Hunan's Best — Technology Transfer and Industry Support (Part 2)
Section 3: Chinese and Western Medicine. Founder of the Chinese Chromosome Abnormality Karyotype Database — the Medical Genetics Laboratory of Central South University. The State Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics at Central South University established the world's earliest "Chinese Chromosome Abnormality Karyotype Database" and "Chinese Genetic Disease Pedigree Collection Database." Its research focuses on medical...
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Section Three
Chinese and Western Medicine Research Institutes
Establisher of the Chinese Chromosome Abnormality Karyotype Database—Medical Genetics Laboratory of Central South University
The State Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics at Central South University is the world's earliest "Chinese Chromosome Abnormality Karyotype Database" and "Chinese Genetic Disease Family Collection Database." The laboratory's research direction is to conduct applied and basic research in medical genetics, serving to improve the health quality and life quality of the population. In 1996, the Ministry of Science and Technology organized an evaluation of 33 national key laboratories in life sciences across the country, and this State Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics was rated as one of 6 excellent national key laboratories.
Hunan's First Research Institution After the Founding of New China—Yueyang Experimental Station of the Rural Disease Prevention and Control Experimental Committee
On June 1, 1950, the Yueyang Experimental Station of the Rural Disease Prevention and Control Experimental Committee of Xiangya Hospital was established in Huangshawan, becoming the first research institution built in Hunan Province after the founding of the People's Republic of China. It was later renamed the Yueyang Schistosomiasis Prevention and Control Experimental Station, and in October 1978 was renamed the Hunan Institute of Parasitic Disease Prevention and Control.
Hunan's First Private Liver Disease Research Institute—Hunan Province Jimeng Chinese Herbal Medicine Liver Disease Research Institute
The predecessor of the Hunan Province Jimeng Chinese Herbal Medicine Liver Disease Research Institute was the Xiangtan City Jimeng Chinese Herbal Medicine Liver Disease Research Institute. It is Hunan's first private liver disease research institute, established in May 1989. It is a private high-tech enterprise integrating research, medical treatment, and pharmaceutical preparation, with the development direction of modern Chinese medicine processing, research and development, production, and sales. From June 1997 to April 2005, the company completed research on the new Chinese medicine "Songzhi Pill" for treating chronic hepatitis C. On December 10, 2003, Songzhi Pill was granted an international invention patent certificate by the State Intellectual Property Office, marking the emergence of a new Chinese medicine variety for treating chronic hepatitis C with independent intellectual property rights in China.
Hunan's Largest Research Institution Engaged in Chinese Medicine Research and Development—Chinese Medicine Research Institute of Hunan Academy of Chinese Medicine
The Chinese Medicine Research Institute of Hunan Academy of Chinese Medicine is the only research institution in Hunan Province engaged in Chinese medicine research and development, located in the Changsha High-Tech Industrial Development Zone. The "Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory for Research and Development of New Chinese Medicines" and the Chinese medicine master's degree teaching site, both authorized by the Department of Science and Technology, have become important technology platforms for the development of Chinese medicine in Hunan Province. It possesses well-equipped modern scientific research instruments such as high-performance liquid chromatography, gas chromatography, thin-layer scanning, capillary electrophoresis systems, fully automated biochemical analyzers, multi-channel physiological analysis systems, and other large precision instruments; it also has a modern standard experimental animal pilot workshop. Over the past decade, it has led research on more than 40 scientific achievements and undertakes 30-40 research projects annually. The laboratory's research level and achievements in cardiovascular pharmacology of Chinese medicine, mechanisms of Chinese medicine regulation of neuro-endocrine and immune functions, and Chinese medicine ultramicro technology are at the domestic leading level. Major progress and breakthroughs have been made in the research and development of new Chinese medicines, Chinese medicine extracts, plant extracts, and tea extracts, producing good social and economic benefits.
Hunan's Comprehensive Grade 3A Hospital—Hunan Provincial People's Hospital
Hunan Provincial People's Hospital was founded in 1912. It is the only provincial-level comprehensive Grade 3A hospital integrating medical treatment, teaching, research, preventive healthcare, and community service, as well as a Baby-Friendly Hospital, and is also the First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University. The hospital has six provincial key specialties: Hepatobiliary Surgery, Orthopedics, Pediatrics, Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery, Gastroenterology, and Cardiovascular Medicine, and serves as the chairman unit of the Provincial Hepatobiliary Surgery Professional Committee, the Provincial Endoscopy Quality Control Center, and the Provincial Medical Cosmetology Quality Control Center. The hepatobiliary surgery department's pioneering hepatobiliary duct basin-style internal drainage for hepatolithiasis achieves an excellent rate of 90% with a reoperation rate of only 0.6%. The orthopedics department's "artificial total hip replacement," "artificial total hip replacement with artificial femur," "spinal tumor resection" and "artificial vertebral body replacement," and "artificial hemipelvis replacement" have filled seven gaps in the provincial orthopedics field.
