godfather of surgery

Chapter 1058 Taking the blame
The viruses used by Professor Zhang Zhiwei in his experiment were extracted from Yang Ping's body. After these viruses were injected into Professor Zhang Zhiwei's body, they did not cause a high fever, but a sustained fever of around 38.2 degrees. The fever subsided in less than three days and the body temperature returned to normal. This reaction was at best at the level of a minor cold.

It seems that this new K virus is a compromise product after fighting with Yang Ping's immune system and has acquired good adaptability.

However, what is strange is that these viruses behaved very weakly after entering Professor Zhang's body. They had no ability to replicate on a large scale and were basically cleared out by the immune system within three or four days.

The viruses found in the blood drawn from Professor Zhang Zhiwei were sequenced and found to have no structural differences from the viruses extracted from Yang Ping, but why are their habits so different?

A virus may react in one way in most people, but in some individuals it may react in another way. This is not uncommon, but the probability is very low. For example, HIV cannot be eliminated or cured in most people. However, it can be cured on its own in some individuals. There have been such cases in the world. But the probability is too low. There are so many AIDS patients in the world, but there is only one such special case.

The virus in Yang Ping's body has maintained a low titer level and has always existed and cannot be completely eliminated. At present, there are no adverse reactions, but no one can predict whether there will be negative effects in the long run because there is no historical data as a research reference.

Professor Zhang decided to continue studying the virus in Yang Ping's body, perhaps opening up a new research field.

After these experiments, Yang Ping and Professor Zhang quickly mastered the characteristics of the virus. The virus after the fourth modification does not cause much harm to the human body. The harm level is even lower than that of common cold-causing viruses, and it is not contagious, so this virus with therapeutic effects is generally safe.

In order to obtain more data, Professor Zhang had several researchers in the laboratory who already had children participate in the voluntary experiment. Without exception, the castrated virus had no ability to replicate in them, and the non-castrated virus could also be cleared by the immune system. The virus extracted from Yang Ping did not have the ability to survive in other people. It either could not replicate or was easily cleared by the immune system.

In addition to continuing the experiment, the next step is to remove the virus from Yang Ping. Although there are no clinical symptoms for the time being, it is unknown whether it will harm the body in the future. Many viruses cause harm to the human body slowly. For example, the hepatitis B virus will not have any obvious symptoms when it first infects the human body, but it will slowly damage the liver. As the liver damage worsens, the symptoms will gradually appear.
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The researchers participating in the experiment from the Virus Laboratory of Nandu Medical University, Sanbo Hospital and Nandu Medical University gathered together to discuss the next experimental plan.

The next experiment must be done on osteosarcoma patients. It is meaningless to do it on healthy people. However, Sisi is unable to participate in the experiment in her current condition, so we can only find other patients to participate in the experiment.

Finding another patient presented ethical issues, and everyone was in a dilemma. So, we worked together to come up with a solution that would allow us to continue the experiment while avoiding ethical issues.

The structure of the virus extracted from Yang Ping's body was displayed on the electronic screen. This virus was obviously mutated compared to the previous K virus, and its genetic sequence had changed. The mystery of life is so magical.

A virus with a simple protein structure can actually change itself. Where does its power come from and why does it have such survival wisdom?

Professor Zhang Zhiwei is an expert in virology, but he couldn't find the answer at all. It seems that human biological knowledge is very immature in the face of the mysteries of life in the real world.

Now all the manpower and time of the entire laboratory are invested in the research of K virus. All other projects have been suspended to make way for the research of K virus.

After a lot of research and many experiments, everyone has now reached a consensus: the virus in Yang Ping's body has mutated and can coexist harmoniously with the human immune system. This virus is very fragile outside the body and is also very fragile in other people's bodies. It can only survive in Yang Ping's body at a low titer.

In fact, this characteristic is consistent with its ability, because it can kill tumor cells, and if something goes wrong, it may also kill normal cells, so its high fragility makes it very safe. If it has strong survival ability, once it kills normal cells due to some mistakes, the consequences will be disastrous.

Therefore, if this virus wants to survive after fighting with the human immune system, it must change itself to cause the least harm to the human body and become more vulnerable.

