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What is Quantum?The fundamental notion that a physical property can be "quantized" is referred to as "the hypothesis of quantization".
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What is Biophysics?Biophysics is an interdisciplinary science that applies approaches and methods traditionally used in physics to study biological phenomena. Biophysics covers all scales of biological organization, from molecular to organismic and human beings.
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What is Quantum Metasurfaces?Quantum metasurfaces are built from artificial "meta-atom" building blocks (nanometer scale structures), whose optical properties are defined by atomic structure design. The newly developed photonic platform is able to control quantum light-matter interaction. For instance, it can manipulate quantum states of light such as entangled photons or single photons. Also, the platform can enhance quantum light-matter interactions including strong coupling and coherent energy transfer.
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What is Quantum Biophotonics?Quantum biophotonics is the study of processes, principles, and phenomena in living organisms that can only be explained by the principles of quantum mechanics using techniques that deal with interactions between biological items and photons.
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What is quantum IC chip?Quantum IC chip is a kind of future PoCT by utilizing quantaum phenomena for monitoring physiological activities of cells and diagnosing diseases with ultra-accuracy, ultra-fast, and ulta-sensitivity.
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What is QBICs?Quantum plasmonics, quantum dots, carbon quantum dots, or graphene quantum dots-based integrated nano- or microfluidic circuits for (1) understanding quantum biological electron transfer (QBET) in living cells; (2) investigating the role of QBET in the organogenesis of organoids for personalized medicine; and (3) creating ultrafast precision molecular diagnostic systems for predictive medicine, which would have an immense impact on preventive healthcare.
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What is Microfluidic chips?Microfluidic chips are created by using micro/nano fabrication techniques originally established for electric chips. You can utilize the microfluidic chips for applications of various areas in chemistry, physics, optics, materials, engineering not limited to biomedical applications. Recently, microfluidic chips reconstruct human organs relacing animals for the study of human physio-/patho-logy and screening drugs.
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What is organoid?An organoid is a miniaturized and simplified version of an organ that can be produced in vitro in 3D that shows realistic micro-anatomy. It is derived from adult stem cells, embryonic stem cells, and induced pluripotent stem cells which can self-organize in three-dimensional culture owing to their self-renewal and differentiation capacities. Due to its flexibility in making any type of organ, many scientists in life science/ bioengineering/ biophysics spotlight these techniques. The organoid-based technology has been rapidly developing since the mid-2010s and awarded "The most advanced scientific achievement (The Scientist, 2013)", "The 10 promising future technologies (MIT, 2015)", and "The 5 promising biotechnology fields (KRIBB, 2022)".
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What is CRISPR Gene Editing?CRISPR gene editing is a bio-engineering technique in molecular/cellular biology and genetics by which the genomes of living creatures may be modified. It has been developing as a third-generation technology following the first-generation genetic scissor ZFNs and the second-generation TALENs. Recently, CRISPR-dCas9 gene editing that manipulates genomic sequences without DNA cutting is also being actively used for many researches. Nowadays, this technology is widely used, especially by stem cell/organoid-based researchers, to materialize gene therapy and precision medicine. In October 2020, researchers Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work in this field.
