IH Systems Extends Global Reach into South Korean Medical Device Market

www.intelligenthospitals.com WINNIPEG, May 5 /PRNewswire/ - Medical device company, Intelligent Hospital Systems (IH Systems), has entered into an agreement with the South Korean pharmacy application specialists, Daeiltech ( www.daeiltech.co.kr ), based in Seoul. Da...

Chronic gastrointestinal symptoms in Korean population

Chronic gastrointestinal symptoms are highly prevalent in different geographic populations and cause various gastrointestinal symptoms that greatly inconvenience the lives of those affected. Examples include GERD, uninvestigated dyspepsia, irritable bowel syndrome, and chronic constipation. These ...

Cynosure's Accolade(TM) Workstation for Pigmented Lesions Receives Korean Regulatory Approval

WESTFORD, Mass., May 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cynosure, Inc. (Nasdaq: CYNO ), a leading developer and manufacturer of a broad array of light-based aesthetic treatment systems, today announced that it has received market approval from the Korea Food & Drug Administration (KFDA) for its flag...

CHRI Gets Great Progress on the Korean Herb Market

SUINING, China, Nov. 12 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- On 29 October 2007, representatives from the Korean Medicine Association traveled to Suining, China, to visit China Health Resource, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CHRI) and its Chuan DAR. This is their second visit since 31 July 2007. Wu Jinzhen, vice...

China Medical Technologies Announces Receipt of Korean FDA Approval for its HIFU System

BEIJING, Oct. 15 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- China Medical Technologies, Inc. (the "Company") (Nasdaq: CMED ), a leading China-based medical device company that develops, manufactures and markets advanced in- vitro diagnostic products and high intensity focused ultrasound ("HIFU") tumor ...

Robot Hosts South Korean Wedding

A robot on Sunday acted as master of ceremonies at a South Korean wedding in what its creators claimed as a world first. Tiro the robot assisted at the wedding of Seok Gyeong-Jae, one of the engineers who designed it, and his bride at Daejeon, 130 kilometres (78 miles) south of Seoul. "This i...

Bird Flu Again at Korean Farm

Korean officials seem to be unhappy with the recent efforts to curb bird flu as a fifth outbreak has occurred at a poultry farm //around 100 km from the capital Seoul. Officials report decisions to cull around 270,000 birds from the farm and others within 500 m radius of the farm. After a ...

Warning against Consuming Raw Korean Oysters

The New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) has warned people against consuming uncooked oysters imported from Korea. //Frozen Korean oysters bags are clearly labelled as requiring to be cooked before consuming. The warning is mainly because the product is known to sometimes carry norovirus, whic...

Gene Responsible For Metastasis Found By Korean Scientists

A study was conducted by the Korean scientists from the Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology//. The lead researcher Im Dong-soo said that the research team has found a human gene that aids in the growth and spread of cancer cells. The researchers were very happy about t...

Jarrow Formulas' Coconut Oil Customer Celebrates 100th Birthday!

...as founded in 1977, that is a considerable amount of time. And time, is what Betty has had on her side. Her amazing life spans two World Wars, the korean War, the Vietnam War, the Middle East conflicts, the tragedy of 9/11, the advent of the car, the plane, the television, the internet, the cell phone, ...

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Access Pharmaceuticals Provides Update on ProLindac Clinical Development Program

... Group (ASK) and several key oncology opinion leaders to finalize plans for ProLindac development in China. In addition, Access is meeting with its korean partner, JCOM of Seoul, South Korea to finalize development plans in that territory. Access believes that three ProLindac combination trials will sta...

Interleukin Genetics Presents Research Linking Vertebral Fractures to Gene Variations in Asian Women With Osteoporosis

... The cross-sectional study evaluated over 1,200 korean and Japanese female subjects. Predisposition for v... mass index and drug treatment. The research found korean women in the study were seventy percent more likel...versity in Seoul, Korea, enrolled a sample of 838 korean women between the ages of 60 to 84 years and 400 J...

TissueGene Announces Regulatory Allowance to Initiate Phase IIa Study of TG-C in South Korea for Osteoarthritis of the Knee

... ROCKVILLE, Md., March 2 /PRNewswire/ -- TissueGene, Inc. announced today that its South korean licensing partner Kolon Life Science, Inc. (KLS) has received regulatory allowance from the Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) to initiate a Ph...

Jennerex Treats First Patients in Phase 2 JX-594 Trial for Liver Cancer

...e/ -- Jennerex, Inc. (San Francisco, CA and Ottawa, Ontario), and its South korean partner Green Cross Corp., today announced treatment of the first five pati... About Green Cross Corporation Green Cross is a leader in the korean biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. Green Cross is now an internat...

Cylex Announces Plan for Multi-Center Trial of ImmuKnow(R) Assay in South Korea

... Seven korean medical centers to collaborate on studies of immun...Newswire/ -- "Cylex, Inc., in association with our korean distributor, Sun Woo Biotech, is delighted to be a...f healthcare-related products and services for the korean market. In particular, the Company focuses on the ...

