Back To The Age Of The '80s

After the most difficult time passed, the following things became more and more smooth.

After three courses of treatment, there are enough data to prove the clinical effect of erlotinib, but at the same time, its side effects have also appeared.

"Comprehensive data show that erlotinib is suitable for the third-line treatment of locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer who have failed two or more chemotherapy regimens." Li Zheng made the final summary.

"Yeah, it's a pity that we don't have enough time, otherwise we can do more for EGRF's TKI." Ruiz couldn't help but sigh.

"Of course, the advent of erlotinib is only our first step, and the discovery of EFRF represents countless possibilities. However, this data is enough for us to convince those diehards to accelerate the implementation of the Human Genome Project."

Although the clinical performance of erlotinib is not amazing, it does make up for the lack of drug market for advanced patients who have failed chemotherapy. For many people who have been declared clinically useless, it is the only one Life-saving straw.

So its market significance is significant.

The family members and the medical staff of the state hospital almost wept with joy when they saw the patients who could not get off the ground after lying on the hospital bed for a long time.

That sense of accomplishment made Li Zheng, who was working continuously, feel all the exhaustion in his body was swept away.

"Li, this is the charm of the clinic. Sometimes it makes you reluctant to step into the laboratory, and sometimes it makes you feel that everything you do is valuable and sacred." Ruiz stood at Li Zheng said beside him.

Li Zheng smiled wryly, "Fortunately, the result is good, otherwise, I'm afraid I would really choose to escape." Executioners and saviors, their jobs hover between the two, and sacrifices are necessary for the victory of mankind. He has learned the words of righteousness countless times in textbooks, but he can't say anything when it comes to his lips.

The collective and the individual are always full of contradictions and paradoxes, no one can require the individual to make concessions for the collective, no one.

Ruiz patted Li Zheng on the shoulder. All experimenters on this road must face it head-on. He used to be, and so is Li Zheng now.

"I think it's time for us to go to Cold Spring Harbor. Watson and the others should have prepared afternoon tea for us."

As Ruiz once said, Cold Spring Harbor has become a place where they often come and go.

The red lecture hall, which was once regarded as a sacred place by many international colleagues, sometimes became a place for them to argue or even quarrel.

When Li Zheng and the others arrived, Watson and the others were already waiting in the office.

Watson stood up from his seat abruptly when he saw the two, "It's done?"

"It's done!" Li Zheng and Ruiz nodded at the same time.

Watson and Berg glanced at each other with ecstasy in their eyes. They had been entangled with those diehards for more than half a year in order to advance the Human Genome Project, and now the release of Erlotinib was an opportunity they had been waiting for for half a year.

Li Zheng handed Watson and Berg two thick stacks of drug information and clinical information in his hand.

Watson and Berg are also not polite, and their reputation has reached their level, so they don't care whether to avoid suspicion or not.

The two quickly flipped through the information, and the joy on their faces became more and more intense. Although Erlotinib is not a perfect drug, it is indeed the first targeted drug today. It not only fills the gap of advanced non-small cell lung cancer after chemotherapy failure The gap in medicine has opened up a new way for human beings to fight cancer.

"What about the patent, is it registered yet?" Watson looked up and asked.

"The patent application has been submitted." Ruiz said.

"Okay!" Watson nodded, "I believe our genome project can really start soon!"

Then there will be a long time of wrangling, and the American scientific community will suddenly become lively, with related reports one after another, and congressmen blushing and having thick necks.

Under the influence of Watson and others, the FDA accelerated the approval of Erlotinib.

And Li Zheng also thought that he had done all the things he could do, and after saying goodbye to Watson, Ruiz and others, he set foot on the road back to China.

Of course, before returning to China, he had already agreed with Watson to participate in the Human Genome Project.As a participant of the Human Genome Project Expert Meeting and a person who has made great contributions to the promotion of the project, no one can question Li Zheng's right to participate in this project. Li Zheng and Li Zheng's team are important members of the Human Genome Project research team , which is already an established fact.

"This plan requires the extensive participation of all countries in the world. As a populous country accounting for one-fifth of the world's population, Huaguo welcomes Huaguo's participation from a scientific perspective. But Li, you know, politics is always It's very ugly, and I can only promise you to do your best." These are Watson's exact words.

Li Zheng didn't say hello in advance when he returned to China this time. When he saw that there were only two Huaqing students who were working in the lab, he couldn't help raising his eyebrows. Those little brats dared to be lazy when he was not around.

"Professor Li..." a Huaqing student tentatively said.

