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Congress Presidential Address: 5th WAA Congress Therapeutic Artificial Organs, 10 Years After
Author(s) -
Nosé Yukihiko
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
artificial organs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.684
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1525-1594
pISSN - 0160-564X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1594.1995.tb02314.x
Subject(s) - presidential address , presidential system , political science , medicine , public administration , law , politics
In 1983, more than 10 years ago, the concept of therapeutic artificial organs was proposed by this author. Currently developments of various types of immunomod‐ulation technologies are well established, and therapeutic artificial organs for the treatment of autoimmunodiseases have become a well‐accepted concept. It is this author's opinion that if we utilize apheresis technologies properly we should be able to prevent the aging process of mankind. Physical youth, and perhaps mental youth, can be achieved by apheresis technologies. However, in order to maintain youth and enjoy a high quality of life, it is essential to maintain a strong will to live. In this paper a new type of an artificial organ is proposed. This antiaging artificial organ is named “Juzo,” the organ for a longer life, in Japanese, by this author.