Free Web NovelChapter 1161: Chapter 567 This is a large UFO!_2
He Jinsheng looked at his wife and daughter and said earnestly, "That won’t be a problem."
"Also," Zhao Yi continued, "during the treatment period, you must stay here, and we will provide a special room for you."
"Stay in the laboratory?" He Jinsheng opened his mouth wide in surprise.
"Yes."
Zhao Yi affirmed, "Because we need to test your blood and monitor your physical condition every day." As he spoke, he patted He Jinsheng on the shoulder, "But don’t worry, Professor He, the living arrangements have been made. The environment is definitely good, and since this is a university, you should be quite comfortable."
"...Alright then!"
He Jinsheng exchanged glances with his wife and daughter, finding no reason to refuse. He mainly felt it was odd, living in the laboratory, wouldn’t he be like a gorilla under observation...
Ahem.
"After all, I’ve already volunteered, so I’m essentially part of an experiment..."
He Jinsheng thought with a wry smile.
On the other hand, he felt that living in the laboratory could be quite good, because Zhao Yi had mentioned that there were cancer experts in the lab, which meant having a top cancer doctor manage his condition throughout, a treatment he couldn’t receive better elsewhere.
After arranging He Jinsheng’s affairs, Zhao Yi tasked Shen Xi, Liu Chengjie, and the others with handling the subsequent arrangements, which were mainly about living and treatment.
As for living in the laboratory, Liu Chengjie and the others were tasked to take care of that, while treatment was entrusted to Dr. Shen Xi.
Shen Xi was a hospital-based cancer specialist, and although not the most elite, she had long-term experience with cancer patients, could offer the most professional advice, and could arrange for He Jinsheng to receive regular treatment at the hospital.
In the early stages of the experiment, He Jinsheng would definitely need to continue his conventional treatment, including his scheduled chemotherapy sessions, which couldn’t be stopped.
Once He Jinsheng’s arrangements were set, Zhao Yi and several researchers went to discuss the experimental issues. Their method involved injecting He Jinsheng with a protein solution containing large amounts of RD-7U8~RD-7V3; the initial plan was to inject him twice a week to observe the effects.
Even with the twice-weekly injections, the pressure on the laboratory was significant because the RD-7U8~RD-7V3 protein solution used for the injections was extracted by the researchers through a very complex process.
This work was particularly arduous and costly, mostly due to the materials used.
Because the 7U8~7V3 proteins were extracted from human cells, the best sources were hematopoietic stem cells or bone marrow, followed by embryonic umbilical cords or other tissues with specific functions. Materials directly related to the human body were acquired through hospitals or societal donations, and the costs were extremely high. Using these materials in treatment was essentially treating humans with human-derived materials, which also presented significant ethical pressures. freēwebnovel.com
Of course.
The lab was not yet in the commercial pharmaceutical phase; it wasn’t profiting from this but was merely experimenting with the effect of injecting 7U8~7V3 proteins into the bloodstream for cancer treatment, reducing the ethical pressures considerably.
The lab’s main concerns were still about costs and manpower.
The material cost of every injection of protein solution given to He Jinsheng, not counting the work of researchers and associate researchers, was over one hundred thousand renminbi. This meant that the material costs alone for one month of treatment for He Jinsheng would amount to over a million.
Simultaneously, the materials were not unlimited.
This method would greatly accelerate the consumption of materials, and the lab’s inventory wouldn’t last more than two or three months.
The lab was now researching the possibility of replacing human cells with animal cells to extract a detection protein with similar functions.
If there were sufficient supplies of materials, such as cells from poultry or livestock that could yield a protein with comparable effects, the material costs would be negligible due to the abundance of supply, simplifying the extraction process without concern for wasting large amounts of materials. It might even be possible to extract and produce in large batches, aiding in the future development of synthetically produced proteins.
The reason it’s considered an auxiliary method is that the 7U8~7V3 detection protein solutions extracted by the lab are relatively muddy, containing more proteins than just the 7U8~7V3.
Synthetically produced proteins would certainly have a much higher purity and very likely more effective medicinal properties.
The personnel in the lab gathered together and quickly distributed the work.
Every day two researchers, accompanied by a few associate researchers, were specifically responsible for the separation and extraction of 7U8~7V3. freeωebnovēl.c૦m
Others were dedicated to the research of animal cells to see whether any animal cells contained detection proteins with effects similar to 7U8~7V3.
This research process was incredibly taxing, necessitating the study of many different types of animal cells, thereby generating a massive amount of data.
Zhao Yi was in charge of the data analysis.
For the following week, he was engrossed in the analysis and ultimately identified several animals whose cells contained detection proteins with effects similar to 7U8~7V3.
Monkeys, sheep, cattle, and many other mammals had similar detection proteins.
Livestock was a fine choice.
However, Zhao Yi’s final choice was the bat. "The bat is the best. The detection protein inside the bat’s body even has a direct suppressive effect on genetic mutations."
"Our next task is to research the detection protein in bat cells..."
Having instructed on the tasks, Zhao Yi also took a deep breath and said, "From now on, it’s up to you guys."