"Our next step should be to find a cancer patient to conduct experiments. We should extract the virus from Professor Yang and inject it into the cancer patient to see what the reaction is. Is it still as mild as it is now? Can it kill tumor cells?" Lu Xiaolu suggested.

"I agree with Professor Lu's suggestion. We must strike while the iron is hot."

Professor Zhang Zhiwei agreed that the current experimental topic has been pushed to this point by Yang Ping, and it is only one step away from success. If it is still trapped in the rules and regulations and follows the ordinary procedures, it is likely that it will never be able to make a breakthrough. These scientific researchers are almost obsessed with breakthroughs in a certain research. Some people may not be able to make a breakthrough in their lifetime. In addition to hard work, a breakthrough also involves a bit of luck. Now Yang Ping is taking the risk of his own body to seize this bit of luck.

"Now that the safety of the K virus has been confirmed, I can publicly recruit volunteers for the experiment. I think many osteosarcoma patients and their families would be willing to give it a try. Everyone is willing to try many unreliable and completely fraudulent methods of treating tumors. Why can't we directly recruit volunteers for our completely formal laboratory method?" someone said.

"Psychologically, patients in desperate situations are eager to grasp a life-saving straw. Even if they know it is unreliable, they are willing to believe it. This is determined by the human desire to survive, so there are many so-called quack doctors everywhere. But from the perspective of scientific research ethics, this is definitely not okay. It is a taboo to directly recruit volunteers for clinical trials without going through the normal process. Our laboratory must establish a golden sign in the world and must not make such low-level mistakes. We are not liars, but researchers in the world's top laboratories." Tang Shun reminded everyone.

"If we still need healthy people, we can sign up now, but what we need now are cancer patients, and they must be osteosarcoma patients, which are not easy to find. If we can't find them well, it will easily cause ethical disputes. If the treatment is effective later, it's fine. But if it's ineffective, if there is an accident such as death, there is a high probability that there will be a dispute. If the dispute is used by others, I'm afraid our laboratory will have to close down."

"It's nothing, actually. Oncolytic virus therapy also uses viruses to treat tumors. Didn't the founder of this method just use himself as an experiment without following any procedures?"

"It's different. Experimenting on yourself is a personal behavior, while experimenting on others is a social behavior. If you masturbate yourself, there's nothing wrong with that, but if you do it to others, that's a crime."

"What if you agree?"

"It doesn't count if someone is under 14 years old and consent is given. It's rape regardless of whether there is consent or not."

Everyone was talking to each other, and the discussion was lively.

"How did a good experiment get linked to rape? We are curing diseases and saving lives, how can it be compared to rape? You should be more careful when using metaphors, this is bullshit." Professor Zhang Zhiwei immediately criticized two doctoral students under him, who had just used rape as a metaphor.

However, this analogy is quite apt. It is not compliant to find cancer patients to conduct clinical trials now, regardless of whether they agree or not.

"What should I do?"

"What should we do? Let's think of a solution."

Everyone was very anxious. Now the experiment was at the most critical moment and it felt like it was going to succeed. All of this was gained by Professor Yang's risk-taking. "I have a good idea!" Zhang Lin coughed and said after thinking for a while.

Everyone focused their attention on him, wondering what clever plan this man had. Especially the people at Nandu Medical University were not familiar with Zhang Lin. Seeing his mysterious look, they thought he was some kind of expert.

"Pick one of us and use him to recruit a few reliable volunteers. It would be best if they are regular patients in our hospital and we know them well. We can recruit patients to be volunteers and give them a few million yuan each. They can get free treatment and earn money. In the late stage, it's hard to cure anyway, so who wouldn't want to do this? If we run into a despicable person and cause a dispute, the person we choose must take responsibility. To put it bluntly, he will be a scapegoat. But if the experiment is successful, he must be in the top three of the main papers on this topic."

"For the advancement of human science, I am willing to be the person chosen. I will do this. If there is any problem, I, Zhang Lin, will take full responsibility and will not let anyone else down. If there is no problem, I don't have high requirements. I just want the paper to be ranked in the top three."

Zhang Lin said slowly, touching the thermos cup in his hand.

Damn, who wouldn't want to take the blame? You may not be able to get into the top three of scientific research papers of this level in your whole life.

I do, I do, I do. A group of young masters and doctors raised their hands high, fearing that this good job would be snatched away by others. This plan was tailor-made for them. For these guys, reputation is shit. There is no such thing as reputation.

