Free Web NovelChapter 1377: Chapter 656: Establishing a Gene Laboratory_2
"Zhang Wei!" Zhao Yi called out reflexively.
Ai Lixin immediately followed, "Zhang Wei, you finally came out. Let me tell you, ever since Zhao Yi arrived, everything has changed."
"Of course," Zhang Wei nodded confidently.
Unable to wait, Ai Lixin started discussing the data issue from before and then turned to discuss it with Zhang Wei, "Zhao Yi circled these proteins and enzymes, do you see anything unusual?"
"I can’t understand this!" Zhang Wei replied bluntly, and then continued to look at Zhao Yi. She wanted to talk more with Zhao Yi as it had been a long time since she last saw him and she missed him. But Ai Lixin kept pulling her away, which made her feel quite frustrated.
Fortunately, Zhao Yi was not only there for a short while. He would be at the university for the next few days.
Zhao Yi, seeing the enthusiastic discussion between the two, simply joined in and said, "Identifying the active proteins and enzymes is only the first step in research. For us, racing to publish results first has no meaning."
At that moment, several people gathered around, including Li Ming who had just come in, and other researchers and associate researchers. frёewebnoѵēl.com
Zhao Yi directly addressed everyone, "Our lab is the best in the country, and even perhaps in the world."
"Even internationally, this is recognized because of our standards and results."
"So for us, racing to publish experimental results is meaningless. If other institutions’ research is faster, and they publish results first, we don’t need to worry about it."
"What is most important for our lab? Actual results that can be applied to medicine and treatment, or that are very significant for basic medical science—these are what matter the most."
"Coming back to the issue at hand, for our current study, if we know that a certain protein or enzyme can directly have an anti-aging effect, then we must conduct further in-depth research. We need to understand why these enzymes or proteins are effective, what role they play in the process of cell division, transformation, and activity. Additionally, their synthesis, the genetic genes they correspond to, and so on."
"This deeper content is what we, as the ’first’, need to study."
"Why do I say this?"
Zhao Yi continued, looking at everyone, "It is not for the sake of being first, but to be realistic. Many institutions rush to publish research results. Why? They need more influential results to increase the reputation of the institution and the individual. With enough results, they can secure more funding."
"Us, on the other hand? Are we lacking in reputation? Are we short of funds?"
"I think not."
"If anyone is lacking funds or feels pressure from scientific achievements, talk to me. I’ll solve it for you."
He made a promise, "This is my lab, and I hope that everyone, each one of you, can patiently conduct research, meaningful research. Even if ultimately there are no results, as long as the direction is not wrong, there is no problem."
"Other things, like publishing more papers or racing to announce results, are not needed, not at all!"
Zhao Yi finished in one breath.
This was the insight he had gained from his experience in scientific research. Research definitely needs to be meaningful. For the entire lab, fame and money are not in short supply, so there’s no need to pursue meaningless research.
In the scientific community, many bottom-tier staff need to publish papers and achieve results to add persuasive power to their personal records.
In reality, that’s for ’outsiders’ to see.
There was no such issue in Zhao Yi’s lab because they had ample research funding. Associate researchers conducting projects could apply for funds as long as they were capable and the application report had no issues.
As for Assistant Researchers, which are basically interns at the bottom level, they aren’t qualified to do projects on their own, and naturally they don’t have the corresponding pressures.
These are the newly established rules and regulations.
The entire medical center now follows these rules and regulations, mainly because there’s adequate funding for research and development, which allows the rules to be set more reasonably.
Zhao Yi finished speaking in one breath, and immediately, the surrounding people began to applaud.
They indeed thought what he said was excellent.
The Medical Science Center and even Yanhua University are now making changes to the research and development regulations. They no longer judge heroes by the number of papers they publish, but by giving researchers ample time, which can lead to significant achievements. Otherwise, conducting research for the sole purpose of publishing papers is a complete waste of funds and time.
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Zhao Yi stayed at the university for several days, spending most of his time in his own laboratory. He also paid attention to another important research area, which is the study of leukemia.
Leukemia is a class of malignant clonal diseases of hematopoietic stem cells. Clonal leukemia cells proliferate uncontrollably, experience differentiation obstacles, and are resistant to apoptosis. As a result, they proliferate and accumulate massively in the bone marrow and other hematopoietic tissues, infiltrate non-hematopoietic tissues and organs, and simultaneously suppress normal hematopoiesis.
Clinically, leukemia patients exhibit varying degrees of anemia, bleeding, febrile infections, and enlargement of liver, spleen, lymph nodes, and bone pain.
Research on medical treatment methods related to leukemia mainly involves studies aimed at inhibiting the proliferation of clonal hematopoietic stem cells and white blood cells.
The research project carried out by Zhao Yi’s laboratory did not have specific content.
Zhang Wei and Ai Lixin had decided to conduct basic research, which would be the study of clonal hematopoietic stem cells; Li Ming and Zhu Qi, on the other hand, collaborated on research aiming at inhibition-related aspects, focusing mainly on treatment methods.
Both research directions were highly meaningful.
The project was a collaboration with a partnered medical laboratory, with the main hope of finding new treatment methods or developing new drugs.
Zhao Yi’s laboratory also contributed half of the funding, with projected investment around twenty million, but the research had just begun and hadn’t yielded any specific results. ƒreewebɳovel.com
Zhao Yi commented on the research, "Both directions are fine, but I think we should add genetic research to our focus, not gene technology, but the study of the genes of clonal cells."
"There should be related outcomes internationally on this aspect, but gene research is far from comprehensive."
"Additionally, our laboratory’s strength in genetic research is actually a weak spot," he said.
The others all listened and nodded in agreement.
Let alone Zhao Yi’s laboratory, the entire Medical Science Center did not have much to show in gene research. The main reason was that gene research is generally carried out by specialized gene centers or Virus Prevention Centers; ordinary medical research institutions are not specialized in this field.
Zhang Wei frowned slightly and asked, "If we are to do this research, we will need to introduce a lot of new equipment."
"No problem," said Zhao Yi. "The laboratory should have a lot of money, right? Continue to increase investment in gene research and we can also collaborate with the Microbiology Center. I hope that in the future, our laboratory will also have a professional gene laboratory."
Although it was a simple statement, the funds involved were absolutely enormous.
The others didn’t oppose it, as the laboratory indeed had plenty of money. Just the Tianqing Protein and the universal cancer immunotherapy method, among other patents, had brought a large amount of funds to the laboratory. Last year alone, patent dividends reached 1.7 billion.
Although patents have a lifespan, for a laboratory to have over a billion in funds each year is quite substantial. Setting aside a part to build a gene laboratory would be more than enough.
After spending several days in the laboratory, Zhao Yi felt it was about time, so he headed to the Aerospace Bureau’s Mars Mission Center.
At this point, the Mars exploration mission had entered the final stages of preparation.
Upon arriving at the Mars Mission Center, Zhao Yi first visited the astronaut training base.
This was a temporary base for the mission.
The astronauts involved in the mission had already been at the training base for over three months. As the mission’s official start was nearing, their work consisted of continuing to familiarize themselves with the workflow and adjusting their physical condition, with the hope of being in the best possible shape before the mission began.