China's First Key Laboratory of Tumor Proteomics—Laboratory of Xiangya Hospital of Central South University
In 2003, China's first Ministry of Health Key Laboratory of Tumor Proteomics was officially inaugurated at Xiangya Hospital of Central South University. The scientific team, led by renowned oncology expert Professor Chen Zhuchu, conducts tumor proteomics research with the main direction of finding the "culprit" of cancer—that is, finding biomarkers (a specific protein) for early diagnosis and treatment of tumors, then further studying cancer pathogenesis, finding antibodies, developing new drugs on this basis, and applying related diagnostic and treatment methods to clinical practice, ultimately conquering cancer. The establishment of the laboratory laid a solid material foundation and strong technical foundation for accelerating China's research in the field of tumor proteomics and seizing the high ground in world tumor medical research.
The First Modern Large-Scale Reproductive and Genetic Specialty Hospital—CITIC-Xiangya Reproductive and Genetic Hospital
CITIC-Xiangya Reproductive and Genetic Hospital is the first modern large-scale reproductive and genetic specialty hospital in China. Its predecessor was the outpatient department of the Human Reproduction Engineering Research Laboratory of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University. The hospital is located at No. 88 Xiangya Road, Changsha City, Hunan Province, with an overall environment adopting a concept beyond "hospital" and designed and decorated in a "hotel" mode. In 1981, the human assisted reproductive technology platform—the Human Reproduction Engineering Research Laboratory—was established. In 1988, it was approved by the Ministry of Health as the China Genetic Medicine Center and National Sperm Bank Technical Guidance Center. In 2001, it became the Hunan Provincial Stem Cell Technology Engineering Center. In 2004, it was approved by the National Development and Reform Commission as the National Engineering Research Center for Human Stem Cells.
Hunan's Modern Chain Eye Hospital—Changsha Aier Eye Hospital
Changsha Aier Eye Hospital is China's largest chain eye hospital. The hospital has a business area of over 2,100 square meters, mainly providing eye diagnosis and treatment and medical optometry and glasses fitting services, and has initially formed a hospital chain and group operation pattern. The group is committed to introducing the latest equipment and technology in the field of ophthalmology, and collaborating with renowned institutions and eye experts at home and abroad to promote the development of China's eye care industry. "Aier Eye" has successfully explored a chain operation and management model for eye hospitals adapted to China's medical system reform and market environment, gradually becoming a large modern chain eye hospital group with capital as the link and talent and technology at the center. While focusing on medical service quality, it established hospital market development and customer service departments. In 2004, the hospital was selected as a "Hunan Province Consumer-Trusted Unit" and became a designated unit for Hunan provincial medical insurance and Changsha municipal medical insurance, as well as a designated hospital for single-disease cataract treatment under Changsha municipal medical insurance.
Hunan's First Western Medicine Hospital—Changsha First Hospital
Changsha First Hospital was founded in 1920, originally named "Hunan Public Hospital," and was the first Western medicine hospital established by Chinese people in our province at that time. On October 25, 1949, it was taken over by the Changsha Municipal People's Government and renamed "Changsha Municipal Hospital." It has now developed into a large Grade 3 comprehensive hospital integrating medical treatment, teaching, research, prevention, and healthcare. The hospital is located on Yingpan Road, Changsha City. For a long time, the hospital has undertaken a large number of teaching tasks and made due contributions to cultivating outstanding medical talents. In the past five years, the hospital has undertaken dozens of provincial and municipal research projects, most of which have reached the domestic leading level or international advanced level.
Hunan's First "National Top 100" Cancer Hospital—Hunan Provincial Tumor Hospital
Hunan Provincial Tumor Hospital is a Grade 3A cancer hospital integrating medical treatment, research, and prevention, located at Yuelu Mountain in Changsha City. Founded in 1972, it is the center for cancer prevention and research in the province. The hospital possesses a number of contemporary internationally advanced instruments and equipment, such as the province's only PET-CT capable of early tumor detection and a high-energy accelerator with multi-leaf collimator (the second in the country). It is the first "Grade 3A hospital" among units directly under the Hunan Provincial Health Department, and the only "National Top 100 Hospital" among the 32 cancer hospitals nationwide.
Hunan's First Hope Hospital—Aikang Hope Hospital in Ruyi Town, Shaoshan City
Shaoshan City Ruyi Town Aikang Hope Hospital was jointly built with a donation of 500,000 yuan from Foxconn Technology Group, in cooperation with the China Youth Development Foundation, the Communist Youth League Hunan Provincial Committee, the Hunan Youth Development Foundation, and Shaoshan City. It is the first Hope Hospital in Hunan. In 2006, the China Youth Development Foundation launched the 'Hope Hospital — Township Health Center Assistance Action,' whose mission is 'serving the health of farmers.' The China Youth Development Foundation hopes that through this public welfare project, it can mobilize social forces to assist the government in developing rural public health undertakings. Aikang Hope Hospital can handle more than 120 outpatient visits per day, has 60 beds, and can perform routine surgeries, which will effectively solve the problem of farmers' difficulty in accessing medical care.
