The Primo Vascular System Its Role in Cancer and Regeneration
The first International Symposium on Primo Vascular System 2010 (ISPS 2010) with special topics on cancer and regeneration was held in Jecheon, Korea during September 17-18, 2010. The symposium dealt with the past findings, current status, and future pros
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Kwang-Sup Soh Kyung A. Kang David K. Harrison ●
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The Primo Vascular System Its Role in Cancer and Regeneration
Editors Kwang-Sup Soh, Ph.D Nano Primo Research Center Advanced Institute of Convergence Technology Seoul National University Seoul, Korea [email protected]
Kyung A. Kang Department of Chemical Engineering University of Louisville Louisville, KY, USA [email protected]
David K. Harrison, Ph.D Institute of Cellular Medicine Newcastle University Newcastle upon Tyne, UK [email protected]
ISBN 978-1-4614-0600-6 e-ISBN 978-1-4614-0601-3 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-0601-3 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2011938680 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Group Photo of ISPS 2010 September 17-18, 2010 Cheongpung Resort-Lake Hotel, Jecheon, Korea
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Preface
The first International Symposium on Primo Vascular System 2010 (ISPS 2010) with special topics on cancer and regeneration was held in Jecheon, Korea during September 17–18, 2010. The ISPS 2010 was devoted to topics related to biomedical findings on Primo Vascular System (PVS) that may be the anatomical structure corresponding to acupuncture meridians. Bong-Han Kim, in the early 1960’s, published his discovery on a new, web-like vascular system. Unfortunately, his research results were not reproducible by others because he did not reveal the dye used in his study and thus neglected for a long time. In 2002, the Biomedical Physics Laboratory in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University launched a new PVS research project utilizing modern biomedical imaging techniques. Kim’s claims were confirmed by the new study results, and functional aspects of PVS including its roles in the areas of regenerative medicine and cancer have been uncovered. The research results have also suggested the extensive roles of PVS in human, changing paradigm of medicine. With an expectation of Kim’s claim, “PVS is acupuncture meridian” to be proven soon, the future PVS research may reveal the mechanisms of traditional oriental medicine practiced for several thousands years. The symposium dealt with the past findings, current status, and future prospect of the PVS research in the
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