The plate of new hospital was unvailed on the dedication day.
Seoul National University's Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (VMTH), on January 30, 2008, celebrated the grand opening of a new clinic for cell therapeutics and animal cloning. The clinic, in collaboration with RNL Bio Co LTD (RNL), will become the center for commercialization of stem cell therapeutics and animal cloning. The clinic will take charge in clinical research and development in stem cell therapeutics and animal cloning, while RNL Bio will manufacture stem cell drugs and pioneering animal health care market .
Professor Hwa-Young Yoon, the director of VMTH, said, "The opening of our new clinic is a small step in the movement towards the implementation of stem cell medicine for animals. We are very please that our pets will benefit from our cutting edge stem cell technology."
About Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital of Seoul National University
VMTH opened in 1997 and it serves as a referral hospital covering the almost entire Seoul area and vicinity. The modernized and advanced education is provided and advanced clinical services are practiced. The world first cloned dog, Snuppy, was born in 2005 and their cloning technology is yet unchallenged.
About RNL Bio, CO., LTD.
RNL is a premier biotechnology company in Korea focused on stem cell therapeutics and life sciences technologies. Headquartered in Seoul with a recently opened state-of-the-
