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The First Research Institute for Traditional Chinese Medicine and Stem Cell Was Inaugurated in Sichuan Province
Updated:2018.08.15

  On August 9th, the first Research Institute for Traditional Chinese Medicine and Stem Cell in Sichuan Province was inaugurated at Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). This institute will conduct basic research on the effects of TCM on stem cell proliferation and differentiation, promoting the research of TCM and stem cell and the transformation of the research achievements.

  As a comprehensive research platform combining industry, university and research, the institute is jointly established by the Good Doctor Pharmaceutical Group and Chengdu University of TCM. It will establish an entity research center of 1000m2 to build a Clinical Research Base of Stem Cell in the Third Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu University of TCM. The institute hired Mr. Li Baojie, the chief scientist and professor of stem cell of the National Basic Research Program of China in Shanghai Jiao Tong University, as the dean.

  "Researches into TCM and stem cells belong to inter-discipline. Employing Western medicine to study TCM will deepen our understanding towards it, which is expected to become a new research direction for the modernization of TCM." Mr. Li Baojie said that the stem cell in modern medicine are functionally similar to the abstract concept of "qi" in TCM. Guided by TCM, combined with modern biotechnology, the theory of TCM can be enriched through stem cell research.

  At present, the institute has selected three types of TCM preparations as the first research object. Mr. Geng Funeng, President of Good Doctor Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd., said that the researchers of the company will join the research institute to carry out joint research with research units and hospitals. In addition, the future research achievements are expected to be transformed and put into production.

 

 
 
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