Li Zheng threw the bag in his hand on the sofa, "Where are Meng Jie and Sun Bin?"

"Mr. Meng and Mr. Sun have gone to the Academy of Sciences." The Huaqing student thought for a while and added, "Academician Tian asked them to go."

Li Zheng smiled, Meng Jie and Sun Bin were actually called teachers. As for the fact that they were called to the Academy of Sciences by Mr. Tian, ​​Li Zheng could guess a little bit.

That day, after Mr. He Tian and the others said that he could only guarantee that his team members would participate in the Human Genome Project, Mr. Tian and the others were silent for a while. Li Zheng understood their feelings. I feel happy in this project, on the one hand, I feel resentful that I and others can't participate, but a few little kids.

But in the end, they put the glory of the country before themselves, which is why Meng Jie and others went to the Academy of Sciences.

Li Zheng nodded, "I went to the back to catch the jet lag, and they came back, go to the room and call me." He ordered like this, and walked back.

By the time Meng Jie and the others came back, it was almost seven o'clock in the evening. Apart from the three of them, Zhao Depei, Tian Lao and Yang Lao also came.

This is the first time for Mr. Tian and Mr. Yang to enter the Ninth Laboratory. "This equipment is much better than our Academy of Sciences. No wonder the experimental techniques of these two boys are so rough. With such equipment, the requirements for the technique are much lower."

The three of Meng Jie lowered their heads and did not speak, like roosters who had lost a fight. They had been trained by Mr. Tian and Mr. Yang in the past few days, and they finally knew how lenient Professor Li was to them.

The two Huaqing students were also clever. When they saw a few people coming in, they hurriedly ran to the back villa to meet Li Zheng, so when Li Zheng came over, he happened to have a face-to-face meeting with a few people.

"Professor Li!" Sun Bin had the sharpest eyes. When he saw Li Zheng, he ran over quickly as if he had seen some kind of savior. Li Zheng avoided Sun Bin's outstretched arms.

"Speaking of which, don't be so excited." Li Zheng showed a helpless look on his face, "Principal, two seniors, sit down."

He pointed to the sofa beside him and said.

It was the first time for Tian and Yang to meet Li Zheng, and they had heard countless times that Professor Li was very young, but when they actually saw this young man in a denim T-shirt, they were still a little bit embarrassed.

"The waves behind the Yangtze River drive the waves ahead. Professor Li is really a heroic boy." Tian Xiangjun couldn't help but smiled wryly.

Li Zheng waved his hand, "Mr. Tian, ​​you are welcome. Mr. Tian is a role model for my generation, the founder of Huaguo biology."

Tian Xiangjun shook his head, "Let's stop praising each other and get to the point. I heard that at the beginning of the year, the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Academy of Medicine allocated $550 million to build a laboratory. The news about the Human Genome Project is raging, give me an idea, will this project start within this year?"

After talking with Li Zheng last time, Tian Xiangjun also made some efforts. Although the economy of Huaguo was developing steadily in [-], such a big country needed too much money. Compared with biological science, the national They are more willing to invest in visible military industries.

Tian Xiangjun mobilized almost all his contacts to explain the importance of the Human Genome Project to the leaders over and over again. Finally, at the end of last month, someone in the central government let go.

But this year's national scientific research budget has already been allocated, and Huaguo will put the research work of the Human Genome Project on the agenda in the next few years.

"Yes!" Li Zheng said without any hesitation.

Before he left the United States, the biologists headed by Watson had basically convinced the U.S. Congress that as long as the laboratory was completed, the Human Genome Project would be officially launched.

"I see." Elder Tian looked a little downcast.

In this life, because of Li Zheng's intervention and the early release of anti-cancer targeted drugs, the people of the world have truly felt the great power hidden in the genes.

Compared with the Human Genome Project carried out successively by various countries in the previous life, this time the Human Genome Project presents a situation of blooming everywhere.

Italy, the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, and France have launched projects one after another, and there is a tendency to join forces, which makes Chinese scientists who are excluded from the system even more anxious.

When the United States announced the official launch of the HGP and the integration of resources from various countries joined in, this was the most difficult time for the biological circle in Huaguo.

It's just that Li Zheng is helpless about this.

Project cooperation must be exchanged on an equal footing. Currently, Huaguo has no basis for human genetic research, let alone strong financial sponsorship. The governments of various countries will not allow Huaguo to participate in this project.

What Li Zheng can do now is to let Huaguo scientists headed by himself participate in the project, and open a hole in this project team composed of major countries in the world, so that when Huaguo is able to participate in the future, it will not be as it was in the previous life. It's that hard.