The presumed consent principle in organ donation as one of the legal systems to obtain organs has a-chieved some success in practice.However,it is controversial in the ethical and legal aspects.Some Chinese scholars express concern about the implementation of presumed consent in the context of Chinese culture.In order to explicit whether the principle of presumed consent in organ donation is suitable for the Chinese culture,this pa-per considered that there are positive factors in promoting organ donation in Chinese culture through the study of the relationship among the types of presumed consent,the presumed consent and informed consent and the ethical prin-ciple of respect for autonomy.Under the regulation and promotion of state law,the principle of presumed consent can also play the positive role in promoting organ donation in the context of Chinese culture.

LDM, a product of the combination of contemporary information network technology and the tradi tional medical mode, is a rapidly developing new undertaking of recent years. The transformation of the medical mode in the establishment of LDM has brought about a series of problerms, including quality control of LDM, delegation of responsibility in IDM, standardization and unification of LDM, and psychological problems of patients under the mode of LDM. These problems present issues of new contemplation and exploration for hospital managers.

LDM, a product of the combination of contemporary information network technology and the traditional medical mode, is a rapidly developing new undertaking of recent years. The transformation of the medical mode in the establishment of LDM has brought about a series of problems, including quality control of LDM, delegation of responsibility in LDM, standardization and unification of LDM, and psychological problems of patients under the mode of LDM. These problems present issues of new conternplation and exploration for hospital managers.

To investigate the changes of the activity of telomerase in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from senile patients with pneumonia, the telomerase activity was examined before and after the stimulation of phytohemagglutinin-M (PHA-M) in PBMCs from 10 control subjects (group A), 12 non-senile patients with pneumonia (group B) and 9 senile patients with pneumonia (group C). Also observed was the proliferative response of these PBMCs to PHA-M. The results showed that, both with or without the stimulation of PHA-M, the values of telomerase activity in PBMCs from group C patients (A values: pre-stimulation, 0.43 +/- 0.04; post-stimulation, 0.63 +/- 0. 03) were significantly lower than those in PBMCs from both group A patients (A values: pre-stimulation, 0.65 +/- 0.05; post-stimulation, 1.26 +/- 0.13; P<0.001, respectively) and group B patients (A values: pre-stimulation, 0.63 +/- 0.03; post-stimulation, 0.93 +/- 0.03; P<0.05, respectively). The results of MTT test showed that the proliferative activity of PBMCs in group C patients (A value: 0.35 +/- 0.03) was also significantly lower than that in group A patients (A value: 0. 55 +/- 0.04; P<0.05) and group B patients (A value: 0.46 +/- 0.03; P<0.05). These results indicate that the telomerase activity decreases in senile patients with pneumonia, which may be one of the mechanisms for the weakened immune function in those patients.

Objective To explore the relationship between the serum neuron-specific enolase(NSE) level and stroke region and size,the degree of neurological deficit and prognosis at acute stage of stroke.Methods The level of serum NSE was detected by ELISA in 96 stroke patients at acute stage,including 58 cases of cerebral infarction (CI),27 cases of intracerebral hemorrhage(ICH),11 cases of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and 25 normal controls(NC group).The relationship between the level of serum NSE and China Stroke Score (CSS),Barthel index(BI),score of Glasgow-Pittsburgh Coma Scale,lesions region and volume were analysed among the various stroke types groups.Results The levels of serum NSE in the stroke patients at acute stage were significantly higher than that in NC group (allP

Objective To evaluate the feasibility of ~ 125 Iodine -labeled IL-2 scintigraphic methods for the imaging of lymphocyte infiltration of the Langerhans′ islets. Methods ~ 125 I-IL2 was injected intravenously to pre-diabetic female NOD mice (aged 16-17 weeks)and female Balb/c mice as control. Animals were sacrificed at different time points and the radioactivity in different organs was measured.~ 131 I-IL-2 was injected iv to 3 pre-diabetic female NOD mice, and pancreas was imaged through SPECT after 30 minutes injection. Results The mean radio activities in the pancreas of NOD mice were significantly higher as compared to those of Balb/c mice at time points from 30 to 120 minutes (P

Objective To isolate and culture the rabbit mesenchymal stem cells,and explore the biological features in vitro.Methods Two milliliter of bone marrow was extracted from the tibia of juvenile rabbit under anesthesia and sterile conditions,and mesenchymal stem cells were obtained by density gradient centrifugation and inoculated to 100ml culture flask.The morphological changes,adherence rate and ultrastructure of the stem cells were observed.The surface markers and growth cycle of the mesenchymal stem cells were detected by flow cytometry,and biological features were observed by inducing the cells differentiate into osteoblasts.Results The adherence of mesenchymal stem cells started 2 hours after culturing,basically finished 20 hours later,and more than 90% of the cells were fused at the 15th day.Observed with transmission electron microscopy,the cultured cells showed typical ultrastructure of stem cells: numbers of microvillus mainly distributed on one side of the cells,irregular nuclei with indentation,and lots of cell organs.Analysis for the cell surface markers indicated positive expression of CD44 and CD90 and negative expression of CD45 in mesenchymal stem cells.Cell growth cycle assay showed that most mesenchymal stem cells(about 97%) stayed in stage G1 and G2.Three weeks after osteoblastic induction,the mesenchymal stem cells gradually produced small calcium salt crystals,the cells were positive in alkaline phosphatase staining,and Von Kossa staining showed many calcium salts in the cell clone as black reaction deposits.Conclusions The rabbit bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells isolated by density gradient centrifugation are of high purity and stable growth rate,and the cells' characters can be still maintained after serial subcultivation.Since easy to operate on isolation and proliferation,the mesenchymal stem cells could be used as the tissue engineering seed cells in repairing of intervertebral disc degeneration.

