Graft-versus-Host Disease (GvHD) happens when particular types of white blood cells (T cells) in the donated stem cells or bone marrow attack the patient’s body cells. It happens because the donated cells (the graft) see the patient’s body cells (the host) as foreign and attack them.Usually, steroid
Robots in hospitals are not very new. We already live in a world where robots can replace doctors’ hands to operate on and rehabilitate patients.With people going back to “normal” after the pandemic now, robots are contributing to increasing work efficiency in Korean hospitals.Korea Biomedical Revie
The Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) 's Center for Augmented Safety Systems with Intelligence, Sensing and Tracking has developed a technology that can reduce the existing polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test time to five minutes, while having the same diagnostic performance as the e
The government is tightening quarantine on Chinese arrivals, but it should work out a more sustainable plan, an expert said Thursday.According to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA), the number of Chinese arrivals showed a positive test rate of 31.5 percent as of midnight Wednesda
Amid the medical community’s escalating attacks on the Supreme Court’s permission for Oriental doctors to use ultrasonic diagnostic devices, an Oriental doctors’ group called for them to “stop disparaging and distorting the top court’s ruling.”The Association of Korean Medicine (AMK) said Wednesday
A research team, consisting of researchers from the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) and Chungnam National University (CNU), identified the cause of the inaccuracy in the drug interaction prediction formula recommended by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).According to the team, led by Pro
Researchers in Korea have found a new way to suppress the growth of the hepatitis C virus.A group of researchers led by Professor Kim Jong-heon at the National Cancer Center (NCC) said Wednesday they have identified a key mechanism for the proliferation of the hepatitis C viruses.If hepatitis C, mai
“Essential healthcare” has emerged as the most prominent topic of Korea’s medical community in 2022, replacing Covid-19. However, that was not the only controversy this year. As the political power changed through the presidential election in March, significant changes were also predicted in health
Yonsei University Health Systems (YUHS) said Wednesday that it held a groundbreaking ceremony for Songdo Severance Hospital in Incheon.Songdo Severance Hospital will be built on a site with a floor area of 85,950 square meters within the Yonsei University International Campus, located in Section 7 o
Korean College of Rheumatology (KCR) said Tuesday that it has successfully attracted the Asia Pacific League of Associations for Rheumatology conference in 2026 (APLAR 2026).Four countries competed to lure the event, including India, Malaysia, and Taiwan. In the general assembly from Dec. 6-9, APLAR
The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said Monday that it had identified naegleria fowleri for the first time in the country in a person who died of meningitis after returning from an extended overseas stay.Naegleria fowleri, a so-called free-living amoeba, is a highly pathogenic pr
The Supreme Court, overturning existing precedents, has ruled that Oriental doctors can use diagnostic medical devices, such as ultrasound devices, causing repercussions.On Thursday, the Supreme Court overturned en banc the original ruling and acquitted an Oriental doctor charged with violating the
The government has recently shifted its system of selecting hospitals that can attract foreign patients from the designating system to the rating and certifying system while announcing criteria for imposing fines.Many domestic medical institutions gave a sigh of resignation due to such a change, com
Myongji Hospital on Thursday held an opening ceremony for its intervention center focused on conducting angiography, a type of X-ray to check blood vessels.The intervention center, which opened on the third floor of the hospital building D, gathered various angiography equipment, including the lates
Uijeongbu St. Mary’s Hospital, one of the eight hospitals run by Catholic Medical Center, rejected 12 applicants citing “poor appearance” during its 2016 hiring process, an audit revealed.The Ministry of Education said Wednesday that it had found a total of 49 misconducts after conducting a comprehe
A recent controversy over the appointment of the director of Kangbuk Samsung Hospital has led to a series of lawsuits.Professor Oh Tae-yoon of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery at the tertiary hospital said he applied for a provisional injunction with the Seoul Central District Court to suspend th
Tamoxifen, a widely used treatment for breast cancer, increased the risk of various uterine diseases including endometrial cancer in premenopausal women with breast cancer, a study showed. The research team, led by Professors Park Hyun-tae and Ryu Ki-jin at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecolog