Free Web NovelChapter 597: Chapter 346: Research on Super High Economic Benefits
Zhao Yi did not pay much attention to the small projects in the lab, but he was very interested in the ’anti-infection’ issue that was unexpectedly discovered during the experiment process, because research on ’anti-HIV infection’ was very valuable.
The blood samples provided by Fan Lei, which had obvious ’anti-infection properties’, led to only one conclusion during the research process: they contained ’some sort of infection-related antibody protein.
The scope of this conclusion was too broad.
Which infection?
There are simply too many pathogens in humans. The scope of ’some infection’ is too wide while there is stagnation in the variation of samples. It is difficult to support continuous research with a single sample and extremely hard to identify the cause.
Therefore, at the beginning, people such as Ai Lixin and Zhang Wei suggested that it was reasonable to inject Fan Lei with regular viruses and bacteria.
This might sound a bit terrifying, reminiscent of some scientists who are conducting human experiments, but in reality, many medical research projects require ’volunteers’.
The former is ’human experimentation’, the latter is ’volunteers’, but in reality, both mean the same thing - conducting experiments on humans.
"You certainly wouldn’t want to be a volunteer, and the efficiency of this method is quite low."
Zhao Yi and Fan Lei explained frankly, "Even if you were to volunteer, it would be very difficult to conduct research because there are just too many pathogens."
"Zhang Wei’s idea is to start with the experiments, use the original samples as carriers, add in your blood, and then carry out microbial invasion experiments, observing the results."
"There are many problems with this method. Without the support of the human circulatory system, the immune response in a separate blood sample invaded by microbes is extremely weak, making it difficult to detect."
In his two years of university, Zhao Yi had completed several projects, and his skills had greatly improved, not only in basic knowledge but also in various testing, analysis, and experimental techniques.
"But it’s the only way we’ve got," said Zhao Yi thoughtfully, "Once the sample loses its research value, we can only discontinue."
"That’s just the way research is. Some yield results, others do not."
Zhao Yi sighed.
Actually, he was trying to persuade Fan Lei not to resist ’blood drawing’ too much, and found it a bit depressing to think that the research might yield no results.
If Li Renzhe heard the same words, he would probably declare excitedly, "I’m not afraid!"
"What’s a bit of blood for the sake of science!"
Fan Lei is not easily ’talked into’, he just showed less resistance and complained, "Anyway, I have no choice, right?"
Zhao Yi nodded, "You could say that."
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Drawing blood isn’t as scary as it sounds.
Fan Lei was a little worried before, but when he got a document from the research institute it wasn’t a big deal, Director Yu, who wrote the document, gave him a lesson about common sense on ’blood volume’.
Normally, even if you do a major blood test, the times when you need to withdraw 15-30 milliliters at most, usually divided into 3 to 5 tubes.
The tubes may look big, but they only hold a few milliliters.
When drawing blood for a test, you generally wouldn’t feel any difference from not drawing blood, that is, for most healthy people.
Fan Lei’s form stated ’100ml’, which meant going to the hospital, drawing 100ml blood and bringing it back. fгeewebnovёl.com
100ml of blood is much more than for testing, but less than the 200ml standard for blood donations. For a healthy, robust young man, drawing 100ml wouldn’t make much of a difference, and any change might just be psychological.
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Fan Lei is a healthy, robust young man.
"If you feel dizzy after the drawing, it’s definitely psychological."
Director Yu asserted.
Fan Lei instantly felt relieved. He was thinking on the way about which familiar nurse might help, the last time there were a few he had a good chat with, and even got their phone numbers.
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When Fan Lei went to the hospital to have his blood drawn with a relaxed mind, Zhao Yi had already arrived at the lab and discussed experimental design issues with Zhang Wei.
It wasn’t that Zhang Wei just thought of running separate experiments, she had come up with the idea a long time ago and had even discussed it with Ai Lixin, but they never got around to running it.
Firstly, there were other projects to do in the lab, and they were too busy to get to it.
Secondly, they didn’t have the conditions to do so.
Mixing the sample with blood, simulating a certain environment to achieve external bacterial and viral invasions, and generating antibody proteins, seems not difficult. But in reality, simply setting up ’a certain environment’ is a very challenging thing, let alone allowing the sample to produce antibody proteins.
It must be understood that a sample of blood does not have the support of the ’human circulatory system’.
To make a sample of blood produce ’antibody proteins’, not only do they need to simulate the environment, but they also need to add a lot of materials and rigidly control their laboratory conditions.
After the completion of the AIDS virus gene project, the research institute provided a large amount of funding specifically for improving the conditions of the lab. The lab didn’t purchase any large equipment, but upgraded all smaller experimental tools, equipment, and reserve materials.
As soon as Zhao Yi entered the lab, he found that everything was different. He knew that the lab had been upgraded and that the institute had provided the funds for this. Interested, he asked, "How much did it cost?"
"Over three million!".
Zhang Wei laughed, "Just replace some small things, it costs more than the big ones!"
That was the truth.
