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FDA Approves Emcitate as First Treatment for Rare Genetic Disorder That Starves Brain of Thyroid Hormone

FDA Approves Emcitate as First Treatment for Rare Genetic Disorder That Starves Brain of Thyroid Hormone

Thyroid hormone is essential for infant brain development. But when the cellular "gateway" that transports the hormone into the brain is defective...
Surgery Is Just the First Step in Lung Cancer: Why EGFR Mutation Testing Matters

Surgery Is Just the First Step in Lung Cancer: Why EGFR Mutation Testing Matters

Lung cancer is the second most commonly diagnosed cancer in South Korea and the leading cause of cancer mortality, making it one of the country's...
GC Pharma’s Homegrown mRNA Vaccine Advances to Phase 2 Trials

GC Pharma’s Homegrown mRNA Vaccine Advances to Phase 2 Trials

GC Pharma announced on the 11th that South Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety has approved its Phase 2 clinical...
“I Dream of an Ordinary Life”: Expanded Insurance Coverage Brings New Hope to Dravet Syndrome Families

“I Dream of an Ordinary Life”: Expanded Insurance Coverage Brings New Hope to Dravet Syndrome Families

“Until just before my daughter turned 2, she frequently suffered not only febrile seizures but also afebrile seizures.
South Korea to Ban ‘AI Fake Doctors’ in Medical Device Ads Starting December

South Korea to Ban ‘AI Fake Doctors’ in Medical Device Ads Starting December

Starting this December, advertisements that use artificial intelligence to generate virtual figures resembling real...
Can Daraxonrasib Reshape Pancreatic Cancer Care? Experts Weigh Promise and Limits

Can Daraxonrasib Reshape Pancreatic Cancer Care? Experts Weigh Promise and Limits

Pancreatic cancer remains one of the most formidable malignancies. Because early-stage disease rarely produces distinct...
National University Hospitals Shift to Health Ministry After 21 Years to Lead Regional Care

National University Hospitals Shift to Health Ministry After 21 Years to Lead Regional Care

Supervisory authority over South Korea’s national university and dental hospitals will officially transfer from the...
Beyond Diseased Samples: National Biobank to Collect Healthy Organ Tissue from Deceased Donors

Beyond Diseased Samples: National Biobank to Collect Healthy Organ Tissue from Deceased Donors

When a specific gene or protein is expressed at unusually high levels in diseased tissue, determining whether the...
'I'm Afraid I'll Fall': Smartphone AI Flags 86% of Older Adults at Risk for Locomotive Syndrome

'I'm Afraid I'll Fall': Smartphone AI Flags 86% of Older Adults at Risk for Locomotive Syndrome

Editor’s note: In Japan’s orthopedic community, specialists use the term "locomotive syndrome" to describe a decline in...
As the U.S. Reconsiders Direct-to-Consumer Drug Ads, What Lessons Should We Learn?

As the U.S. Reconsiders Direct-to-Consumer Drug Ads, What Lessons Should We Learn?

During a yearlong stay in the United States, one of the things that struck me most was how easy it is to come across...