"What are you thinking? Is this your turn? If something really happens, can you afford it? You're just thinking of these opportunistic things. If you want to find someone, you have to find one among our directors. Only those at the director level are qualified to take the blame. Not everyone can take the blame."

Professor Zhang Zhiwei slowly raised his hand with a tragic look on his face: "You young people have a promising future. It is not appropriate for you to take the blame. Let me do this. I am the most suitable person. If something really goes wrong, I will admit that it is my fault and take all the responsibility on myself."

Of course, if the laboratory is successful, you have to give me the top three spots. Zhang Zhiwei just didn't say it. Professor Yang is ranked first, there is no dispute about this, but there are two more top three spots. There are several people who are qualified. Tang Shun is the director of the laboratory of the Institute of Surgery of Nandu Medical University, Lu Xiaolu is the director of the tumor research laboratory, Song Zimo and Xu Zhiliang are his right-hand men, and they participated in the whole experiment. To be honest, if we evaluate their respective contributions, Zhang Zhiwei really can't be ranked in the top three. It's good to be in the top five.

Who doesn't have some selfish motives? In history, some famous scientists in textbooks have fought each other over academic achievements, which was jaw-dropping. It's already very good for me to gamble with my own reputation.

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Lu Xiaolu is a straightforward person: "This is not an ordinary blame. Maybe it will lead to a Nobel Prize candidate. We don't necessarily need to win any prize. I am just talking about the importance of this topic. This topic may be able to produce several Nobel Prizes."

The implication is that everyone is willing to take the blame, and this plan is a ridiculous one.

Tang Shun couldn't stand it any longer. The discussion was getting out of control. "These things are beyond the technical aspects. How can we discuss them clearly? Let's discuss the technical details. Let our Dean Xia handle these things. That old fox - oh, I mean, with Dean Xia's rich experience in the administrative circle, it would be better for him to handle this kind of thing."

"Tang Shun is right. Let's discuss the technical details and not waste time on this." Yang Ping affirmed this opinion.
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Dean Xia’s office.

After Yang Ping finished speaking about his thoughts, Dean Xia thought for a moment and said, "You mean to ask me to take the blame for your project, isn't that what you mean?"

"You can understand what I mean." Yang Ping nodded.

Dean Xia rolled his eyes and said, "I can take the blame, but I have a condition."

I didn't expect that Dean Xia is also a person who pursues fame and fortune. It's understandable and it's human nature.

Dean Xia took a sip of tea and said, "You can let me take the blame, but it won't be so cheap. I have one condition: give me half of the tea leaves in your cabinet that someone gave you recently, and then we'll consider this a deal."

Damn, so cruel!

"What? You don't agree? Forget it. I've been the dean for so many years, and I've always had a good reputation. If the experiment fails and there's an ethical crisis, I'll have to stand up and use my reputation to take the blame. How can I not be honest and offer higher conditions?"

"But your condition is indeed a bit high, half, can it be less?"

"Young man? Please turn right when you leave."

Dean Xia immediately stood up to see the guest off.

"Okay." Yang Ping compromised.

"That's more like it. Don't worry. As long as the tea leaves are in place, I will make clear arrangements for you. Regardless of the success or failure of the experiment, I guarantee that it will not affect any of your experimental members."

Hey, Old Xia, I never thought that you couldn't escape corruption in the end.

"Is one enough? Do you want to find a few more? You have already tried the K virus yourself. It is so safe. It is not a problem for me to arrange a few more for you. The price is still the same."

"It would be better if we had more."

"Don't try to figure out a solution to this kind of thing behind closed doors. What solutions can you scholars come up with? This kind of thing is no longer a technical matter. So if it's anything beyond technology, just tell me directly. I promise to make it clear for you."

After the work was done, Yang Ping said goodbye. Just as he reached the door, he heard Dean Xia's voice again.

"Hey, professor, I have to remind you that you must never use yourself for experiments in the future. You must never do that! Do you know that when we found out about this, we were so scared that our whole bodies went cold and we haven't recovered yet? This is not just your problem. Your body belongs to the country now. Do you understand? If anything goes wrong, I can't take the blame for it. Other blames are easy to deal with, please!"