Chapter 618: Chapter 354: Pigeons and Mice Look Quite Similar!
"The specific antibody protein produced by the human body’s immune response to shapeshifting bacteria and E. coli has some resistance to AIDS infection, so..."
"Can diarrhea act as a resistance to AIDS?"
"Of course not!"
The above conclusion could only be taken as a joke because whether it is shapeshifting bacteria or E. coli, the place where the infection takes effect is usually in the intestines. It is rare for the bacteria to invade the bloodstream, and the body’s natural immunity and antibody proteins would be scarce.
Therefore, even if the conclusion is correct, constant infection with shapeshifting bacteria or E. coli diseases does not produce many specific antibody proteins through immunity, and it is impossible to have much resistance to the AIDS virus naturally.
"If shapeshifting bacteria or E. coli were injected into the bloodstream, allowing the human immune system to exert its most potent effect..."
Zhao Yi shook his head at the thought. ƒree𝑤ebnσvel.com
Injecting shapeshifting bacteria or E. coli into the bloodstream would undoubtedly produce more specific antibody proteins. However, such a situation would be terrifying. Injecting harmful bacteria directly into the bloodstream would lead to a disease called ’bacteremia.’ If it becomes more severe, it leads to sepsis and septicemia, posing a direct risk to life if not treated promptly and actively. Even with appropriate treatment, there is a high probability of lasting complications.
The method of treating a disease should not involve introducing another terrifying disease. The premise of ’fighting poison with poison’ is that it can cure or alleviate symptoms without causing severe complications.
In summary, directly injecting bacteria into the body is an absolutely unacceptable approach.
Medical research is not a superstitious activity, and it is definitely not as simple or violent as that. The research has just begun and has not yet reached the stage of application to treatment.
The urgent task is to figure out which specific antibody proteins are at work.
In fact, using the term ’antibody protein’ is not correct. The only clue is that a certain protein in the body resists infection of the AIDS virus to some extent, but whether it is an immune protein synthesized within the body, a protein dedicated to addressing specific bacteria, or a protein produced by the bacteria itself interacting with the body’s immune system, remains unknown.
"E. coli and shapeshifting bacteria are too common!" Zhao Yi thought, feeling more relaxed.
Studying common bacteria is much simpler because there is so much related research. Many related materials can be found on proteins produced during the human immune process. Even the overall structure of the bacteria has been thoroughly analyzed.
So, the next step might not be exploring the unknown but identifying the proteins within the known range that can be effective.
In the afternoon.
Zhao Yi gathered everyone in the lab, including Zhang Wei, Liu Chengjie, Yan Yi, and part-time worker Fan Lei. He announced the next phase of research on AIDS infection resistance, "I have analyzed the experimental data from these days and decided to focus only on E. coli and shapeshifting bacteria samples from now on. Other samples will be tested and the data saved."
"We need to prepare biological experiments, let’s start with mice."
This is a significant decision.
So far, the experiments cannot definitively conclude that the body’s immune response generates more specific antibody proteins against shapeshifting bacteria and E. coli. The time has been very short, and some bacteria need a certain period of adaptation after invading the human bloodstream before they can rapidly divide and reproduce exponentially.
However, experiments always require trade-offs.
The experimental samples of shapeshifting bacteria and E. coli have revealed the same specific antibody proteins, and the conditions have been well-established.
Although other samples may be better for research, it comes down to probability. Resource-limited experiments must make choices, and giving up research on other samples allows greater focus on exploring the most promising sample.
Zhao Yi’s announcement surprised everyone, even Zhang Wei, who was very puzzled. She only performed the sample experiment as Zhao Yi instructed and was still in the cultivation stage without proper testing. How could they jump directly to the conclusion?
Zhang Wei didn’t understand but didn’t ask any questions, nor did she ask directly.
In the past, similar situations occurred many times, and Zhao Yi was always proven right. Perhaps this is the difference between a genius and an ordinary person; all they have to do is follow Zhao Yi’s instructions.
Liu Chengjie thought so too.
Yan Yi, on the other hand, was very puzzled, and had not adapted yet. She could not help but ask, "Why? I looked at the data for those cultured samples, and they’re all similar..."
Everyone looked at Zhao Yi, who was also curious but did not speak.
Zhao Yi said earnestly, "It’s intuition. I always trust my intuition."
Everyone else was suddenly speechless.
Nobody actually believed Zhao Yi’s intuition. They thought that he must have analyzed it somehow, just like his physics achievements, where he used a computational method to analyze the position of the new particle.
Many physicists gathered to analyze the data from the collision experiments, and none of them noticed anything unusual in that position. But Zhao Yi found it.
Compared to that, the current situation is nothing to worry about.