A team of researchers from Yonsei University, Severance Hospital, and Gangnam Severance Hospital has developed a high-safety, liquid metal-based soft artificial retina.This innovative technology promises to restore vision to patients blinded by retinal diseases, including retinitis pigmentosa and ma
The National Cancer Center (NCC) said it has discovered a biomarker that can distinguish pancreatic cancer patients from healthy individuals "with 100 percent accuracy" and has licensed out the biomarker to New Cancer Cure Bio.The biomarkers X-100 and X-99 have shown the capability to accurately dif
The prevalence of heart failure in Korea is steadily rising due to population aging.According to Factsheet 2022, published by the Korean Society of Heart Failure, the prevalence rate in Korea increased significantly from 0.77 percent in 2002 to 2.58 percent in 2020. The number of hospitalizations fo
Professors at the University of Ulsan College of Medicine, including those at Asan Medical Center (AMC) in Seoul, have agreed to submit their resignations in protest against the government's decision to suspend the licenses of resigned interns and residents.The emergency committee of the University
The government allowed "physician assistant" (PA) nurses to practice more at healthcare sites from Friday, issuing supplementary guidelines on the scope of practice for nurses amid ongoing walkouts by trainee doctors and ensuing medical disruptions.The move came as neither trainee doctors nor the go
A research team -- led by Professor Kim Beom-joon of the Neurology Department at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (SNUBH), together with Professor Kang Dong-Wan from the Neurology Department of the Gyeonggi Provincial Medical Center Icheon Hospital -- has received the "2024 Paul Dudley Whi
A team of researchers led by Professor Kim Sung-won of the Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine has successfully implanted the "world's first" customized and 3D-bioprinted artificial trachea based on another person's adult stem cells for a patient with an intractable tracheal defect, Cat
University hospitals are grappling with financial difficulties amid prolonged walkouts by trainee doctors, medical sources said.These hospitals have cut back on medical services due to the exodus of interns and residents. As the collective action enters the third week, declining revenue is leading t
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a rare, intractable disease whose symptoms are caused by damage to the myelin sheath that surrounds the nerve fibers called axons that run throughout the body, including the brain, spinal cord, and optic nerves. When the myelin sheath is damaged, the axons are exposed to t
Pancreatic cancer is a very poorly treatable cancer. The cure rate (five-year survival rate) for pancreatic cancer is only 13.9 percent. The exact cause of pancreatic cancer, which is most common in people in their 60s and 70s, is still unknown.However, it is well known that smokers, people with dia
A 20-something job seeker surnamed Kang recently noticed that his hair was thinning, and his hairline became more noticeable than before. Kang thought it was due to the stress of his recent job search but couldn’t help but notice his hair falling out every time he washed and combed it. During a visi
Patients and the pharmaceutical industry pay keen attention to whether the government will reimburse Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan), for which drug price negotiations are underway with the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) from April.Patient organizations have been pressuring the government
Severance Hospital said it recently marked a milestone of 500 liver cancer radioembolization procedures. Radioembolization for liver cancer, a minimally invasive treatment, involves the insertion of a catheter into the femoral artery of the leg, guiding it to the hepatic artery, and injecting micros
Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (SNUBH) has spearheaded the launch of a network aimed at timely treatment of severe and emergency cardiocerebrovascular diseases, such as stroke and myocardial infarction, within Gyeonggi Province.This initiative, part of the Ministry of Health and Welfare'
More than a month has passed since Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan), a new breast cancer drug provided by Daiichi Sankyo Korea and AstraZeneca Korea, passed the Drug Reimbursement Evaluation Committee under the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA).However, news on its reimbursement
Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (SNUBH) said Tuesday that its research team has developed “ECG Buddy,” an artificial intelligence (AI) application for emergency disease prediction that analyzes electrocardiogram (ECG) images to assess myocardial infarction and arrhythmia.The research team
The World Medical Association (WMA) has issued a statement calling on the Korean government to discontinue coercive measures against the medical community.However, the Ministry of Health and Welfare countered that the WMA represents the one-sided views of the Korean Medical Association (KMA)."The Wo
Severance Hospital said that Professor Kuh Sung-uk at the Department of Neurosurgery, who also teaches at Yonsei University's College of Medicine, was honored with the grand prize at the 8th Medical Device Industry Awards Ceremony.Professor Kuh also serves as head of external relations at Severance
The last day of February every year is “World Rare Disease Day.” People who decided it reportedly thought about the rarity of February, the last day of which ends on the 29th every four years, to symbolize the experiences of people with rare diseases. Korea had celebrated it on May 24 until last yea
A Korean research team, led by Professor Kim Na-young at the Department of Internal Medicine of Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (SNUBH), analyzed the differences between males and females with stomach cancer positive for the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), which infects more than 90 percent of
