Back To The Age Of The '80s

After Zhao Depei finished speaking, he stared closely at the reactions of the three of them.Seeing the three people look happy but not shocked, I can't help but have a very complicated feeling in my heart, the old is old, the world is dominated by young people.

As for Dean Zhou, I couldn't tell what it was like. Zhao Depei wasn't born in biology, but he was.

"Cell" is one of the top three international biological journals, and there are only a handful of scholars in China who have published papers in this level of journals.Even his entire biology dean has no such experience.

Now, three of his students have actually done it.

In the morning, when he passed by the guard, he happened to meet the postman who came to deliver the letter.

He heard the postman chatting with the doorman.

"It is indeed one of the best universities in China. These letters are all different, all in English."

"That's, our professors, they are all at the international level, don't speak English, they can also speak French or German!"

"Awesome." The courier said, and took out three letters from the package, one of which accidentally fell on the ground, making a loud noise.

Dean Zhou subconsciously looked at the ground, and his eyes seemed to be glued to the ground.

"Cell" editorial department? !

, he spelled it again, yes, it was "Cell"!

So Dean Zhou picked up the postal package not far away with the "swiftness of thunder", and the postal package was already in his hands, and the excitement in his heart was even more intense, and it was heavy.

This shows what?

Generally, when a journal rejects a manuscript, there will be a rejection statement. How much weight can a piece of paper weigh?The manuscript acceptance statement is also a piece of paper, but if the journal arranges the manuscript in time, there will be a sample issue along with the manuscript acceptance instruction.

Although journals of the level of "Cell" usually have to wait half a year after the manuscript is published, this situation will not happen.But the heavy postal bag in front of Dean Zhou can clearly feel that it contains an A4-sized periodical.

Prototype?

Dean Zhou's heart couldn't help beating fast.

"Dean Zhou!" The guard quickly got up and said hello.

The postman was taken aback, the dean of Huaqing!

Dean Zhou nodded with a smile, but his eyes never left the mailbag.

He is very familiar with these three names!

Those in the Ninth Lab!

Huaguo's entire biological circle was buzzing about the Human Genome Project, but these three little guys took advantage of it. How could he not be impressed.

Dean Zhou took a deep breath, suppressed the excitement in his heart, and said, "These three are students from my college. Let me take them there."

The doorman naturally wouldn't refuse.

When Dean Zhou walked away, the postman said with emotion: "As expected of the dean of Huaqing, he has no airs at all, and even helps the students to get the mail."

The old guard smiled proudly, "Yes, our dean is fine."

After Dean Zhou got the package, he went straight to the principal's office without even going to the office. After studying the three packages with Zhao Depei for a while, this time there was the call Sun Bin received.

"It's your postal package, so Dean Zhou and I didn't open it. There are scissors next to it. You can open it yourself." Zhao Depei said.

This was what Sun Bin and the others were waiting for, and the three of them rushed forward like someone who had been hungry for several days and suddenly saw delicious food, each with a postal package.

There is only one pair of scissors, one person has it, but the other two don't.

But the other two didn't wait for the first person to use up the package before opening it. They pulled and pulled, and all three packages were opened.

The well-behaved draft instructions, with the cursive signature of the editor-in-chief of Cell, Sun Bin couldn't help laughing out loud, and kissed the editor-in-chief's signature forcefully!

Zhao Depei, who wanted to take a look at the draft notes, froze on the spot, then silently retracted them. He might as well forget about the draft notes smeared with saliva.

It was Meng Jie who saw what the principal and the dean were thinking. After giggling for a while, he handed over his draft instructions to the two of them.

The two hurriedly took it and read it word by word.

Lu Keke was the first to discover the cover of the sample issue.

"Future Medicine and Infinite Time Organ Storage Technology"

cover!The cover is Professor Li and Infinite Time Organ Storage Technology!

In addition to the extracorporeal organ regeneration technology last time, Li Zheng has appeared on the covers of two top international biological journals consecutively.

Foreign media's sense of scientific research is far higher than that of domestic media.

In vitro organ regeneration technology and unlimited organ storage technology, the two technologies under Li Zheng's name were put together, and they quickly discovered Li Zheng's layout for future medical care.

"Hua Guo scientists and future medical care."

"Huaguo is already at the forefront of international medical technology."

