As the newly elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Japan Society of Low Temperature Medicine,it is my great pleasure to present this inaugural address.

　Founded in 1974,the JSLTM has now experienced thirty years as an innovative society of medicine and biology. While it is now in its prime,we welcome more members in good standing. The transfusion of autologous blood,the transplantation of autologous bone marrow,allogenic cord stem cells and tissues has resulted in the discovery of unique approaches and breakthroughs for cryopreservation that have been reported upon at annual meetings of the Society and published in our official journal,Low Temprature Medicine. Cryosurgery and even regenerative and minimally invasive medicine that stands in the forefront of modern medicine in the world today can be traced to the activities of the JSLTM.

　On behalf of the Society,I would like to express my great gratitude to the previous Chairman,Dr. T. Miyazaki. Dr. Miyazaki,Professor of the Department of Internal Medicine at Hokkaido University was the first Chairman of the Board of Directors and contributed immensely to the JSLTM. Under his leadership,the Society expanded from a small research society to the present one. Because of his distinguished service to the Society,Dr. Miyazaki has been appointed as an Honorary Member of the Society.

　It is my great honor that I have been inaugurated as the present Chairman of the Board of Directors at the thirty first Annual Meeting of the JSLTM held in Sapporo,November 2003. Today,on this epoch-making occasion,I should like to outline my program for the future of our Society.

　JSLTM is perhaps an unparalleled medical society in Japan in that it investigates treatment of diseases by a trinity of approaches: cryopreservation,cryosurgery,and cryoimmunology as exemplified on the logo of the cover of our journal,Low Temprature Medicine. It is also gratifying and true that the Japan Society of Low Temperature Medicine has been the original proponent of regenerative and minimally invasive medicine with the active participation of foreign editors,the papers published in our journal,Low Temprature Medicine, are frequentiy cited worldwide by international researchers.

　During my tenure as Chairman,I have selected three ambitious plans for the future development of the Japan Society of Low Temperature Medicine:

1. The Society should become more international in character through active collaboration with the Society for Cryobiology,the International Society for Cryosurgery,the International Institute for Refrigeration,as well as other related domestic and international scientific societies. As such it will be necessary to public our Journal Low Temprature Medicine,in English in order to introduce our current studies in cryomedicine to a broader international scientific and medical audience.
2. The Society should create fourteen distinct commissions, each of which would have a strong interaction with other related societies in our country and others as well. Each Commission should be unique. The responsibility of each Commission should be based on the principle to treat diseases by the application of low temperature medicine and technology.
3. In the near future, the Society should assume the important task of training specialized and professional physicians and technologists trough workshop and formal academic courses. For such an undertaking, it will be necessary for medical and academic facilities and hospitals to be affiliated with the Japan Society for Low Temperature Medicine
   

The JSLTM is now at a critical point regarding its future long term survival. I look forward to the continued support of all of the members of the Society and I shall continue to personally devote my efforts to make our Society an even more outstanding scientific and medical organization.

Sajio Sumida
Chairman, Board of Directors
Japan Society for Low Temperature Medicine.

The INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS, and the OFFICERS of JSLTM

�T. As a rule contributing authors should be members of the Japan Society for Low Temperature Medicine.
�U. Papers contributed should be on the cryomedicine, cryopreservation of cells, tissues and organs, organ perfusion and cryosurgery. Be written in English, and should not have been previously published. Original article, review, case report, brief communication, and letter are accepted. They should be as concise as possible. Authors whose native language is other than English are strongly recommended to have their manuscripts proofread prior to submission. The basic structure of original article must consist of Introduction including Objective(s), Subject(s), Methods, Results, Discussion, and Conclusion.

�V. All manuscrip should be sent to:

The new address of the Office of the Japan Society for Low Temperature Medicine:

Takeda Bldg. 203,

Ginza 2-11-6, Chuoku, Tokyo, 104-0061 Japan.

Tel-Fax: +81-(0)3−3545−1210

E-mail Address: cryomed＠nifty.com

All submitted manuscripts including the attached illustrations are reviewed by two or more referees.

�W. The Editorial Committee reserves the right to select papers for publication. As a rule, the manuscripts will be published in order of receipt number. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copy right owner.
�X. The following rules shall be observed for contributors.
1) The original manuscript should be submitted on diskette along with two copies of the printout.
2) All articles should be typewritten on one side of the paper only and double-spaced with a wide margin.
3) Number manuscript pages in consecutive order.
4) The title (first) page should provide the article title, author(s), full name(s), affiliation(s), true name and complete mailing address, keywords: 5 or less, running head (short title): 50 characters including spaces, and name of grant (if possible).
5) A summary of 250 words or less,typed on the separate page must accompany each manuscript.
6) References should be numbered consecutively throughout the text using Arabic numerals. The reference list must appear on a separate page and must be styled in accordance with the following examples. Journal abbreviations as listed in the Cumulated Index Medicus should be used. Where a journal is not listed, its name should be given in full. All authors up to three should be given: for more than three authors, list the first three and add 'et al.'. Reference to books should include: authour(s)'s name(s), chapter title, editor's name(s), book title, edition, place of publication, publisher, year of publication; and page number. Examples of references in correct style are;

Sumida S, Okuyama Y, Kamegai T. Serum hepatitis from frozen blood transfusion. Lancet 1967; ii: 1255-126.
Mogami T. Clinical results of MRI guided cryotherapy of renal tumors. In: Harada J, Miyasaka K, Sumida S, eds. Percutaneous cryotherapy of renal cell carcinoma under an open MRI system. Nova Biomedical Books, New York, 2005: 97-110.

