A prospective observational study of optimal acupoint selection on patients with functional gastrointestinal disorders.

Introduction: Functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs), which include irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and functional dyspepsia (FD), are common gastrointestinal (GI) diseases that have a large financial impact on patients' quality of life (QoL). Traditional Korean medicine has a particular diagnostic pattern for treating FGIDs. However, FGIDs have not been thoroughly explored because of their complexity.

Single-nucleotide polymorphism-based epidemiological analysis of Korean isolates.

Background: Bovine tuberculosis (TB) is caused by , a well-known cause of zoonotic tuberculosis in cattle and deer, and has been investigated in many physiological and molecular studies. However, detailed genome-level studies of have not been performed in Korea.

Objectives: To survey whole genome-wide single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) variants in Korean field isolates and to define groups in Korea by comparing SNP typing with spoligotyping and variable number tandem repeat typing.

Motion patterns in acupuncture needle manipulation.

Background: In clinical practice, acupuncture manipulation is highly individualised for each practitioner. Before we establish a standard for acupuncture manipulation, it is important to understand completely the manifestations of acupuncture manipulation in the actual clinic. To examine motion patterns during acupuncture manipulation, we generated a fitted model of practitioners' motion patterns and evaluated their consistencies in acupuncture manipulation.