Jennerex Publishes Clinical Trial Data With Lead Product JX-594 Demonstrating Efficacy Against Liver Cancer and Associated Hepatitis B Virus

...t pipeline and three clinical-stage products, please visit http://www.jennerex.com . About Green Cross Corporation Green Cross is a leader in the korean biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. Green Cross is now an internationally recognized biotechnology company developing several vaccines and th...

Pharmasset Announces Initiation of Combination Study of Clevudine and Viread(R) for HBV by French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis (ANRS)

...om Bukwang Pharm. Co., Ltd, who has received South korean regulatory approval and is currently marketing cle... about the clevudine registration studies. South korean Registration Studies for Clevudine Bukwang recei...lled, double-blind, randomized, multi-center South korean Phase 3 registration trials in 337 patients. Study...

Jennerex Publishes Promising Results from Cancer Clinical Trial of JX-594 in Lancet Oncology

...t pipeline and three clinical-stage products, please visit http://www.jennerex.com . About Green Cross Corporation Green Cross is a leader in the korean biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. Green Cross is now an internationally recognized biotechnology company developing several vaccines and th...

Top Academic Medical Centers, Research Institutions, and Partners Gather, Share Experiences and Success Stories at Velos eResearch Annual Meeting

...increasingly positioned to move the industry forward as a whole." A South korean delegation was an eager participant in the many sessions. South Korea is de...mless clinical trials collaboration and information sharing among all South korean cancer centers. Velos U.S. customers receive over 30 percent of extramura...

ImQuest Publishes Results of Important Structure Activity Relationship Program on Dual Acting Pyrimidinediones

...ug development of novel compounds for the treatment of infectious disease and cancer. Samjin Pharmaceutical Co., a publicly held company listed on the korean Stock Exchange, is one of the leading pharmaceutical companies in Korea. ImQuest BioSciences, also located in Frederick, Maryland, is a leading provid...

Korean in Medical Definition

Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program

...Later that month, the DOD made it policy to include any personnel spending 15 days or more in high anthrax-risk areas, such as the Persian Gulf or the korean peninsula. [2] In Dec. of 2003 , Judge Emmet G. Sullivan of the United States District Court in Washington ruled that the Department of Defens...

Korean in Medical Dictionary

Frostbite

...s, prevention, and prognosis. Overview: Frostbite is a cold-related injury characterized by freezing of tissue. ... Frostbite ... During the korean War, frostbite was more common among ... Seasonal health information discussing causes, prevention, signs and symptoms of frostbite . ... Fros...

Korean in Biological News

'Bycatch' whaling a growing threat to coastal whales

...f bycatch alone supports a lucrative trade in whale meat at markets in some korean coastal cities, where the wholesale price of an adult minke whale can reach...egal hunting, but the level at which it occurs is unknown. In January 2008, korean police launched an investigation into organized illegal whaling in the port...

Healing wounds with lasers, vehicles that drive themselves, other cutting-edge optics

... Mall in Washington, D.C., which showed throngs of people crowded together. In March 2009, the GeoEye-1 satellite captured a close-up image of a North korean missile sitting on the launch pad just 25 minutes before launch. GeoEye-1 also provided a look at the annual Cherry Blossom Festival held in Washingto...

Progress toward artificial tissue?

...our bodies has a combination of traits that are very hard to recreate in synthetic materials: It is both soft and very tough. A team of Australian and korean researchers led by Geoffrey M. Spinks and Seon Jeong Kim has now developed a novel, highly porous, sponge-like material whose mechanical properties cl...

Symposia selected for Entomological Society of America meeting

...thodology in the Collection and Curation of Hymenoptera Heteropterists Conference Insect Resistance Management: Science, Scope, and Solutions korean Young Entomologists (KYE) Look What Ken Yeargan Started! Minute Pirate Bugs (Orius spp.) a Potential Biocontrol Tool in IPM of Fruit, Ornamenta...

News from the April 2009 Journal of the American Dietetic Association

...udy Underreporting of Food Intake among Mexican/Mexican-American Women: Rates and Correlates Dietary Intake, Eating Habits and Metabolic Syndrome in korean Men Assessing Dietary Variety in Children: Development and Validation of a Predictive Equation Food Groups and Renal Cell Carcinoma: Results from a ...

Disabled and other vulnerable groups more susceptible to terrorism fears

...avoided activities because of those fears. Researchers found that the mentally ill, the disabled, African Americans, Latinos, Chinese Americans, korean Americans and non-U.S. citizens were likelier to think the HSAS alert level was higher than it was, and to worry more and change their behavior due to...

Springer partners with Botanical Society of Korea

...ant Biology , the official journal of the Botanical Society of Korea. The journal first appeared in 1958 and was published until 1994 under the title korean Journal of Botany. International in scope and broad in coverage, the Journal of Plant Biology presents research contributions on all aspects of pla...

National and international doctoral training

...Training Group "Complex Terrain and Ecological Heterogeneity" at the University of Bayreuth and the Kangwon National University, Korea. The German and korean scientists are researching various parameters of the mountain landscapes that supply drinking water for more than half of humanity. With the models re...

