Professor Jang Woo-young's Team at Korea University Anam Hospital Receives Manrye Foundation Award from the Korean Orthopaedic Association

Jang Woo-young, Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Korea University Anam Hospital.

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Young-won] Korea University Anam Hospital announced on the 4th that Professor Jang Woo-young's orthopedic surgery team received the Manrye Foundation Award at the 66th International Academic Conference of the Korean Orthopedic Association held at the Swiss Grand Hotel from the 13th to the 15th of last month in 2022.

The Manrye Foundation Award is given annually to one outstanding paper in the field of orthopedics that demonstrates high research achievement and impact.

Professor Jang's team was recognized for the excellence of their paper presenting research on wound healing monitoring using nanotechnology (Monitoring Wound Healing with Topically Applied Optical NanoFlare mRNA Nanosensors), earning them this year's Manrye Foundation Award.

Last year, they also received the Academic Award from the Korean Orthopedic Research Society for their paper on infection prevention of orthopedic metals using nanotechnology (Antibacterial Infection and Immune-evasive Coating for Orthopedic Implants).

In this paper, the research team selected representative cells corresponding to each stage of wound healing and messenger RNA (mRNA) biomarkers that can specifically identify them, proposing a diagnostic method that directly observes, quantifies, and objectifies real-time genetic changes using gold nanoparticle probes.

Professor Jang's research team plans to expand their existing nanotechnology-based infection prevention and wound healing monitoring techniques into cancer treatment research.

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