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Groundbreaking Study Unveils Novel Treatment for Blocking SARS-CoV-2 Entry into Cells

Their findings have been published in the online version of Experimental & Molecular Medicine (Nature Publishing Group).

Groundbreaking Study Unveils Novel Treatment for Blocking SARS-CoV-2 Entry into Cells

Abstract The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on global public health and the economy. Although vaccines and antivirals have provided effective protection and treatment, the development of new small molecule-based antivir... Read More

Aug 21, 2024 By JooHyeon Heo Research
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Breakthrough Research Uncovers Key Mechanism in DNA Repair Process

The work by Distinguished Professor Kyungjae Myung has been published in the online version of Nucleic Acids Res. on September 22, 2023.

Breakthrough Research Uncovers Key Mechanism in DNA Repair Process

Abstract Homologous recombination (HR) requires bidirectional end resection initiated by a nick formed close to a DNA double-strand break (DSB), dysregulation favoring error-prone DNA end-joining pathways. Here we investigate the role of th... Read More

Oct 24, 2023 By JooHyeon Heo Research
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Researchers Solve Puzzle of How Cells Select DNA Damage Repair Pathways

Distinguished Professor Kyungjae Myung's research team discovers a new function of mismatch repair protein MSH2-MSH3 in DNA double-strand break repair.

Their findings have been published in the May 2023 issue of Nucleic Acids Research.

Researchers Solve Puzzle of How Cells Select DNA Damage Repair Pathways

DNA is well known as the blueprint of life, necessary for an organism to facilitate living processes. DNA can be damaged by various factors such as radical metabolites, radiation, and some toxic chemicals. As DNA is a molecule consisting of... Read More

May 16, 2023 By JooHyeon Heo Research
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Researchers Identify Key Protein that Promotes DNA Repair and Prevent Cancer

Their findings have been published in the online version of Nucleic Acids Research on January 3, 2023.

Researchers Identify Key Protein that Promotes DNA Repair and Prevent Cancer

Abstract TRAIP is a key factor involved in the DNA damage response (DDR), homologous recombination (HR) and DNA interstrand crosslink (ICL) repair. However, the exact functions of TRAIP in these processes in mammalian cells are not fully un... Read More

Feb 03, 2023 By JooHyeon Heo Research
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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

Feb 28, 2022 By IBS Communications Team Research
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UNIST Students Honored with 2021 Asan Foundation Scholarship

Three UNIST graduate students were recognized with the 2021 Asan Foundation Medical Bioscience Scholarship.

UNIST Students Honored with 2021 Asan Foundation Scholarship

Three UNIST graduate students have been awarded the prestigious 2021 Asan Foundation Medical Bioscience Scholarship, an annual award given to the nation’s top graduate students in medical bioscience. The Asan Foundation Medical Biosci... Read More

Mar 04, 2021 By JooHyeon Heo People
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2019 Nobel Laureate in Medicine Visits UNIST

Dr. William G. Kaelin Jr. will deliver a special lecture for UNIST students on November 5, 2019.

2019 Nobel Laureate in Medicine Visits UNIST

Harvard Medical School Professor William G. Kaelin Jr., one of the 2019 Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine, is visiting UNIST on Tuesday, November 5, 2019. This visit is held on an invitation from Director Kyungjae Myung of IBS Cente... Read More

Oct 31, 2019 By JooHyeon Heo News
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An Effective Sweeper Closes DNA Replication Cycling

Their findings have been published in Nature Communications June 3, 2019.

An Effective Sweeper Closes DNA Replication Cycling

DNA replication is essential for living organisms to faithfully deliver genetic information from parental cells to daughter cells. Many proteins are assembled on the parental DNA to work as replication machineries. Among them, the prolifera... Read More

Jul 03, 2019 By JooHyeon Heo Research
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