Back To The Age Of The '80s

"Mr. Li, Mr. Liang."

"Mr. Li, Mr. Liang."

"Welcome back, Li!" David in the laboratory was wearing a tall western gentleman's hat. When he saw Li Zheng coming in, he stepped forward and hugged him vigorously.

Anthony was smiling from the sidelines, and damn it, being pre-empted by that sneaky guy again.

The "bang" ribbon burst out from the hands of Zhang Yuejun and others, and fell on Li Zheng and the others in an instant.

"Welcome home, boss!" the crowd shouted in unison.

A warm current flowed in Li Zheng's heart, home, I haven't heard this word for a long time.

I haven't seen each other for more than half a year. Zhang Yuejun and Zhang Chao seem to have matured a lot, and they are already able to take charge of their own.Zhong Peng still has the same smiling face, but his temperament is much calmer than half a year ago. Ma Wenmin changed his original plain image, wearing a lady's suit, black stiletto heels, and a navy blue envelope bag with white stripes. In his hand, he looked like a strong woman in the 80s.

"Director Ma, you're back too." Ma Wenmin is now the director of the 'International Research Center for In vitro Regenerative Organ Technology', and works in the United States for more than half of the year.

"Boss, you are just joking. You have finally returned to the laboratory, and we as subordinates will naturally come back to greet you." Half a year was enough for the grief to fade away, and Ma Wenmin was obviously much happier.

Liu Sichao changed his clothes and walked from his laboratory. When he saw Li Zheng and Liang Zhe, he couldn't help but smile.

"I've just arrived, I've already finished my lunch." Liu Sichao came over one flight earlier than Li Zheng. According to him, Li Zheng must have a celebrity sister to pick him up, and maybe he will be on the news, so he won't join in the fun up.

Let the old boy do the talking.

Next, the members of the laboratory successively reported to Li Zheng the working situation of the past six months. The Joint Experimental Center at Ma Wenmin's side has tried to use human chondrocytes to construct a human nose. became a problem in the whole experiment.

"Existing immunosuppressants don't seem to be very friendly to in vitro regenerative organs." Ma Wenmin showed a wry smile, "However, the Joint Center has accelerated the research on new immunosuppressants. We believe that with our joint efforts, in vitro regenerative organ technology There will be no problem with the perfection."

Li Zheng patted her on the shoulder to express encouragement.In vitro regenerative organ technology and unlimited time organ storage technology are two key chess pieces for Li Zheng to lay out the future medical structure, and they must not go wrong.

Zhong Peng, Zhang Yuejun, and Zhang Chao set up a joint research team to study a new functional liquid.

"The fifth-generation CT system has been widely used, but its cost is high, and the start-up fee for a test is often not affordable for ordinary people. Moreover, we have investigated the fifth-generation CT in Queen Mary Hospital on the spot, and the imaging effect is not good. It’s much better than the fourth generation, but it’s still not intuitive enough, and careless doctors often miss one or two things.”

"Our detection solution, after the human body circulates once, enters the CT system for detection, which will enhance the imaging effect. If CT imaging is a three-dimensional sketch, our detection solution will function as a marking pen." Zhong Peng explained.

A trace of surprise flashed in Li Zheng's eyes, this is a very practical technique, "How is the progress?"

"The experimental results are obviously rough. After all, we don't have a CT machine, so let's keep repeating the experiments." Zhong Peng said with a smile.

Li Zheng rubbed his chin, "Go and ask, which hospital has not introduced the fifth-generation CT system, and tell them that our Li Zheng laboratory can provide free loans, as long as they cooperate with the laboratory to complete the CT imaging experiment, the specific conditions and repayment Detailed rules, Zheng Lingling, go and discuss with them."

Zheng Lingling said with a smile.

After greeting the people in the laboratory, Li Zheng and Liang Zhe went to the second floor of the No. 2 laboratory.

"In the past few days, I have to sort out some materials, and I may be a little bit neglectful of you." Li Zheng said, feeling that he was not so competent as a partner.

Liang Zhe shook his head in a good-tempered manner, "It's good enough to see you and eat together."

Looking at Liang Zhe's serious eyes, Li Zheng felt overwhelmed with guilt for an instant, he took the initiative to hug Liang Zhe, and rubbed his chin on his shoulder, "Sorry, I won't give it up anymore. This promise, but I promise, I will try my best to adjust my work and life status."

Liang Zhe rubbed Li Zheng's hair, with a trace of tenderness in his eyes.

After Liang Zhe consciously went to work in the study next to him, Li Zheng quickly got into work.He writes like a god, on a brand-new leather notebook, words such as tumor, target, and gene appear from time to time, which are the fields that Li Zheng is most familiar with in his previous life, anticancer drugs.

