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South Korean Government is investing $27.9 million (32.6 billion KRW) in developing original neuroscience technologies, which is 35.5% increase from last year.
By securing major original technologies such as prevention and treatment technology of brain illnesses, technology that overcomes disability, technology that strengthens brain functions and others, it is planning to create new markets in the future.
Ministry of Science, ICP and Future Planning (MSIP) made an announcement on the 27th that it is investing $5.47 million (6.4 billion KRW) in brain neurobiology field, $4.02 million (4.7 billion KRW) in brain recognition field, $14.3 million (16.7 billion KRW) in brain medicine field, and $4.10 million (4.8 billion KRW) in brain engineering field, which are four major technologies in brain research. It is going to invest $9.66 million (11.3 billion KRW) in supporting new tasks.
Based on major tasks such as 8 major health problems, solutions of society problems and others, MSIP is planning to regularly monitor technologies that can be commercialized and systematize management of performance by business group system.
Including development of original technologies in four major fields of brain research, MSIP is currently supporting research regarding solution of society problems and commercialization such as early diagnosis and prediction of Alzheimer Disease, investigation of internet and game addition by neuroscience, overcoming cognitive impairment regarding post-traumatic stress, development of diagnostic equipment of brain diseases ad development of 7T MRI-based image diagnosis technology and others.
MSIP is going to support removal and early diagnosis of brain infection, control of brain functions based on gliacyte, technology that overcomes impairment regarding blood vessel of a brain, metabolic control of a brain, development of technologies that overcome depression and insomnia, technology that manages Alzheimer Disease based on ICT and other technologies as new projects this year. It is also planning to strengthen research bases of artificial intelligence (AI) by developing and supporting new projects ($1.97 million (2.3 billion KRW)) of brain engineering field such as monitoring technology of brain functions and elemental technologies of BMI (Brain Machine Interface) and others.
Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology’s research on development of connection between stress and reproduction illness, KIST’s research on sea horse’s place cell’s irregular activity regarding chronic stress and reduction of learning and memory due to this activity, and POSTECH’s research on controlling fearful memories from reappearing and investigation of behavior control mechanism are major research done as neuroscience original technology development business last year.
Research on development of connection between stress and reproduction illness found out that hypothalamus CRF, which is major stress hormone of human, is responsible for major functions in a process where an analog of a fruit fly is mating with a female and choosing a sperm for fertilization and confirmed evolutionary connection between stress and pregnancy.
Research on reduction of learning and memory due to chronic stress had observed modification of sea horse’s dendritic process due to chronic stress and pattern of ignition of place cell’s irregularity.
MSIP is planning to receive new projects of 7 projects that are already finished with detailed planning as a first step by 19th of April. It is going to finish planning of rest of two projects by April and make second announcement.
Staff Reporter Song, Hyeyoung | [email protected]
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