Government expands investment in future biotechnology, including AI new drugs and brain science
Discussion of AI bio innovation future and national bio strategy
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The Ministry of Science and ICT held the '2025 Bio Future Forum' at the Westin Chosun Seoul on the 11th and discussed AI bio innovation strategies and K-Moonshot promotion plans under the theme of 'Sovereign Bio: The future of artificial intelligence (AI) bio innovation opened by K-Moonshot.' Kim Tae-hyung, CEO of BioNexus, gave the keynote lecture, and plans to expand strategic investment in AI new drug development, BCI, gene cell therapy, and synthetic biology through the 7 major seeds and K-Moonshot national projects were announced.
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The Ministry of Science and ICT held the '2025 Bio Future Forum' at the Westin Chosun Seoul in Jung-gu, Seoul on the 11th and discussed the future of AI bio innovation and the K-Moonshot promotion plan.
The Ministry of Science and ICT announced on the 11th that it held the '2025 Bio Future Forum' at the Westin Chosun Seoul in Jung-gu, Seoul.
This year, under the theme of ‘Sovereign Bio: The Future of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Bio Innovation Opened by K-Moonshot,’ the ripple effects of the expansion of AI use in bio-field research were discussed.
Kim Tae-hyung, CEO of Bionexus and a member of the National Bio Innovation Committee, emphasized the importance of bio data, AI bio models, computing, and experiment infrastructure in his keynote lecture.
Introduction of government policies, K-Moonshot AI new drug, announcement of promotion plans for each brain-computer interface (BCI) mission, and presentations by experts on detailed topics were also carried out.
In addition, 13 commendations from the Deputy Prime Minister of the Ministry of Science and ICT were awarded to people of merit in the bio field who achieved outstanding achievements in bio research and development, industry development, and policy formulation.
Oh Dae-hyun, Director of Future Strategy and Technology Policy at the Ministry of Science and ICT, said, "We will do our best to realize a bio leap forward by expanding strategic investments in future bio technologies such as AI new drug development, BCI, gene cell therapy, and synthetic biology through national projects such as 7 Seed and K-Moonshot."
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The Ministry of Science and ICT will expand strategic investments in AI new drug development, BCI, gene cell therapy, and synthetic biology through national projects such as 7 Seed and K-Moonshot.
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Open Questions
- What is the specific budget size of the 7 major seeds and K-moonshot projects?
- What are the detailed schedules and goals for each mission: AI new drug development, BCI, gene cell therapy, and synthetic biology?
- What is the list of 13 Ministry of Science and ICT Deputy Prime Minister's Award winners and what are their specific achievements?
