Amivantamab, approved by the U.S. FDA as the first targeted treatment for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) Exon 20 insertion (Exon20ins) mutations in May, has proved its efficacy.EGFR Exon20ins mutations are known to show inherent resistance to tyrosine
Vuno said Monday that Pusan National University Hospital (PNUH) has introduced its artificial intelligence-based medical voice recognition solution VUNO Med-DeepASR.The platform is a clinically tailored voice recognition solution with 99 percent of the training data concentrating on thousands of h
Researchers at Asan Medical Center have found that patients at a pre-hypertensive stage -- systolic 130~139mmHg and diastolic 80~89mmHg -- have a 1.37 times higher risk of developing coronary atherosclerosis than those with normal blood pressure.Coronary arteriosclerosis is a condition in which chol
“In pancreatic cancer treatment, no matter how excellent a drug may be, it is difficult to deliver it to cancer cells in the first place. Many studies aimed to improve drug delivery in the past five years, but all of them failed. Nanoliposomal irinotecan (nal-IRI, brand name: Onivyde) using new nano
Myongji Hospital said Friday that it has signed a business agreement with Helixrus, a biotechnology software company, to accelerate its move toward becoming a biomedical hub hospital.The two sides will cooperate in joint research and development and technical cooperation in the rapidly growing genom
Community treatment centers (CTCs), where mild Covid-19 patients are isolated for treatment, are suffering a shortage of healthcare workers amid surging Covid-19 cases. The situation worsened to a degree where a patient at a CTC missed the timing for treatment and died.The Korean Association of Publ
Seoul National University College of Medicine Alzheimer's disease research team has received a large-scale research grant of about 13 billion won ($11.2 million) from the U.S. National Institute of Health (NIH).The university plans to use the fund to conduct a joint research project with Indiana Uni
The Seoul National University Hospital said Wednesday that sleep apnea patients need to consider conducting self-checks of their conditions at home amid the prolonged Covid-19 pandemic.“In Covid-19, people are hesitant to take polysomnography (PSG) that makes patients sleep outside the home to monit
The medical community criticized the government for inconsistent Covid-19 vaccination policy, particularly after the authorities reversed the previous position and allowed younger people to get AstraZeneca’s shots.On Tuesday, the Korean Medical Association’s Covid-19 response committee released a st
Systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients suffering from skin stiffening and organ disfunction should guard against the occurrence of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis in case they had found ANCAs through previous checks, researchers said Tuesday.Professor Lee Sang-won and Doc
Researchers at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) have succeeded in developing an ultra-small multifunctional brain chip that can analyze brain activity from various angles.According to the institute, various neurotransmitters present in the brain play a key role in the signaling p
Myongji Hospital has been selected as the preferred bidder for an urban development project in Hanam, Gyeonggi Province.Hanam Urban Innovation Corp. said it chose a consortium, led by the Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK), as the preferred bidder for the H2 Project because the IBK consortium marked the
A research team at Severance Hospital has discovered that DDP-4 (Dipeptidyl peptidase-4) oral diabetes medication can slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease.The research team, led by Professors Lee Phil-hyu and Jeong Seong-ho, found that when patients with the early-phase Parkinson's disease to
A research team at Seoul National University said ribonucleic acid therapy (RNA) showed higher delivery efficiency to chondrocytes in cartilage compared to conventional antisense oligonucleotide in treating osteoarthritis (OA).The research team, led by Professor Kim Jin-hong of the university’s Biol
Myongji Hospital established MJ Vaccine Institute and held the first Covid-19 vaccine symposium to celebrate its launch on Wednesday.The hospital, which distinguished itself as one of the centers to treat Covid-19, revealed its vision for the research and development of the Covid-19 vaccine based on
A Korean research team has presented specific standards for air transport of a Covid-19 cluster infection group without additional infection.Professor Kim Ho-jung of emergency medicine at Bucheon Hospital of Soonchunhyang University and his colleagues published their experience transporting athletes
The fourth wave of Covid-19 is increasingly weighing on critical care, as the number of severely ill Covid-19 patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) doubled in a month.The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said there were 379 critically ill Covid-19 patients a
A research team at Yonsei University College of Medicine has discovered a new target anticancer drug lead that inhibits the activity of FAK (focal adhesion kinase) and FLT3 (FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3).The team expects that this substance will help develop targeted treatments for breast cancer and l
An obstetrics/gynecology team at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (SNUBH) has presented a successful case of pregnancy and childbirth by a patient who had received robot-assisted extensive cervical resection by conducting “transmyometrial embryo transfer.”Cervical cancer refers to a tumor
Transmission risks of respiratory infectious diseases could be up to three times higher in confined spaces than open spaces, a local study found.The research duo -- Moon Jin-young, leader author as a medical resident at the Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital’s Occupation and Environmental Medicine Department