Samsung Medical Center said Wednesday that it has succeeded subretinal injection of gene therapy Luxturna (ingredient: voretigene neparvovec) in a patient with inherited retinal degeneration for the first time in Korea.Luxturna received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2017 as
The Korean Medical Association (KMA) said the health authorities should restrict the general public's use of Covid-19 home test kits.The doctors' group said that reckless use of self-test kits partially contributed to the continuing spike in Covid-19 cases despite the strictest Level 4 social distan
A joint research team has confirmed that the risk of end-stage renal disease requiring transplantation or dialysis increases in cancer patients.The team, led by Professors Kim Chang-sung and Kim Su-hwan at Chonnam National University Hospital and Han Kyung-do at Soongsil University, concluded so aft
A research team at St. Mary's Seoul Hospital has identified a method to measure micro-residual leukemia, a risk factor for recurrence of acute myeloid leukemia, and predict recurrence and survival rate.According to the hospital, acute myeloid leukemia, the most common acute leukemia, is characterize
Researchers at Bundang CHA Hospital and Chaum Life Center have found a relationship between urine organic acids and metabolic syndrome.“It is often difficult for people with metabolic syndrome to know which metabolic problem they have,” the hospital said.Therefore, the team -- led by Professors Ham
Covid-19 survivors can develop sufficient antibodies by receiving a single dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, a Korean study showed.According to the study, people who recovered from Covid-19 infection could enjoy a full protection effect with only one-time vaccination.The study could back up a proposal tha
Researchers at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) have developed an artificial intelligence technology that generates computed tomography based on magnetic resonance imaging images.The team, led by Doctor Kim Hyung-min of the Bionics Research Center at KIST, hopes that the technolo
Researchers from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and Chungnam National University Hospital (CNUH) have found that the antiviral function of natural killer (NK) cells weakens in Covid-19 patients.According to the team, led by Professors Shin Eui-chul of the College of Medic
The Korean government announced on Monday that it planned to provide booster shots to the fully vaccinated against Covid-19 in the fourth quarter.An Israeli study showed that a third dose of the Pfizer vaccine is indeed effective in preventing Covid-19 infection.On Friday, the Israel Ministry of Hea
A local joint research team said that they had discovered a potential therapy for adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) -- also called the “Lorenzo’s oil disease” after a movie title -- through the gene scissor technique.The team, led by Professor Cho Sung-rae of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Se
The Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH) said Monday its research team has found that the keyhole approach is safe and effective for multiple unruptured intracranial aneurysms (UIAs), offering a new paradigm for cerebral aneurysm treatment.The research team, led by Professor Cho Won-sang at the
Researchers at Gangnam Severance Hospital said Monday that they have found ways to predict sarcopenia using alkaline phosphatase (ALP), expecting it would become a new biomarker to predict and prevent muscle loss. Sarcopenia or muscle loss weakens bodily functions and causes medical complications li
Myongji Hospital said it would hold the MJ Dementia Forum on Sep. 9 to evaluate the present and future of cognitive interventional treatment to overcome dementia in collaboration with Gyeonggi Province.Cognitive intervention treatment is a non-pharmacological dementia therapy approach that treats pa
CHA Bundang Hospital said it has become the first Asian medical institution to confirm the efficacy of a three-drug combination therapy -- gemcitabine, cisplatin, and Abraxane – in treating advanced biliary tract cancer.According to the hospital, the five-year survival rate for biliary tract cancer,
A research team at the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) research team has identified how autism spectrum disorders impair social interaction and provided clues for better understanding and treating declined social communication caused by autism.In a previous study, the research team found that Shan
Researchers at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) have developed a new ultrasound surgery technology that can break up biological tissues precisely and finely using variable pressure-focused ultrasound.According to KIST, attempts to replace the existing surgical operation using var
As the National Assembly is likely to pass a revision bill in a plenary session to mandate surveillance cameras in hospital operating rooms (OR), the medical community across the nation is vehemently opposing the move.Some doctors claimed that liberals who pushed for the bill had political purposes
A research team at Asan Medical Center (AMC) has developed an artificial intelligence model that can identify glaucoma patients who have a high risk of going blind.Glaucoma, caused by increased intraocular pressure with age and damage to the optic nerve, is incurable. The only treatment is to slow t
Daratumumab, new targeted cancer therapy for multiple myeloma, could reactivate the hepatitis B virus, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital said Tuesday.I was the first such finding in the world, the hospital added.A research team studied 105 multiple myeloma patients who went through Daratumumab treatment fro
A joint research team has found a mechanism for applying statins, a widely used hyperlipidemia treatment, to treat KRAS (kirsten rat sarcoma virus) mutant cancer.To find the method, the team -- led by Dr. Kim In-san, head of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) Theragnosis Research C