the afflicted Fukushima nuclear plants into the Pacific Ocean, some health functional food makers are capitalizing on these concerns to generate prof
Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and the Francis Crick Institute of the U.K. have developed an artificial intelligence-based platform that predicts individual subtypes of Parkinson's disease patients.Currently, the treatment of Parkinson's disease has bee
The National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) said on Wednesday that its researchers have discovered a hit compound, peptoid 29, which when combined with antimicrobial peptoids (AMP) is effective against multidrug-resistant bacteria with low toxicity.Antibiotic-resistant superbug infections do not
The Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) said Thursday that its researchers developed a nano-composite that simultaneously delivers CRISPR proteins and drugs in vivo with superior anticancer efficacy compared to existing therapies.CRISPR technology precisely and permanently ca
A team of researchers from the National Cancer Center, in collaboration with Seoul National University, has proposed a strategy to significantly reduce the incidence of breast cancer by boosting T-cell anticancer immunity.The research team found the NR1D1 receptor plays a key role in enhancing the a