Professor CHOE Sug-bong found that nano-size particles could be reduced to the point where they exist in a blurred boundary between a two-dimensional and one-dimensional phase. CHOE's research marks the first time that the dimensional crossover from a two-dimensional planar object and a one-dimensional line has been ob...

CHO Maeng-je, Professor of Neuropsychiatry at College of Medicine, released a government supported research result on April 13. According to the report, smokers and single elderly people are exposed to a higher risk of getting dementia. The odds of people without a spouse getting dementia are 2.4 times higher than thos...

Age, disease stage may decide vaginal cancer outcome. Women treated with laser vaporization for vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia may be at greater risk of recurrence if they are aged 48 or younger or if they were diagnosed with stage III cancer, compared to their older counterparts and those with less advanced disease...

Doctor LEE You-Kyung of SNU Hospital attended the American Society of Breast Disease (ASBD) Annual Symposium and presented her results of the randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. The title of the presentation was"The Effect and Safety of Clino-San on Vaginal Symptoms in Breast Cancer Survivors: A Randomi...

Decreasing calories while increasing protein intake can help people lose weight, suggests a study of 75 obese patients with metabolic syndrome by Cho Be-long of SNU Hospital's Department of Family Medicine. In the experiment, one group was given protein, carbohydrate, and fat in the proportion of 15:65:20 while the oth...

YOO Keun-Young, professor of preventive medicine, said on Feb. 17 that inadequate consumption of fat increases the chance of breast cancer. His research team conducted a comparative study on 690 breast cancer patients in the Seoul National University Hospital from 2004 and 2005, and 1,380 healthy women of similar age a...

Professor LEE Chul Hee at College of Medicine found that, for patients with obstructive sleep apnea, videofluoroscopy may help guide treatment by classifying the severity of the disorder and identifying the nature of the obstruction. Compared with simple snorers, patients with obstructive sleep apnea had a more elongat...

Professor Seol Jae-hong, Dept. of Biological Sciences？has found how the function of a gene, called CHFR, is linked to the development of human cancers, adding details to the complex picture of how tumors are caused and grow. The new findings could eventually open new opportunities for drug development and provide insig...

Olfaction, our sense of smell, depends on the capability of specialized sensory cells in the nose to detect airborne odorant molecules. These olfactory cells contain specific protein molecules that acts as 'olfactory receptors' - they bind only to specific odorant molecules present in the air inhaled through the nose. ...

Lab Tests in Mice Link Diet High in Phosphate to Faster Lung Tumor Progression; Food Industry Questions StudyProfessor CHO Myung-Haing of Veterinary Medicine says it appears that a food additive found in many processed foods may accelerate lung cancer growth, and increase the risk of lung cancer in people predisposed t...

Bed bugs, once nearly eradicated in the built environment, have made a big comeback recently, especially in urban centers such as New York City. In the first study to explain the failure to control certain bed bug populations, toxicologists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Korea’s Seoul National Universit...

An international conference held on November 17 shed light on the prospect of turning research activities into lucrative businesses, and the establishment of a technology holding company at the state-owned Seoul National University. Experts, professors and top global CEOs of tech-related holding firms took part in the ...