�Y. The authors should proofread the first proof and correct misprints,but should not change or add any sentence.
�Z. Publications charges will be as follows;
1) \8,000 per page
2) Printing of 'colored' figures and tables will be subjected to actual expense.
�[. Reprints are available against payment.

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The 35th President of Annual Meeting: Koh Sueoka

Chairman, Board of Governors: Sajio. Sumida.
Vice-Chairmen: Tohru Tamaki, Junta Harada
Board of Governors: Sadao Araki, Yasuo Ikeda, Yukihide Iwamoto, Kunio Ebine, Nobuhiro Ohkohchi, Takanobu Ohtuka, Tomio Ogawa, Fumiya Ogawa, Akira Kakita, Shinnichi Kasai, Akio Kawamura, Masayuki Kimura, Tosifumi Kobayashi, Shigetoyo Saji, Tomoyoshi Satou, Tadasi Shimizu, Kou Sueoka, Kaneyuki Takei, Haruhiro Nakazaki, Keihachirou Hirano, Akira Houki, Kiichi Miya, Go Wakabayasi, Masasi Watanabe
Counselors: Takesi Aoki, Sadao Araki, Yasuo Ikeda, Akiko Isogai, Haruo Isoda, Masami Imamura, Yukihide Iwamoto, Kunio Ebine, Nobuhiro Ookouchi, Takanobu Ootuka, Tomio Ogawa, Fumiya Ogawa, Shinji Osada, Akira Kakita, Shinnichi Kasai, Masaharu Kasai, Junkei Kawaguchi, Akio Kawamura, Masafumi Kawamura, Masayuki Kimura, Kouichi Kyouno, Toshifumi Kobayasi, Shigetoyo Saji, Tomoyosi Satou, Mitufumi Satou, Shouji Shinada, Takao Shinozuka, Tadasi Shimizu, Kazuhiko Shindou, Kou Sueoka, Yasuyuki Sugiyama, Sajio Sumida, Kaneyuki Takei, Minoru Tanabe, Hirosi Taniguchi, Tohru Tamaki, Michiko Dohi, Haruhiro Nakazaki, Seishi Nakazuka, Tadao Nagayama, Satosi Hashino, Junnta Harada, Akira Hohki, Keihachirou Hirano, Naoto Matsuno, Shuhichirou Matsumoto, Kiichi Miya, Masayuki Miyahara, Masaaki Miyamoto, Takuji Mogami, Noboru Motomura, Akio Yamaguchi, Sinichi Yamamoto, Go Wakabayashi, Masashi Watanabe
Auditors: Kunio Ebine, Tomoyoshi Satou
Editorial Board. Editor-in-Chief: Tohru Tamaki
Editors: R.J. Ablin, A.W. Rowe, M.J. Taylor, Nobuhiro Ohkouchi, Shinichi Kasai, Tadasi Shimizu, Kaneyuki Takei, Junta Hadada, Naoto Matsuno, Sinji Yuasa, Masashi Watanabe
Honorary Members (Deceased): Kohichi Aso, Rihachi Iizuka, Youhei Izawa, Sadami Sekiguchi, Hirosi Watanabe, Gizou Nakagawara
Honorary Members: Eizou Asahina, Yasuo Ideduki, Hisanori Uchida, Hirosi Okamura, Tsutomu Kidokoro, Sintaroh Kuramoto, Yosio Kondou, Hitoshi Koyanagi, Masami Kozaki, Yohichi Sugioka, Akira Sibata, Tomoo Tajima, Shigeo Tanaka, Gisizou Nakagawara, Tsuyoshi Miura, Michio Mito, Tamotsu Miyazaki Fukumi Morishige, Takahide Mori, Hiroshi Yagi, Shinji Yuasa, R.J. Ablin, A.W. Rowe.

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Dear Members of JSLTM and the related scientists:
I am delighted that all members of the Japan Society for Low Temperature Medicine (JSLTM) enjoy good health more and more. Members of our Society investigate the treatment of diseases by several approaches: Cryopreservation, Cryosurgery and Cryoimmunology as exemplified on the logo of the cover of our Journal, LOW TEMPERATURE MEDICINE (LTM).

The Editorial Office of LTM has initiated internationalization of our Journal by publishing in English every issue of Volume 31 from manuscripts submitted by members and related scientists. The total number of papers submitted was 17: 9 original and 8 reviews. The shortest review period was 10 days and the longest 50 days. Fortunately, significance, originality and validity were seen in each submitted manuscript although the number submitted is still not sufficient. Above all, I do believe that publication in the Journal three months after receiving the original manuscript at the Editorial Office was accomplished by the prompt and tireless cooperation of authors who adhered to strict suggestions by the referees. Of course, we sincerely thank the English speaking referees for their kind and polite reviewing of those manuscripts submitted by authors whose native language is other than English.
I am pleased to report that our current studies in cryomedicine that are published in LTM have now been introduced to a broader international scientific and medical audience of 63 countries in the world through the Bulletin of the International Institute of Refrigeration.

The Editorial Board of LTM is sincerely awaiting more submissions of manuscripts from you and your institution for the next issue. The dead-line for submission to Volume 32, Number 2 which will come out in September, is Saturday August 5, 2006.
It is important that scientific papers make their debut on the stage of scientific discussion, namely LOW TEMPERATURE MEDICINE! I shall continue to personally devote my efforts to make our Society an even more outstanding scientific and medical organization as I previously pledged in my inaugural address.

Sajio Sumida
Chairman
Board of Governors of the JSLTM
June 19, 2006

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