 Altec
boosts trade with China - Firm's president traveled to Beijing, Shanghai
on a mission
American rejects
pilots' China offer - Airline wants similar deal on hours that it
has for India flight
Business overtures
to China start to bear fruit - 2 companies set up centers in Dallas;
more may be coming
China
holds the cards in North Korean standoff
China promotes
WVU Mountaineers spirit
China tour leaves
lasting impression on residents
China's dirty
exports - Mercury and sootChina's
growing prosperity abets more freedoms, but there are limits
Energy-hungry
China could mean big business for Pittsburgh companies
Foot Stompin' Express
going to China - Local group will perform in Shanghai in May
Karlstad,
Minn., company Mattracks expands production to ChinaLiver
transplants in China tied to hepatitis cases
Pittsburghers
join rush to cash in on China boom
PPG prospers
in China after a hard lessonRubber
quality, productivity key to retaining edge in China
Seeking China connection -
American hopes to learn soon if it will join DFW to Beijing
T. Rowe Price
gains an entry to China - Beijing selects Baltimore firm to help invest
its social security fund in U.S
Thais
are urged to cash in on the China-India boom
US
engineer accused of trying to sell stealth secrets to Israel - Most
items in the indictment state that Noshir Gowadia sold B2 technologies
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Liver transplants
in China tied to hepatitis cases TOKYO -- According to a study by a team of South Korean researchers, 6.5 percent of South Koreans who received liver transplants in China have been infected with hepatitis B or C. It is suspected that Chinese organ donors were not examined properly, and that their livers or blood were infected with the hepatitis virus. The findings suggest there is a possibility of the increasing number of Japanese nationals who receive organ transplants in China becoming infected with hepatitis. The number of Japanese having transplant surgery in China shows no sign of abating. More and more people are traveling to China from South Korea, for organ transplants. The research group, led by Prof. Lee Suk Koo of Sungkyunkwan University's transplant surgery department in Seoul, surveyed South Korean medical institutions that treat patients who had undergone liver transplantation in China. According to the research, 490 patients received liver transplants over a five-year period ending last year. Of these, 32 have been infected with hepatitis B or C. It is feared these patients will subsequently develop liver cirrhosis or liver cancer. According to a report compiled in March by the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry's study group, 106 Japanese have had kidney transplants and 14 have had liver transplants in China, as of March this year. The group said there may be many other patients whom they could not locate, and other patients on whom postoperative health examinations could not be conducted. Cases of Japanese infected with hepatitis after visiting China for transplant surgery have already been discovered. Taking Lee's research into account, it is possible the hepatitis virus is spreading further. The stagnation of the domestic system in which organs can be removed from those pronounced brain dead is said to be behind the increased number of Japanese visiting China for organ transplants.
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