Cryonics Organization and 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]
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]