Free Web NovelChapter 690: Chapter 382: I Have Great Confidence in You All_2
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Zhao Yi didn’t even participate in the experiment design phase, let alone the experimental process. What meaning could understanding the experimental procedure and results directly have?
Li Ming was somewhat confused.
Although he thought the group was formed initially with Zhao Yi as the core, Zhao Yi did not participate at all. And he, being the eldest with the most experience, should be the central figure of the group. The key issue was, Zhang Wei should trust him more than Zhao Yi, who did not participate.
"Could it be because Zhang Wei is in Zhao Yi’s lab?"
"That could be it."
"People in my lab certainly respect me, even if I haven’t participated in some of the experiments and research..."
Li Ming construed Zhang Wei’s attitude as a sort of ’respect’.
Zhao Yi listened attentively to Zhang Wei’s explanation, nodding occasionally. He was very serious, looking through the computer and notes meticulously.
Li Ming and Zhang Wei designed four initial experiments together, hoping to find the most promising research direction for drug development.
Zhao Yi had looked at each one.
His furrowed brow seemed to suggest deep thought. Eventually, he stood, put on a lab coat, and went inside the inner lab to observe the progress of the four experiments.
"What’s he doing?" Li Ming was somewhat puzzled.
Zhang Wei naturally said, "Going to see the experiments? Maybe he can make a discovery by just observing?" It wouldn’t be possible for anyone else, but seemed plausible for Zhao Yi. She had an inexplicable trust in him.
Li Ming didn’t say anything else, only watching through the glass window.
Soon.
Zhao Yi came out from the lab inside. He took off his lab coat and put it on the back of a chair, then picked up a pen and marked an ’X’ on the first three proposals, lifted his head and said, "We will continue with this method," pointing to the last item on the note, which is to research bacteria that produce antibodies against bacteria.
"Researching E. coli and shapeshifting bacteria?"
Li Ming said, somewhat puzzled, "This item was added by Zhang Wei, I don’t think it’s very significant. Haven’t you guys already done the research on 2CV-Bing Hydrogen molecules produced by human immune responses to the bacteria?"
Zhao Yi said, "Just E. coli. We will only research E. coli. Your design is to observe the process of bacterial antibody function. My idea is to continue this research in depth, ideally identifying issues with E. coli’s reaction to bacterial antibodies."
"Being marked?" Li Ming asked, full of doubt.
"What happens after being marked?"
Zhao Yi posed a counter-question.
Most antibodies produced by human immunity react to pathogens by ’marking’ or ’clearing’ them, primarily through marking. Antibodies are like target indicators helping the human immune system mark pathogens, after which phagocytes from the immune system or other cells with similar functions clear the pathogens.
But what if the E. coli is removed from the human immune environment?
An antibody that only marks E. coli cannot directly clear it. What would happen to an E. coli that’s been marked?
As soon as this question came up, Li Ming furrowed his brow and thought carefully for a while. Seemingly figuring something out, he opened his mouth and asked, "Zhao Yi, are you suggesting we research E. coli’s catabolic reaction?"
"Catabolic reaction..."
Zhao Yi considered, "You could understand it that way."
A catabolic reaction, also known as decomposition metabolism, is a process in which the organism degrades molecules from the environment or from its own stored organic nutrients (such as sugars, lipids, proteins, etc.) into smaller, simpler end products (such as carbon dioxide, lactic acid, ethanol, etc.) through a series of reactions.
What Li Ming referred to as E. coli’s catabolic reaction was the entire process of E. coli being cleared and ’digested’ by the human immune system.
He was partially correct.
The reason it was only ’partially’ was that Zhao Yi himself did not know in which direction the research should go. He was good at managing research direction, but not in terms of the overall strategy. Instead, he made conclusions from the experiments to know which ones would be helpful to the research.
Among the four conventional research plans designed by Li Ming and Zhang Wei, only the E. coli research plan would be helpful for the development of the 2CV-Bing Hydrogen Molecule drug. So researching the reaction between E. coli and bacterial antibodies was the most likely to yield helpful discoveries or results.
