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Dec 07, 2011 Genetic Scissors To Cut Out AIDS Genome A research team led by Professor KIM Jin-Soo of SNU’s Department of Chemistry and Professor KIM Hyongbum of Hanyang University’s Department of Biomedical Science and Engineering has developed a new method to easily select cells with mutated genes using so called “genetic scissors”.

Dec 06, 2011 Law School Students Supporting Laborers Suffering from Industrial Diseases Students from SNU Law School are supporting those suffering from industrial diseases acquired during their employment at the factories of Samsung Semiconductor.

Dec 05, 2011 You’ve Got a Friend and a Mentor in Me! Now the word ‘mentor’ indicates someone who shares his or her wisdom with a less experienced person.

Dec 05, 2011 [Exhibition] Drawing Joseon, Encountering Joseon: Stories about Maps, Roads and Travel The Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies, located at SNU, is currently holding this year's annual special exhibition under the theme, "Drawing Joseon, Encountering Joseon".

Nov 16, 2011 University of Tehran Delegates Visit SNU Delegates from the University of Tehran visited SNU on October 27 to discuss the expansion of academic exchange between the two universities.

Nov 15, 2011 Immunotherapy: A Promising Area in Cancer Research Professor LEE Choon-Taek, director of the Seoul National University Bundang Hospital Immunotherapy Research Center, stressed the importance of immunotherapy in cancer treatment during an interview.

Nov 15, 2011 Joint Degree Program with Major Universities in Eastern Asia in the Works Students graduating from SNU will be able to earn degrees from the University of Tokyo, Peking University and Hanoi University as well in the not too distant future.

Nov 14, 2011 Personal Information Protection Act in Effect by September 30 The Personal Information Protection Act, which was written to be a general law defining the principles of personal information policy and a countermeasure for the victims of personal information infringement, became effective on September 30, 2011.

Nov 14, 2011 SNU Signs a Student Exchange Agreement with York University President Brian CANTOR of York University visited SNU President OH Yeon Cheon and signed a student exchange agreement on September 28.

Nov 14, 2011 SNU’s 65th Birthday Approximately three hundred faculty and students of SNU gathered together at the University Cultural Center (Bldg. 73) to commemorate the school’s 65th anniversary on October 14.

Nov 10, 2011 Transplanting the Culture of Organ Donation They say that after death your body returns to dust but your legacy lives on. Donating organs and thus saving the lives of those in need is a great legacy.

Nov 10, 2011 Source of Ongoing Cholera Pandemic Identified Professor CHUN Jongsik of SNU's Department of Biological Sciences and KIM Dong Wook, Ph.D of the International Vaccine Institute have succeeded in identifying the origin and expansion path of the current cholera pandemic.