Shandong Yinfeng Life Science Research Institute

The Shandong Yinfeng Life Science Research Institute (Chinese: 山东银丰生命科学研究院), is a life science research institute and a cryonics services provider in Jinan, Shandong, China. It was founded in 2015, and it is a division of Yinfeng Biological Group. The institute is the first organization providing cryonics services in China. In 2017, the institute stored the first cryopreserved corpse in China.[1] The institute cryopreserves cells, tissues, human bodies, and animals, including dogs. The institute cooperates closely with the Shandong Yinfeng Life Science Foundation (founded in December 2016) that funds the institute.[2][3][4]

History and organization structure

Yinfeng Group was founded in 1999.[5] Yinfeng Biological Group, a division of Yinfeng Group, was founded in 2011.[5] The Shandong Yinfeng Life Science Research Institute (founded in 2015) is a division of the Yinfeng Biological Group. Yinfeng Biological Group's work include DNA testing, cord blood storage, aesthetic medicine and stem cell research.[6]

Before the Shandong Yinfeng Life Science Research Institute was established, Chinese people can only take cryonics services from institutions located outside of China, such as Alcor Life Extension Foundation, Cryonics Institute (United States), or KrioRus (Russia).[2]

Research Area

The institute is focusing on the development of cryopreservation, resuscitation of organs, tissues, and human body research in the field of cryogenic medicine and life sciences.[7] It conducts research with universities University of Science and Technology of China on preserving pancreatic cells and Shandong University’s Qilu Hospital on preserving ovarian cells.[2]

Cryonics Services

The Institute provide the first cryopreservation service in China in 2017, with the preservation of Zhan Wenlian (Chinese: 展文莲) who died from lung cancer.[2][3][8]

References

1. "Chinese woman's body frozen in advanced procedure". China Daily. 2018-06-26. Archived from the original on 2021-02-14. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
2. "Freezing bodies for 'reanimation' in China and why the country's cryonics tech has the potential to leapfrog the West". South China Morning Post. 2020-09-27. Archived from the original on 2021-05-14. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
3. "China Lab Exploring How To Freeze Humans, Stop Ageing And Bring Dead Back To Life". India Times. 2020-09-29. Archived from the original on 2021-01-31. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
4. "Modern cryogenic technology not mature enough, Chinese scientist". People Daily of China. 2017-08-15. Archived from the original on 2018-09-16. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
5. "About Us". handong Yinfeng Life Science Research Institute. Archived from the original on 2020-08-05. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
6. "人体冷冻为生命提供了重来的希望 (English Translated as : Cryonics provide hope for life)" (in Chinese (China)). Yinfeng Life Science Foundation. Retrieved 2021-07-04. (in simplified Chinese)
7. "山东银丰生命科学研究院" (in Chinese (China)). handong Yinfeng Life Science Research Institute. Archived from the original on 2021-06-24. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
8. "Husband of China's first cryogenics subject keeps his love and hope frozen in time". New Straits Times. 2017-08-15. Archived from the original on 2017-08-15. Retrieved 2021-07-03.

See also

• Cryonics
• Alcor Life Extension Foundation
• Cryonics Institute
• KrioRus