Study on developing techniques for precise diagnosis of radiation-exposed patients and providing personalized medicine
Exposure assessment of hign dose radiation
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Objective
- Enable quick triage of radiation-exposed patients in case of mass casualty event and provide detailed dose assessment
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Activities
- Establish physical exposure assessment system
- Develop rapid diagnosis kit based on gene analysis
Regenerative technologies for radiation injuries
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Objective
- Develop cell therapies to fully treat the underlying radiation exposure
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Activities
- Develop organ-targeting stem cell therapy techniques
- Develop advanced regenerative therapy techniques
New therapeutics for radiation syndrome
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Objective
- Develop new drug with high level of efficiency and safety
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Activities
- Develop candidate substance for targeted therapy based on genome analysis
- Pre-clinical/clinical research based on drug repurposing
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In vitro rapid screening system
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In vivo efficiency evaluation system
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Large animal model system
Korean Radiation Workers Study (KRWS)
- Construct a cohort of Korean radiation workers for long-term follow-up
- Investigate health risks of radiation workers exposed to protracted low doses
Cohort enrollment
- Retrospective cohort study after reform of the Nuclear Safety Act (June 2021~)
- 190,000 including retired workers, newly hired workers (dynamic cohort)