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The Secret to Satiety Unveiled by Seoul National University Researchers!
Prof. Hyung Jin Choi
Professor Hyung Jin Choi's research team from the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at Seoul National University has announced that they have identified the mechanism by which 'glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1)' based obesity treatments reduce body weight for the first time in the world.
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Korean Food Makes You Live Longer
Professor Sang-chul Park at College of Medicine suggested?that the typical everyday Korean menu consisting of rice and kimchi, among other things, promotes health and longevity.He said that Vitamin B-12, commonly found in meat, is also contained in such traditional Korean food items as fermented soybean stew and sauce,...
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Better Organic Semiconductors For Printable Electronics
Professor Do Yeung Yoon's research team at College of Natural Sciences have learned how to tweak a new class of polymer-based semiconductors to better control the location and alignment of the components of the blend.Their recent results - how to move the top to the bottom - could enable the design of practical, large-...
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Chocolate Prevents Cancer
Eating chocolate may lead to tooth decay and bulging waistlines, but could also prevent cancer and heart disease.Professor Lee Hyong-joo's research team at College of Agriculture said they had found evidence that a chemical substance in cacao plants, used for making cocoa and chocolates, may have a role in suppressing ...
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Professors at College of Dentistry Pinpoint Protein Mechanism that May Lead To Osteoporosis
Professors at College of Dentistry identified the mechanism of a protein that controls and destroys cells, possibly leading to osteoporosis. The researchers, headed by Professor Hong-Hee Kim and Eun-Ju Chang reported that the protein CK-B regulates the activation of osteoclasts, large multinuclear cells associated with...
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Professor Uh-teak Oh Found New Disease-Controlling Gene
SNU has found a new gene that plays a pivotal role in the secretion of water and electrolytes through epithelial cells of humans ― seen as a breakthrough in treating a currently incurable disease. In an article published Sunday on the Web site of Nature, a renowned British-based science journal, Prof. Oh Uh-taek of the...
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Atopic Dermatitis Hard to Cure, but Controllable
It is getting colder― signs of a change of season. The mercury is dropping and humidity is changing, too. Each turning point of a season brings tough and tearful days to atopic dermatitus sufferers. Some scratch their skin raw while others find their skin haggard and reddish all over. These types of skin disease― in Eu...
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Diabetic Genes in Asian People are Similar to those in Western
Professor Kyong Soo Park at SNU Hospital analyzed a diabetic gene in Asian people and determined how it functioned. Park had jointly?conducted the research with scientists at the Korean National Institute of Health and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. In the?analysis of genes from 67-hundred people, the research te...
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Tall Women 'Live Longer'
The mortality risk decrease 7 percent for each 5-cm increment in height A study shows that tall women live longer than shorter women, probably because they have gained height in a healthy environment in addition to hereditary factors. Sung Joo-hon, a professor at the Graduate School of Public Health of Seoul National U...
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Professor Jung Discovers Cause for Liver Cancer Spread
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) facilitates the metastasis of liver cancer cells Professor Guhung Jung has discovered why liver cancer cells spread through the body, opening new possibilities for treatment of the deadly disease.Jung said that his research team at Department of Biological Sciences have been able to determ...
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Breast Cancer Expert, Noh Dong-young
Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer diagnosed among Korean women. Roughly one out of 40 women are diagnosed with the disease, which made up 16.8 percent of all female cancer patients in 2002, according to government data. Prof. Noh Dong-young of Seoul National University Hospital said Korean women are exper...
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Professor Lee Successfully Cloned Cancer-Sniffing Dogs
Professor Lee at College of Veterinary Medicine has successfully cloned four canines that can sniff out human cancer cells. It was less than three years after that Lee's team had cloned the world's first dog in 2005The research team, led by professor Byeong-chun Lee, in April implanted into a surrogate mother cloned fe...
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Just Smelling the Coffee Bean Can Wake Up Genes
PhD Student Han-Seok Seo's Research on Effects on Coffee Bean Aroman on the Rat Brain Stressed by Sleep DeprivationThere are people who perks up in the morning at just the smell of fresh-brewed coffee. Han-Seok Seo, a SNU student in doctoral program in Food and Nutrition, proved that just smelling the coffee bean can w...