Korean scientist leading the US scientific community Ⅱ, Seong-woong Kang
- Biotech.
- Hit2204
- 2017-11-13
Korean scientist leading the US scientific community Ⅱ
Seong-woong Kang, Johns Hopkins University's Assistant Professor
Seong-woong Kang, the assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University, has identified the cause of Parkinson’s disease, which is classified as an unidentified disease by the medical community around the world.
Parkinson's disease has symptoms of shaking hands and arms and unstable behavior. In general, symptoms begin to appear in their 60s. Patients and caregivers experience severe stress and frustration when the illness gets worse and the body becomes more difficult to balance. Parkinson's disease is not only a pain in the family but also a social problem.
Dr. Kang is solving the problem by approaching the main cause of Parkinson's disease. "Parkinson's disease is caused by damage to dopamine neurons in the midbrain that is responsible for motor function in the brain," he said. "The reason for the damage is that the 'parp' enzyme has increased in the midbrain." Excessive stress and erroneous eating can damage genes and increase parp in the brain. According to Kang, Harvard and MIT are competing for this research. Seoul National University College of Medicine also invited him to listen to his lecture.
He said he could go to the developmental stage of the medicine because he had identified the cause of Parkinson's disease. "Now we are doing cell analysis for the development of the therapeutic agent," he said. “We are using the computer with 20,000 CPUs of the size of a two-story building.”
He was able to achieve such a result because he was not frustrated when he struck the wall of reality and continued to pursue his dreams. He started his undergrad in '94 at Sungkyunkwan University, Department of Genetic Engineering. After completing his master's course at Sungkyunkwan University, he received M.D. from the Vienna University, Austria. He joined Baltimore Johns Hopkins University's team in 2011.
He emphasized that the next generation should also develop advanced computer skills, such as machine learning, and the ability to use artificial intelligence. Machine learning, which has been developed rapidly since the mid-2000s, is a technology that deals with computers that learn on their own. He said, "The use of machine learning has greatly increased in the last 5~6 years," he said. "recent research is divided into traditional research and research with machine learning."
He recommended that they should experience the lab as an intern because they could learn life in the lab. "Beginning is fun, but the mid process is boring, and this flow of research is similar to the one of life. Even if the study failed, they can learn the patience that when they start something, they can finish it.
This article is a translation of Koreadaily's Korean article. (Source: http://www.koreadaily.com/news/read.asp?art_id=5701360)
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