Li Ming didn’t say anything more, but he did not understand.
Researching E. coli?
What meaning could this have?
If it’s the study of the mutation of E. coli, or if there’s hope for new discoveries, such as E. coli reacting with some proteins or chemicals, what comes to mind is the artificial synthesis of proteins.
E. coli is an extraordinary bacteria. Humans have successfully utilized biotechnology to modify E. coli to produce valuable drugs like insulin and interferon.
This is the method of artificial protein synthesis.
But at the institute meeting, they directly ruled out the direction of artificially synthesizing the 2CV-Bing Hydrogen Molecule, what could be the purpose of conducting further research in this direction?
...
In the end, Li Ming didn’t say anything because he realized he had no say in the matter.
Even though his experience was the most extensive and he was a legitimate senior researcher, the team was founded around Zhao Yi, and Zhang Wei demonstrated absolute trust in Zhao Yi.
So, what else could he say?
"Since Zhao Yi made the decision, research will follow his direction." Li Ming thought, sighing. He still wanted to research plasma cells. Even if sophisticated research did not yield results, it could still accumulate a lot of experience. There would not be another opportunity once missed.
Pity...
Zhao Yi did not hold this field of research in high regard, and he did not seem to show any interest in it either.
"Sigh~"
After Zhao Yi left the lab, Li Ming couldn’t help but express his regret with a sigh.
Zhao Yi had no idea of Li Ming’s frustration. He merely did what was necessary, establishing the direction of the research and then letting Li Ming and Zhang Wei design the experiments.
His experience was minimal, and he was not good at designing experiments.
When Zhao Yi left the lab, he did not leave the institute. Instead, he went to find out about the progress of Han Hui’s team and incidentally consulted Ai Lixin about problems in several smaller projects in the lab.
Ai Lixin and Han Hui participated in the research on the development of the 2CV-Bing Hydrogen Molecule drug. Still, the research was just a ’side job’ for him. His main work was in the lab, where he was responsible for many small projects, including individual projects of Liu Chengjie and Yan Yi. He helped guide and instruct them.
The small projects in the lab are also very important. They allow young researchers to accumulate experience and make the lab’s achievement data look better.
In addition, there was the progress of Han Hui’s team. freewēbnoveℓ.com
After Zhao Yi had a conversation with Han Hui and asked Ai Lixin, he understood the progress of ’replacing the human immune environment’ and knew that this research had huge bottlenecks.
Although the research could reduce the cost of producing the 2CV-Bing Hydrogen Molecule in the lab, the decrease would be very limited, much like running a program on a computer. Even if it’s just a small program, the computer must start and cannot turn into a small calculator.
So, no matter how good the research is, the reduction in cost is very limited.
"Being able to significantly reduce the cost of producing the 2CV-Bing Hydrogen Molecule... would also be considered an achievement, right? It could save money for future research."
Zhao Yi said in consolation.
Ai Lixin was slightly depressed, complaining, "At the time of dividing the groups, I wanted to be in a group with you. But Han Hui, the old hag, insisted on pulling me along. I didn’t want to go with her. No choice, they had to divide into three groups. It should have..." He stopped talking suddenly while sighing.
Han Hui came out of the lab, her wide eyes full of anger, "You..."
She had just uttered a word.
Ai Lixin quickly changed the tone, "It should have been you coming to our group, don’t you think, Zhao Yi? With the excellent Han Sister, as well as you and me, we could have worked on this research together. Perhaps we could have reduced the cost by ten times, twenty times, or even a hundred times."
"I don’t have confidence in myself, but I have a lot of confidence in Han Sister and you!"
He turned his head with a righteous look on his face, as if he had just seen Han Hui, "Han Sister, when did you come out? I thought you were still in the lab."
"Just in time!"
"I was thinking of having Zhao Yi join our group, you should also help me persuade..."
