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China's first brain bank makes Changsha its home

Only 10 days when China's first brain bank made its home in Xiangya, about 1,000 citizens from Changsha and Hong Kong have already signed agreements to donate their brains to the bank for medical research after their passing away, said Luo Xuegang, a founder of China Brain Bank and doctoral supervisor at Xiangya School of Medicine of Central South University.


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Only 10 days when China's first brain bank made its home in Xiangya, about 1,000 citizens from Changsha and Hong Kong have already signed agreements to donate their brains to the bank for medical research after their passing away, said Luo Xuegang, a founder of China Brain Bank and doctoral supervisor at Xiangya School of Medicine of Central South University.

The brain is the control center of the human body, much of it still remains an unknown mystery. There are currently several well-known brain warehouses in western countries but they all lack brain samples from Chinese donators. Research data on Chinese brains have serious gaps. On Feb. 20 Xiangya School of Medicine, together with Hong Kong University, co-founded the first brain warehouse in China, which is at once a sample storeroom and a database recording people's thinking, state of mind and life history with details of their medical history, mind and temperament as well. It may improve the research on Chinese brains in the medical community particularly the understanding of neurological diseases such as psychosis and Parkinsonism.

As learned Hong Kong University will send an expert team to Hunan to conduct a systematic study on the life, health condition and medical history of the people who are willing to donate their brains to the warehouse.

By People's Daily Online


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