Nather Aziz, Mandy Foong Shi Yun, Ning Tan, Kaiying Wang
National University Hospital Tissue Bank, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National University Health System, NUHS Tower Block Level 11, 1E Kent Ridge Road, Singapore, 119228, Singapore.
Cell Tissue Bank. 2018 Jun;19(2):229-240. doi: 10.1007/s10561-018-9697-y. Epub 2018 Apr 25.
Tissue banking in the Asia Pacific regions is driven by two main forces-firstly the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) via Regional Co-operative Agreement projects and secondly by the Asia Pacific Association of Surgical Tissue Banking (APASTB). This overview is written in three sections: (1) History of tissue banking in individual country in the region. (2) History of APASTB. (3) History of IAEA programme in Asia Pacific region. The current status and future of the tissue banking programme in the region will be discussed.
亚太地区的组织库建设由两大主要力量推动,一是国际原子能机构(IAEA)通过区域合作协议项目,二是亚太外科组织库协会(APASTB)。本概述分为三个部分:(1)该地区个别国家的组织库历史。(2)亚太外科组织库协会的历史。(3)国际原子能机构在亚太地区项目的历史。还将讨论该地区组织库项目的现状和未来。