

YINFENG LIFE EXTENSION PROGRAM
The Yinfeng Life Extension Program is a future-oriented, highly visionary, and challenging comprehensive life science research project initiated by Shandong Yinfeng Life Science Research Institute. This program primarily encompasses research on the cryopreservation and resuscitation of tissues and organs, as well as the human body. It aims to utilize advanced cryobiomedical technique to conduct research on the cryopreservation, resuscitation, and clinical transformation applications of cells, tissues and organs. This research project brings together experts and scholars from various disciplines such as cryomedicine, cryogenic bioengineering, biomaterials, medical ethics, journalism and communication, law, and more at home and abroad, as well as celebrity experts and public welfare individuals who support the project, providing robust support for the project’s steady implementation.



Research on Cryopreservation and Resuscitation of Tissues and Organs
Cryopreservation and resuscitation of tissues and organs is a comprehensive research project that applies advanced cryobiomedical technology to the preservation and resuscitation of human-derived tissues and organs such as skin, valves, tendons, blood vessels, ovaries, amputated fingers, and islets, and explores the development of biomaterials and artificial organs that can replace damaged or missing organs and tissues using donated organs and tissues to achieve clinical transplantation applications.
Research on Cryopreservation and Resuscitation of Human Body
The research on cryopreservation and resuscitation of the human body is a collaborative study by interdisciplinary disciplines such as cryobiology, cryomedicine, molecular biology, and clinical medicine. It aims to slow down or even pause the metabolic rate of human cells, tissues, organs, etc., halt the process of functional exhaustion and “death”, and allow life to continue.
Clinical Death
Refers to the cessation of heartbeat and breathing
Generally occurs within 5-8 minutes after the heartbeat stops
Biological Death
Refers to the necrosis of the cerebral cortex and brain cells
Metabolic activity stops
And irreversible changes occur
Within 2 minutes after the patient’s clinical death, drugs such as anti-coagulation, anti-oxidation and central nervous nutrition are injected into the body. Ice saline is quickly infused through the circulatory system for physical cooling, and cardiopulmonary support equipment is started to ensure blood and oxygen supply to the body and maintain physiological functions of the body. Subsequently, the temperature is programmatically lowered to the temperature of liquid nitrogen (about -196℃) by infusing cryoprotectants into the body. Under ultra-low temperature conditions, the life process almost stops.
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Domestic Cryobiomedical Cooperation Institutes

Tsinghua University

University of Science and Technology of China

Zhejiang University

University of Shanghai for Science and Technology

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Shangdong University

Ocean University of China

Central South University

Anhui Medical University

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Chinese Refrigeration Society

Chinese People's Liberation Army Naval General Hospital

Center for Excellence and Innovation in Brain Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Institute of Physics and Chemistry Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Shandong University Qilu Hospital

Shandong Academy of Sciences

Shandong Medical Ethics Society

Shandong Association of Refrigeration
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International Cryobiomedical Cooperation Institutions

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