Korea to help stem FMD in Southeast Asia

South Korea will spend $2.61 million in the next four years to help fight foot-and-mouth disease in Southeast Asian countries, a main source of the disease that affects hoofed animals, including cows and pigs, the government said Monday.Under a joint prevention program with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, the money will help set up disease prevention and control systems in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, according to the Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.The

Dec. 26, 2011

Automatic skin-making machine might mean end to animal testing

Stuttgart (dpa) - Scientists at Germany's Fraunhofer Societyresearch organisation have developed a machine that makes artificialskin fully automatically.If it receives approval from the relevant control bodies in Europeit could make animal testing in laboratories obsolete.The machine is seven metres

Dec. 26, 2011

'Anonymous' hackers target US security think tank

LONDON (AP) _ The loose-knit hacking movement ``Anonymous'' claimed to have stolen thousands of credit card numbers and other personal information belonging to clients of U.S.-based security think tank Stratfor. One hacker said the goal was to pilfer funds from individuals' accounts to give away as

Dec. 26, 2011

Targeted cyber attacks to rise further -- Symantec

 

Dec. 25, 2011

France to pay for removal of risky breast implants

PARIS (AP) -- France took a costly and unprecedented leap Friday in offering to pay for 30,000 women to have their breast implants removed because of mounting fears the products could rupture and leak cheap, industrial-grade silicone into the body.Tens of thousands of other women elsewhere in Europe

Dec. 25, 2011

Apple unlikely to win German ban on Samsung Galaxy 10.1N

Apple Inc. is unlikely to win a ban on sales of Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy 10.1N tablet computer, a modified version introduced after sales of the original tablet were blocked, a German court said.The Dusseldorf court that banned sales of the Galaxy 10.1 on Sept. 9 is unlikely to grant Apple an injunction against the Galaxy 10.1N, presiding judge Johanna Brueckner-Hofmann said at a hearing Thursday. Samsung has changed the device’s design sufficiently to distance it from the iPad, she said

Dec. 23, 2011

HIV trial is 'breakthough' of 2011

WASHINGTON, Dec 22, 2011 (AFP) - A landmark clinical trial that showed HIV drugs can be as effective as condoms in preventing transmission of the virus that causes AIDS was declared Science magazine's breakthrough of the year on Thursday.Other top achievements of 2011 included a Japanese spacecraft'

Dec. 23, 2011

Apple unlikely to win German ban on Samsung Galaxy 10.1N

Dec. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc. is unlikely to win a ban on sales of Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy 10.1N tablet computer, a modified version introduced after sales of the original tablet were blocked, a German court said.The Dusseldorf court that banned sales of the Galaxy 10.1 on Sept. 9 is un

Dec. 23, 2011

Vaccine attacks breast cancer in mice: study

WASHINGTON (AFP) ― Scientists in the United States said Monday they have developed a vaccine that attacks tumors in mice, a breakthrough they hope will help fight breast, colon, ovarian and pancreatic cancer in humans.Although studies on mice often do not translate directly into remedies that work for human subjects, researchers are hopeful because of the strength of the vaccine and the particular approach it takes.“This vaccine elicits a very strong immune response,” said study co-senior author

Dec. 22, 2011

Ewha med center buys new PET device

Ewha Womans University Medical Center said it has been equipped with a positron emission tomography scanner, a first for Korea.The device produces medical imaging while halving patients’ exposure to CT radioactivity, the hospital said.“It will lessen people’s anxiety regarding radioactivity, which is essential in medical imaging devices,” said Dr. Kim Bong-san, in charge of the device operation.(baejisook@heraldm.com)

Dec. 22, 2011

The facts about heart attacks

Cardiac disease Koreans’ third-biggest cause of death; best prevention includes not smokingThe news of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il’s death of myocardial infarction has brought the disease into the public view again. According to Statistics Korea and the Ministry of Health and Welfare, cardiac disease is the third-biggest cause of death for Koreans behind cancer and cerebrovascular diseases. In 2010, 23,407 people, or 9.2 percent of all fatalities, died of heart disorders. The U.S. National I

Dec. 22, 2011

Saccharin to be allowed in more foods

The Korea Food and Drug Administration is to allow the use of saccharin in gum, soju, makgeolli and other foods. The substance has been off the list of food additives except in a limited number of cases due to its health risks.According to the KFDA, the substance will be allowed for use in eight food categories: sauce, unrefined rice wine (commonly referred to as makgeolli), chewing gum, soju, soy sauce, tomato ketchup and coffee. It is currently used in kimchi, some beverage products and pickle

Dec. 22, 2011

Samsung becomes world’s 7th largest laptop maker

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, is also becoming a major supplier of laptop computers, more than quadrupling its global market share in just four years, market observers said.The company’s global market share rose from 1.4 percent in 2007 to 6.5 percent in the third quarter of this year, they said.The third-quarter figure is the world’s seventh largest, placing Samsung ahead of other major suppliers including Japan’s Sony Corp. and United States’ Apple Inc.Samsung’s do

Dec. 21, 2011