Professor Minseok Kwak of Pukyong National University’s Paper Published in Prestigious International Journal 'Meori'

Published as Cover Paper in Top 2.8% International Journal 'Materials Today'

Comprehensive Review on DNA Biomaterials ... Expert in DNA Synthesis and Material Applications

Professor Minseok Kwak's paper from Pukyong National University featured on the cover of the international academic journal 'Materials Today'.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Professor Kwak Min-seok of Pukyong National University (Department of Chemistry, Department of 4th Industrial Convergence Bionics Engineering) had his paper featured as the cover article in the international journal in the field of materials engineering, Materials Today.

Materials Today is a globally prestigious journal ranked in the top 2.8% by Journal Citation Reports (JCR) with an impact factor (IF) of 26.416.

Professor Kwak published the paper titled “Dynamic DNA-based biomaterials interacting with external, macroscopic, and molecular stimuli” in the latest issue of this journal.

This paper is a comprehensive review covering fundamental research on DNA biomaterials, principles related to medical and scientific fields, and recent research trends, recognized for its outstanding research achievements.

In this paper, Professor Kwak explained that nucleic acids synthesized through chemical reactions, such as oligonucleotides, can be mass-produced and their chemical structures can be freely modified to impart new properties for various applications.

Professor Kwak Min-seok, Pukyong National University.

He cited fluorescent DNA and primers, essential raw materials for COVID-19 diagnostic kits, as examples.

He also introduced that substances like oligonucleotides are programmed by base sequences and dynamically interact in response to various stimuli, which include enzymes and redox chemical reactions, temperature and pH environments, complementary base sequences and nucleic acid fuels, ligand-receptor and aptamers, and external energies such as light and magnetic fields.

Professor Kwak said, “We expect that the results of this study, conducted in collaboration with researchers from Germany and China, will provide comprehensive information to researchers in related fields.”

Professor Kwak is an expert in chemical DNA synthesis and material applications, actively conducting research on gene therapy and immunotherapy for cancer and infectious diseases using DNA.