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Sep 09, 2008 Korean Food Makes You Live Longer ``We confirmed that soybean paste, soybean sauce, fermented soybean soup, kimchi and seaweed also contain much Vitamin B-12 which, until recently, was thought to be only found in animal food,``

Aug 29, 2008 Jaha Pond Reveals Its Origin Jaha Pond, located near the College of Humanities, is well known as the most picturesque spot on Gwanak campus. What is less known is that the name of the pond originates from a great scholar of the eighteenth century, Shin Wi.

Aug 29, 2008 Training Leading Journalists From Abroad Institute of Communication Research of SNU will train seven selected journalists who are invited for SNU-LG Press Fellowship Program.

Aug 26, 2008 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.

Aug 26, 2008 Professors at College of Dentistry Pinpoint Protein Mechanism that May Lead 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 the absorption and removal of bone.

Aug 26, 2008 Professor 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.

Aug 26, 2008 Atopic Dermatitis Hard to Cure, but Controllable 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 European countries they call it eczema― is seen on about 15 percent of new born babies.

Aug 21, 2008 At SNU, Cosilience is the Key Topic At Seoul National University, music professors and arts professors will give lectures at the engineering college and medical professors at the social science college, as the university takes a serious leap toward interdisciplinary consilience.

Aug 19, 2008 Tall Women `Live Longer` The research showed that the mortality risk decreased 7 percent for each 5-cm increment in height.

Aug 18, 2008 Professor Jung Discovers Cause for Liver Cancer Spread Professor Guhung Jung has discovered why liver cancer cells spread through the body, opening new possibilities for treatment of the deadly disease.

Aug 14, 2008 Global Minds Come Together at SNU The students agree that SNU's summer program is well structured and academically challenging. Many other summer curriculums at other universities tend to be relaxed and superficial, leaving some students wondering whether the time and money was worth the experience.

Aug 05, 2008 Breast Cancer Expert, Noh Dong-young Professor Noh Dong-young of Seoul National University Hospital performs more than 1,000 breast cancer surgeries yearly.