Hunan's largest children's specialty hospital — Hunan Children's Hospital
Hunan Children's Hospital is a key project invested in and built by the provincial government in the 1980s. It is the only Grade 3A children's hospital in Hunan and one of the top ten children's hospitals in China. The hospital integrates pediatric medical treatment, healthcare, rehabilitation, scientific research, and teaching. It has five provincial-level key specialties — neonatology, pediatric emergency care, pediatric surgery, child healthcare, and child rehabilitation — and 16 national continuing medical education projects. It founded the Chinese scientific paper statistical source journal 'Journal of Clinical Pediatric Surgery' and established a postdoctoral workstation, marking the comprehensive development of all the hospital's specialties and earning recognition from domestic peers. In 2004, the hospital became the first in China to pass the ISO9001/14001 international quality and environmental management system dual certification.
Hunan's first large-scale joint-venture comprehensive hospital — Hunan Want Want Hospital
Hunan Want Want Hospital was officially registered and established in April 2002, located at No. 398 Renmin East Road, Changsha City. As the first large-scale Sino-foreign joint-venture comprehensive hospital in China, it has an investment of over 1 billion yuan and is controlled by Want Want Holdings Limited, a Singapore-listed company. The hospital has nine major centers, including the Digestive Center, Cardiopulmonary Center, and Women and Children's Center, as well as more than 30 specialties such as ophthalmology and orthopedics. Want Want Hospital has signed a strategic alliance agreement with Siemens Medical Systems Group, and the two sides have achieved information sharing and platform co-building. Siemens has applied its globally accumulated, rigorously verified experience and results to the Want Want Hospital project.
Hunan's largest university biological specimen teaching institution — Hunan University of Science and Technology Biological Specimen Factory
Hunan University of Science and Technology Biological Specimen Factory was established in 1985. It is the only production factory among Hunan's higher education institutions that specializes in making animal and plant specimens, training professional technicians, and providing targeted professional services for teaching and research institutions. Biological specimens are important evidence and basic materials for studying and exploring the morphological structure and ecological characteristics of organisms, and are hailed as 'living artifacts' and antiques in the history of human development. Some biological specimens of rare animals and plants are on the verge of extinction, and their value can no longer be measured, making them rare items for people to study and collect.
The world's first four-wheel three-axle lunar rover
In October 2008, the world's first 'four-wheel three-axle' lunar rover independently developed by Hunan University passed verification tests in simulated lunar surface environments and other related tests. Its performance reached or exceeded the corresponding technical indicators, and it entered the stage of further demonstration, improvement, and quality enhancement. The lunar rover was organized by the Ministry of Education, with dozens of experts from Tsinghua University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Hunan University, and other universities participating in its joint development. The independent intellectual property rights are owned by Hunan University.
The four-wheel diamond-configuration lunar rover adopts the world's currently unique 'four-wheel three-axle' lunar rover mobility system design. Among them, the entirely new diamond-configuration four-wheel mobility system independently developed by Hunan University not only uses the fewest wheels in its design, but also, in addition to possessing the basic driving performance of the six-wheel mobility systems commonly used at home and abroad, has superior performance in steering, hill climbing, and obstacle crossing.
The biggest feature of this vehicle is that even if any one wheel is removed, the remaining three wheels can still form a stable triangular support structure. In addition, the four-wheel lunar rover also has advantages such as simple structure, flexible maneuvering, high lightweight design, and low energy consumption. Compared with the 'six-wheel three-axle' design, this lunar rover has two fewer wheels and four fewer motors, greatly reducing body weight so as to carry more payload. Listed among the world's wonders is Dongting 'linen cloth'
In 1972, the 'plain gauze garment' unearthed from Han Tomb No. 1 at Mawangdui in Changsha stunned the world. This garment from 2,100 years ago is 128 centimeters long and weighs only 49 grams; when folded, it can be held in one hand. Huasheng Dongting Hemp Company and Donghua University jointly undertook the '11th Five-Year National Science and Technology Support Program' and developed '666N extra-high-count pure ramie fabric,' which weighs 2.74 grams less per square meter than the 'plain gauze garment,' once again amazing the world. At present, this kind of 'linen cloth' sells for as much as 328 yuan per square meter, more than 30 times the price of low-count ramie products.
This is a kind of 'linen cloth' that weighs only one-tenth as much as ordinary fabric, light as mist and thin as cicada wings, weighing only 12.66 grams per square meter. This is the lightest and thinnest ramie fabric in the world to date, the 'soft gold' of the apparel industry. This ramie fabric developed by Hunan Huasheng Dongting Hemp Industry Co., Ltd. fills a domestic gap and is the world's best, and will greatly enhance the company's ability to compete in the international market.