Objective To realize the value of magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) and digital subtraction angiography (DSA) in diagnosing vertebral arterial insufficiency of cervical spondylosis. Methods From Nov. 2001 to Feb. 2004, 35 vertebral arterial insufficiency of cervical spondylosis was diagnosed clinically. There were 11 males and 24 females with a mean age of 58.3 years(range, 23 to 76 years). All the patients were examined by MRA and DSA to investigate the tracks, diameters, and stenosis locations of vertebral articles. Results DSA was positive in 32 patients with 19 ipsilateral and 13 bilateral. Meanwhile, MRA positive were in 29 patients, 14 ipsilateral and 15 bilateral. Among MRA positive patients, excepted 5 cases, all the others were also positive with DSA. Accordance of both methods in the diagnosis of thin veterbral artery was 100%. DSA was better than MRA in the diagnosis of localized stenosis and unilateral veterbral artery absence. MRA was much more useful than DSA in the diagnosis of veterbral artery twisting caused by vertebral instability and bone spurs. Conclusion 1) DSA had more accuracy in diagnosis and distinguishing the source of veterbral artery localized stenosis. Posture changing didn't disturb the examination. Its disadvantages, however, were invasive detection, side-effect and dose limitation of contrast medium. 2) As a non-invasive method, MRA was a useful tool in diagnosing diffused, long segmental artery stenosis and obstruction, and especially available for diagnosing the cervical spondylosis combinated with other type. MRA can scan vertebral disc, spinal cord and other vessels at the same time. The indication of MRA was indefinite diagnosis, aged patients with bad tolerance to DSA. The disadvantage of MRA was its low sensitivity in detecting mild stenosis, non-obstruction artery disease, and posture demand during examination.

BACKGROUND: Edema and systemic disorder of energy metabolism after spinal cord injury can induce a series of amplifying effect, which can deterio rate the injured level. Matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) is able to digest the basal lamina and damage the close joint of capillary vessel by proteolysis,which induces blood-brain barrier breakdown and brain edema formation.OBJECTIVE: To investigate the spatial characteristic of the MMP-9 in acute injured spinal cord so as to investigate the effect of MMP-9 on secondary spinal injury.DESIGN: A completely randomized study.MATERIALS: The study was completed in the Department of Pathology,Medical College of Wuhan University. Totally 40 healthy male Sprague Dawley rats were divided randomly into control group and model group.Five rats in control group were treated with laminectomy. Other 35 rats in model group was used to establish model of spinal cord injury.METHODS: After anesthetized, complete spinal cord tissue was taken out. Tissue of T8.9 spinal cord was cut out and every 3 serial sections of each tissue were taken out randomly for immunochemical analysis of MMP9 expression. Spinal cord tissue at injured segment was taken with 5 rats at each time point. Five visual fields (×400) of every slice were gathered randomly in injured area (sham-operation region in control group), average absorbency was determined then.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Expression of MMP-9 in the acute in jured tissue of spinal cord.RESULTS: Totally 40 rats entered the final analysis. The expression of MMP-9 was observed 1 hour in model group with the peak time of 1 to 2 days and also seen on 7 days. The MMP-9 positive cells were mainly expressed on ischemic neuron, vascular endothelial cells and neutrophilic granulocyte. MMP-9 was not assayed in the control group.CONCLUSION: The early expression of MMP-9 and the characteristics of spatial distribution after spinal cord injury play a key role in tissue edema and inflammatory cell infiltration.

OBJECTIVE: As a part of the whole skeleton,oral maxilloficial bone can also be affected by the risk factors of systemic osteoporosis. This paper reviewed literature on the possible correlation of systemic osteoporosis with oral alveolar bone resorption,periodontal disease,healing of implanted denture and temporomandibular joint disease that result from oral maxillofacial osteoporosis.DATA SOURCES: Literature in English between January 1999 and December 2003 were searched with the computer in Medline Database by the following key words: osteoporosis,alveolar trophy,periodontitis,implanted denture and tempororomandibular joint with; meanwhile literature was also searched in Chinese Periodical Database and Wanfang Database of the same period by the same key words in Chinese.STUDY SELECTION: Literature involving treatment group and control group were screened in the first trial. Then those non-randomized clinical trials were excluded and the others were looked up for full text. Inclusion criteria: randomized controlled clinical trial(RTC) . Exclusion criteria: repeated study.DATA EXTRACTION: A total of 27 articles of randomized or non-randomized studies on the possible association of systemic osteoporosis with oral alveolar bone atrophy, implanted denture and temporomandibular joint disease were collected,and 18 trials met the inclusion criteria.DATA SYNTHESIS: All subjects in the 18 studies were confirmed of having osteoporosis according the diagnostic standards. Changes of oral maxillofacial bone in systemic osteoporosis were explored by observing bone density,residual teeth, the height of alveolar ridge so as to make comparative and correlation analysis.CONCLUSION: In systemic osteoporosis, mandible bone may also have rarefaction changes.