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Scientists develop New Platform Technology for Personalized Cancer Therapy

The work by Distinguished Professor Kyungjae Myung's team has been published in PNAS.

A new therapy called CINDELA (Cancer-Specific InDel Attacker) employs CRISPR-Cas9 to kill cancer cells without affecting normal tissues.

Scientists develop New Platform Technology for Personalized Cancer Therapy

Diagnosis of cancers may be one of the worst news to patients and their families. Conventional treatment options such as radiation and chemotherapies often kill not only cancer cells but also normal cells, which results in painful side effe... Read More

Scientists Explore the Creation of Artificial Organelles

The findings of this research have been published and selected as the front cover of Nature Catalysis on September 14, 2021.

The human body is made of numerous different types of cells, which have small compartments known as organelles to perform complex biochemical reactions. These compartments have multiple enzymes that work together to execute important cellul... Read More

Sep 15, 2021 By IBS Communications Team Research

Watching DNA Structural Changes in Real-Time!

[ARN MAGAZINE] Professor Hajin Kim developed a way to label specific points in DNA inside living cells with fluorescent probes, using the gene-editing technology CRISPR/ Cas9.

Professor Hajin Kim and his research team in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at UNIST have developed a novel CRISPR-based genome labeling scheme for reliable visualization of genomic elements in living cells. This labeling scheme,... Read More

Jul 27, 2021 By JooHyeon Heo Research

UNIST and Ulsan to Announce Successful Completion of 10,000 Ulsan Genomes Project!

Their ambitious 10,000 Genome Project has finally reached the milestone of sequencing 10,000 whole genomes!

On April 26, UNIST and Ulsan City officially announced that their ambitious 10,000 Genome Project has finally reached the milestone of sequencing 10,000 whole genomes. On this day, they also held a declaration ceremony to commemorate the su... Read More

Apr 27, 2021 By JooHyeon Heo News

UNIST Announces the Official Launch of UNIST Smart Healthcare Research Center!

The ceremony to mark the opening of the new research center took place on March 26, 2021.

Research on digital healthcare with a particular focus on the management of occupational accidents and illnesses, will begin in earnest in the Ulsan region. On March 26, UNIST held a ceremony to mark the official launch of the UNIST Smart H... Read More

Mar 26, 2021 By JooHyeon Heo News

UNIST-UOU Joint Exhibition: “Products, Designed for New Normal Era”

Started on March 15, the joint exhibition will held throughout the weekdays until March 26, 2021.

UNIST’s Department of Design and the University of Ulsan’s Department of Industrial Design are hosting a joint exhibition in the Design Showroom at UNIST. Started on March 15, the exhibition will held throughout the weekdays unt... Read More

Mar 23, 2021 By JooHyeon Heo News

Rapid Diagnosis of Viral Infections, Using a Single Drop of Blood!

Their findings have been published in the online version of Biosensors and Bioelectronics on August 29, 2020.

A new diagnostic technology that quickly identifies viral or bacterial infections by dropping a single drop of blood on artificial vessels-on-a-chip that mimics the human immune response has been developed. In addition to its ability to det... Read More

Oct 16, 2020 By JooHyeon Heo Research

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