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Researchers Solve Puzzle of How Cells Select DNA Damage Repair Pathways

DNA is well known as the blueprint of life, necessary for an organism to facilitate living processes. DNA can be damaged by various factors such as radical metabolites, radiation, and some toxic chemicals. As DNA is a molecule consisting of two strands, either one or...

Imaging through Random Media Using Coherent Averaging

A recent study, affiliated with UNIST has introduced an effective method of restoring images distorted by fog. According to the research team, their method can also provide a breakthrough by exploiting the random fluctuations for diffraction-limited image reconstruction through live tissues. Published in the January 2023 issue of Laser...

UNIST Celebrates Researchers on Highly Cited Researchers 2022 List

Ten UNIST researchers have once again distinguished themselves with inclusion in the prestigious ‘Highly Cited Researchers (HCR)‘ for 2022. This was the highest ever achieved among universities in South Korea, this year. Clarivate Plc., a global leader in providing trusted information and insights to accelerate the pace of innovation,...

Reliable Diagnostics at the Tip of Your Finger

Their findings have been published in the May 2022 issue of Advanced Materials and the associated illustration was also selected for the frontispiece in the current issue. Direct and sensitive analysis of clinical samples for point-of-care diagnostics. Biomarkers are components that may be present in biological samples...

Scientists develop New Platform Technology for Personalized Cancer Therapy

The work by Distinguished Professor Kyungjae Myung's team has been published in PNAS. A new therapy called CINDELA (Cancer-Specific InDel Attacker) employs CRISPR-Cas9 to kill cancer cells without affecting normal tissues. Diagnosis of cancers may be one of the worst news to patients and their families. Conventional...