CHINA-GUANGDONG-GUANGZHOU-ORGAN TRANSPLANT TECHNOLOGY (CN)

CHINA-GUANGDONG-GUANGZHOU-ORGAN TRANSPLANT TECHNOLOGY (CN)

(240118) -- GUANGZHOU, Jan. 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- The ischemia-free organ transplantation (IFOT) is applied in a surgery carried out at the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, Dec. 12, 2023. An organ transplant technique adopted by a Chinese hospital has garnered widespread attention for its potential in solving the problem of donor organ ischemic injury in organ transplantation surgery. TO GO WITH "Across China: China's organ transplant technology maximizes donor-organ potential" (Photo by Zheng Yingzi/Xinhua)

Organ transplants from brain-dead donors

Organ transplants from brain-dead donors

TOKYO, Japan - Archived photo shows a news conference given by officials of the Japanese Red Cross Kochi Hospital in Kochi city in February 1992 regarding a patient, the first potential organ donor under the organ transplant law enacted in 1997.

(1)Kyoto University institute grows Japan's first ES cells

(1)Kyoto University institute grows Japan's first ES cells

KYOTO, Japan - Norio Nakatsuji (R), director of the Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences of Kyoto University, gives a press conference May 27. He said his institute has cultivated Japan's first embryonic stem (ES) cells that have the potential to grow into nerve and organ tissue. The institute hopes to distribute the cells for free to research facilities nationwide.

(1)Kyoto University institute grows Japan's first ES cells

(1)Kyoto University institute grows Japan's first ES cells

KYOTO, Japan - Norio Nakatsuji (R), director of the Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences of Kyoto University, gives a press conference May 27. He said his institute has cultivated Japan's first embryonic stem (ES) cells that have the potential to grow into nerve and organ tissue. The institute hopes to distribute the cells for free to research facilities nationwide. (Kyodo)