Anticancer drugs are the field that Li Zheng is most familiar with. In his previous life, he even had one foot in the door to conquer cancer.Why did he not conduct research in this area in his life?The backwardness of the experimental environment is one reason, and more importantly, the Human Genome Project has not started.

Cancer is caused by genetic mutations.Before the correct understanding of cancer and the discovery of cancer mutation genes, the medical treatment for human beings against cancer cells is chemotherapy, which kills cancer cells and normal cells together.

Just like a field of crops, as long as there are worms in the field, all the crops will be destroyed, leaving only a piece of bare land.

Gene mutations cause cancer, and the only way to truly conquer cancer is to correctly understand genes and target them.

Today, in the 80s, the Human Genome Project has not yet started, and most people's understanding of genes is still stuck in Watson's DNA double helix structure in 1953.It's like being reborn back to the era before the advent of the great voyage. There is no complete world map. Who can believe that someone told him that there is a new continent on the other side of this sea, and there are gold mines on it.Not to mention that life science is a science that pays attention to data, and every step of the experiment requires huge data to support it.

Li Zheng cannot be allowed to complete the identification and identification of human genes alone.You must know that this task is huge, but scientists from various countries in later generations have spent more than ten years uniting together and have not completed it.

The beginning of the Human Genome Project gave Li Zheng an opportunity. He wanted to participate in this great project, not only for human beings to understand the principles and mysteries of diseases, but also to regain his familiar field, cancer target. To medicine!

In 1997, Rituximab, the first cancer-targeting drug in history, was approved by the FDA for marketing. It targets CD20 for the treatment of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, opening a new chapter in the human fight against cancer.

Li Zheng is confident that this new chapter will come sooner, earlier.

What he has to do now is to make a record of semi-finished targeted drug experiments. He uses it to convince Watson that he has touched the threshold of anti-cancer and gene targeting. As long as he is allowed to participate in the human genome project, perhaps human beings can overcome Cancer will no longer be a dream!

In this regard, Li Zheng exploded with unprecedented enthusiasm, experimenting, recording, experimenting, and recording again. Even though the direction of the experiment is clear, making a substantial and convincing semi-finished record is not much easier than completing a project.

If Liang Zhe hadn't come to report every day and pulled him out of the laboratory to eat, Li Zheng would have liked to spend 24 hours a day in the laboratory.

"Another 10 minutes, Ah Zhe, give me another 10 minutes. You don't understand the feeling that your long-awaited dream is about to come true in front of your eyes." Li Zheng stared at the computer screen while talking. Graph.

Li Zheng's working state lasted for more than two months.

At the end of May 1986, Li Zheng finally walked out of the laboratory. He was holding a thick document, which was full of handwritten and machine-typed text, chaotic and organized.

"Li, although Professor Watson is a very casual and straightforward person, are you sure you want to meet him with such a face?" David showed an exaggerated expression.

Li Zheng, who had successfully completed his work, obviously also had the intention of joking.

"David, wipe the coffee froth off your beard, it will be more convincing."

David let out a strange cry, and went straight to wipe his mouth with his black suit sleeve, getting a disgusted look from Anthony.

Li Zheng shrugged, hesitated for a moment, and walked into the bathroom anyway.

Seeing his disheveled beggar face in the mirror, with many fine blue stubbles on his face, he froze in place for a while.

Thinking of Liang Zhe's unchanging good morning kiss these past few days, she reconfirmed the fact that Liang Zhe really loved him.

**

In the early hours of Xiangjiang time, Li Zheng called the father of DNA, James Dewey Watson.

Li Zheng and Watson are also old acquaintances.In his previous life, after graduating from Stanford, Li Zheng was led by his mentor to enter Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, while Mr. Watson has been the director of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in Long Island, New York since 1968. Short working time.

Later, Li Zheng returned to China and engaged in research on tumors and anticancer drugs. Watson also gave him a lot of help.

"Mr. Watson, hello. I'm Li Zheng, yes, my laboratory has contacted you."

"If it's convenient for you, I hope I can meet with you once."

Watson on the other end of the phone was very surprised, but with Li Zheng's current international status, although he could not compare with a heavyweight international biology master like him, he already had the opportunity to talk to him on an equal footing.

"Of course, Mr. Li, if you come to New York, I very much welcome you to visit Cold Spring Harbor." Watson said very politely.

For this young pharmaceutical genius, Watson is very appreciative.He felt that Li Zheng and himself were of the same kind. Watson discovered the double helix structure of DNA at the age of 25. He was called the father of DNA and established himself as an unshakable position in the history of biology.

And Li Zheng developed the first drug at the age of 16, and later achieved high output successively, which earned him the reputation of a pharmaceutical genius, and what he did in Africa was also very appetizing to Watson. Americans like heroes. , and Watson is a typical American.