EMBO recognizes German zoologist for public communication

...onigbiene ( The Buzz about Bees Biology of a Superorganism ) has been published in almost all European languages, last year also Arabic, Chinese and korean versions joined the list. His three-minute trailer about the life of honeybees preceding the Dreamworks blockbuster Bee Movie was shown at about 10,...

Scientists to assess Beijing Olympics air pollution control efforts

...gical conditions. Data-gathering flights will originate at the South korean island of Cheju, located about 1,165 kilometers (725 miles) southeast of Be...n of Olympic organizers, the Chinese government, and the cooperation of the korean government, we have a huge and unprecedented opportunity to observe a large...

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Battelle Collaborating With Korean Partners to Advance Energy Efficiency and Health and Life Sciences Initiatives in Korea

COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Developing a strong pharmaceutical industry is a key issue in Korea. So much so, that Battelle-Korea, Battelle, Chuncheon City, Gangwon Province and YuYu Inc., intend to collaborate and address the issue. A Korean corporation named International...

Neuralstem Inc. Announces Strategic Investment by Korean CJ CheilJedang Corporation

CJ Acquires Cur Stock for Rights to Spinal Cells in Future ROCKVILLE, Md., Feb. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Stem cell company, Neuralstem, Inc. (Amex: CUR ), announces that Korean conglomerate, CJ CheilJedang Corporation (KSE: CJ CheilJedang) has purchased an option to negotiate for t...

Brady Corp. acquires Korean counterpart

Milwaukee, Wis. - Brady Corp. , a manufacturer and marketer of identification solutions and precision die-cut components, has extended its international reach by completing the acquisition of Daewon Industry Corp., an agreement first announced in April 2006. Daewon, based in Seoul, South Kore...

Essilor : First Half 2009 Revenue

...the downside, reported revenue was reduced by the declines against the euro in the British pound (down 12.4%), the Brazilian real (down 10.9%) and the korean won (down 15.1%). Revenue by region and business Growth in Europe was impacted by the highly unfavorable economy, especially in the Unit...

Lytix Biopharma and KAEL-GemVax Announce Joint Clinical Trial to Combine LTX-315 and GV1001 Cancer Immunotherapy

... TROMS0, Norway and SEOUL, Korea, June 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The Norwegian biopharmaceutical company Lytix Biopharma and korean company KAEL-GemVax today announced the signing of a collaborative agreement to test lead compounds LTX-315 and GV1001 as a combination therapy for th...

Disabled and other vulnerable groups more susceptible to terrorism fears

...avoided activities because of those fears. Researchers found that the mentally ill, the disabled, African Americans, Latinos, Chinese Americans, korean Americans and non-U.S. citizens were likelier to think the HSAS alert level was higher than it was, and to worry more and change their behavior due to...

Essilor : 2009 First Quarter Report

...d to a lesser extent the yen, against the euro. On the downside, reported revenue was reduced by the weakness in the British pound, Australian dollar, korean won and Brazilian real over the period. Consolidated revenue - first quarter 2009 EUR millions 1st 1st quarter % change % change...

Disabled and other vulnerable groups more susceptible to terrorism fears

...avoided activities because of those fears. Researchers found that the mentally ill, the disabled, African Americans, Latinos, Chinese Americans, korean Americans and non-U.S. citizens were likelier to think the HSAS alert level was higher than it was, and to worry more and change their behavior due to...

Disabled and other vulnerable groups more susceptible to terrorism fears

...avoided activities because of those fears. Researchers found that the mentally ill, the disabled, African Americans, Latinos, Chinese Americans, korean Americans and non-U.S. citizens were likelier to think the HSAS alert level was higher than it was, and to worry more and change their behavior due to...

Organic, Preservative-Free Skin Care Products from Dermaheal Now Available in the United States

... by directly ordering from Dermaheal's Web site, www.2weeksmiracleusa.com . Dermaheal USA Corp. is a subsidiary of the Caregen, Ltd. Co., a South korean company that manufactures the Dermaheal Brand. Contact: Dr. Nazli Azimi, President Dermaheal USA Corp. (949) 444-1537 Info at 2weeksmiracleus...

Korean in Biological Definition

Parasitology

...rnational Congress of Parasitologists Israel Society for Parasitology, Protozoology and Tropical Diseases Japanese Society of Parasitology korean Society for Parasitology Nederlandse Vereniging voor Parasitologie New Zealand Society for Parasitology Scandanavian and Baltic Societies ...

Stem cell

... first place. Stem cell injection restores ability to walk A team of korean researchers reported on November 25 , 2004 , that they had transplanted m...brary of Congress, Order Code RL31015, (August 13, 2004). Tae-gyu, Kim, korean Scientists Succeed in Stem Cell Therapy , Korea Times (November 26, 2004)....

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Lineage

...ision series Angel " ... Lineage is a medieval fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) released in 1998 by the South korean computer game developer NCsoft. It is most popular in Korea and is available in Chinese, Japanese, and English language versions. The game was... W...