Image: Seoul Economic DailyKorea to Expand Research Funding to All Nine Regional National University Hospitals - Seoul Economic Daily
• South Korea is expanding its research and development support program from five to all nine regional national university hospitals, with a second phase beginning in 2028. • The program funds advanced medical research including genomic big data analysis and whole-exome sequencing, which identifies mutations across all protein-coding regions of the genome. • This expansion allows clinicians to turn patient treatment observations into active research projects, such as Jeju National University Hospital's infectious disease outbreak prediction model.
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