Genius of the Rules-Style System

Chapter 1096: 542

Main Laboratory.

The words of Ai Lixin, Li Ming and the others left Shen Xi feeling utterly perplexed. She couldn’t understand why the researchers would all speak like this, as if there were some kind of fanaticism about Zhao Yi.

Even though Zhao Yi’s personal achievements were impressive and his breakthroughs in medical research significant, but...

"Maybe what they are saying is true?"

"If Academician Zhao has such high achievements, there must be a reason. Being favored by Academician Zhao and confidently declaring there is a discovery..."

"There definitely is a discovery?"

"So it’s just because I’m not skilled enough?" Shen Xi pondered carefully, suddenly feeling a hint of hope.

It was probably mainly because her skills indeed weren’t enough. She was a cancer expert in a third-grade hospital, but there were simply too many similar experts.

She was a front-line doctor, not a pure medical research scientist, and had not produced any significant research findings in the field of medical theory.

Shen Xi felt a flicker of hope. She too wished to achieve results. Returning to the laboratory, she opened her notebook and started to carefully review the recorded work content.

"I need to take clear images of the samples at the highest magnification under the microscope!"

That was easy.

Shen Xi busied herself for an afternoon to complete the photography work and transferred the pictures to the computer.

The following day, she began the subsequent work.

Zhao Yi had tasked her with comparing the proteins detected inside cells to see what differences existed between cancer cells and normal cells.

This task was quite professional and meticulous, with the most important part being the separation of the proteins being tested.

Shen Xi designed three methods to separate the proteins and carried out comparisons, calculated the data, and documented the results.

She was busy for three consecutive days. ƒгeewebnovёl.com

On the last day, when the comparison was nearly complete, Zhao Yi came by for a routine visit and joined Shen Xi in performing the final comparison.

The comparison results were printed out.

The comparison included a series of data. Shen Xi examined each result for over ten minutes, then shook her head with a bitter smile, "Academician Zhao, everything is normal."

"There are hardly any differences in the data from the two proteins separated by the three methods."

"Let me see!"

Zhao Yi was quite calm, leisurely sipping his coffee before he took the report to look at it. After about a minute, his eyes lit up, "Dr. Shen, you are mistaken."

"Huh?"

Shen Xi was stunned once again.

Zhao Yi pointed to a spot with seriousness, "Look here, the comparison of all three sets of data shows discrepancies," indicating two other places, "and here, here, the data for the normal cell proteins are slightly higher."

"There are others, on the items of abnormal detection, here and here, the numerical values of the cancer cell proteins are a bit higher," Zhao Yi said earnestly.

Shen Xi marked several positions with a pen, and after giving it another serious look, she expressed her confusion, "But, Academician Zhao, the differences in values are all within the range of fluctuation. No matter what kind of test is performed, results from two samples can’t possibly be exactly the same."

"I don’t believe in ’range’," Zhao Yi said, "A ’range’ is not definitive. In scientific research, we don’t follow the textbook; the normal ranges and deviation ranges stipulated in books aren’t necessarily all correct."

"But..."

Shen Xi asked somewhat bewildered, "Without looking at the normal range, how else can it be viewed?"

"Intuition!"

Zhao Yi declared confidently, "Intuition is very important in scientific research. Of course, intuition is elusive but can also rely on data analysis. You see, the points I highlighted, the comparison results show a pattern."

"The first few are higher in normal cells, and the last few are higher in cancer cells."

"These data points, if I remember correctly, all represent the RD intervals of the test cells, corresponding to DNA/RNA gene testing, right?"

Shen Xi immediately checked again and found everything as Zhao Yi had described; the several data points did indeed correspond to the RD intervals of the test cells. freeωebnovēl.c૦m

It was actually quite normal that she hadn’t noticed.

The comparison data comprised over three hundred items, without direct interval division, and most of the comparison items were simply coded. Besides, the range of the RD interval was vast, encompassing over fifty data points in a scattered arrangement.

Even the most skilled researchers, not regularly performing comparative cellular tests, couldn’t instantly recognize that several data points fell within the RD interval.

Moreover, within the RD interval of over fifty data points, only five showed a certain pattern, which seemed to explain little.

Of course.

This could also be a kind of discovery.

"Perhaps it’s because I don’t really understand data analysis?" Shen Xi thought to herself perplexedly, "While Academician Zhao is still the top mathematician and computer expert, most certainly highly sensitive to numbers."

She still harbored doubts because the regular ’slightly abnormal’ data points hardly proved anything conclusive.

Zhao Yi said, "As long as there is a discovery, we can try," and promptly assigned tasks, "Next, we’ll design experiments focusing on these points, aiming to amplify the signal and then see the final outcome."

"Okay~~"

Shen Xi nodded hesitantly. Her hesitation was due to her lack of understanding and because amplifying the signal was extremely difficult. It wasn’t just isolating the proteins from the cells; it involved further separation of the proteins, and she wasn’t sure if she was capable of doing it.