Korea leaps before it looks over gene therapy guidelines
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Researchers at South Korea's Samsung Medical Center have linked with a group at Seoul National University and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center to develop the country's first clinical application of gene therapy. This involved treating skin fibroblasts from a woman with breast cancer with a retrovirus containing the gene for interleukin-12. The patient received injections of cells containing the gene after they had been irradiated to stop them producing too much interleukin-12. South Korea currently has no recognized guidelines for gene therapy.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1997
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Korea begins funding projects to catch up with rest of world
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The South Korean Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) indicated in Aug, 1992 how it will parcel out the $6 billion in research spending that is meant to make South Korea the scientific and technological equal of the Group of Seven countries (G-7) by 2000. MOST's project, officially called the Highly Advanced National Project but commonly called the G-7 project, will begin with the government and industry paying for research in three areas: pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals, advanced materials and functional biomaterials.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1992
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South Korea keeps a cool head in a crisis
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The South Korean minister of science and technology announced that the country would invest $18 billion in biotechnology to 2007, at a conference in November 1997. However the Korean economy has since fallen into turmoil, requiring an injection of $57 billion emergency funding, and science and technology will be adversely affected. Cuts of up to 20% are already being sought at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology in Seoul.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1998
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