"The ticket to the future of healthcare is here."

The mainstream Swiss newspaper published the headline "Human Lifespan and Organ Technology", which means that Li Zheng's medical technology has officially entered the eyes of the Nobel jury.

When the domestic media came to their senses and poured out praises for free, Li Zheng also received a call from Ruiz.

"Li, the Phase I trial of erlotinib went very well, and the FDA has basically affirmed its role in advanced non-small cell lung cancer, which means that the method of targeting cancer cells has been officially recognized! Congress has basically Let go, I think we can start the preparatory work." Ruiz's voice on the phone was full of joy.

A new cancer drug, a new cancer drug with a brand-new idea, is enough to make Ruiz's reputation reach a new peak, of course with Li Zheng.

Although this result was expected long ago, Li Zheng was still agitated when he heard the news.

"That's really great." After all, he changed the medical history of the world, and the greatest research project in biology was launched 3 years earlier than in his previous life under his promotion.

In October 1987, the U.S. Congress officially approved the launch of the Human Genome Project (HGP), and announced his overall goal: within 10 years, with an investment of 15 billion U.S. dollars, to figure out the sequence of 30 billion nucleotides in humans, by 30 By the end of the year, the mystery of human genetic characteristics will be completely solved.

After the United States, the European Community, Canada, the Soviet Union, Brazil, India, etc. have also proposed similar plans. The International Human Genome Organization (HUGO) was established, and Li Zheng’s laboratory and the ninth laboratory joined in the name of independent institutions. Hugo.

For a while, Li Zheng's reputation at home and abroad reached its peak.

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"Li, I have read your papers. The technology of in vitro regeneration and organ storage indefinitely is remarkable," Watson said.

He and Li Zheng sat face to face on the balcony, and on the small table in front of them were two cups, one for coffee and one for tea.

"These two techniques are not too esoteric academically."

"But they outline the blueprint for future medical treatment. I am committed to gene research and want to realize gene therapy, but I have to admit that under the current medical level, your medical blueprint is more realistic." Watson spread his hands.

Gene therapy, to improve or even perfect the human body by editing genes, is the wish of all geneticists and even all biologists.

In Li Zheng's last life, this kind of gene therapy basically completed the theoretical deduction, but there is still a long way to go from theory to practice.

"But Li, I think you have to be mentally prepared." Watson said here, with a look of embarrassment on his face.

Li Zheng raised his eyebrows.

"for example?"

"Nobel, you know, I nominated you this year, along with many of my friends. Erlotinib and your future medicine are both candidates, but I think if it wins, it will be the former."

Hearing this news, Li Zheng found that he was not as excited as he imagined.Perhaps it is because he has already stood at this height, and the Nobel Prize is just the icing on the cake for him.

He rubbed his chin, "Because of the Human Genome Project?" This is indeed a heavyweight reason enough to affect Nobel.

Watson shrugged, "Perhaps, it is also one of the reasons, but more importantly, the owners of your two technologies are from Huaguo, and for Erlotinib, at least there is Ruiz. For the Swiss, it's easier to accept."

"Oh, don't get me wrong, they also discriminate against us Americans, but after dealing with them for a long time, they have a higher psychological tolerance for Americans to win awards."

Li Zheng was dumbfounded. Although the reason here was absurd, it was still realistic.As Watson said, Europeans have a strong sense of psychological superiority. When the Nobel Prizes were first established, those awards were almost all Europeans, until the United States gradually became stronger and became the superpower in the world.

Nobel really cannot ignore the global influence of the United States in scientific research with no conscience, so Americans have won Nobel Prizes one after another.

Yes, if there is one, there are two. With the first American winning the prize, it will be much easier later.

Li Zheng rubbed his chin. If the first Chinese person wins the award, the rest will be much easier, right? The corner of his mouth curled up into a nice arc. The first Chinese person to win the Nobel Prize?This title seems to be a good one.

However, regardless of whether the in vitro organ regeneration and indefinite storage technology can win the Nobel Prize, its scientific research and commercial value are not inferior to any project. It can even be said that it is the most promising project currently in Li Zheng's hands.

"Biotech company?" Liang Zhe bent his right hand slightly, tapping on the table.

"Yes, in vitro organ regeneration and unlimited storage technology, the latter is already a mature technology that can generate commercial value immediately. Many pharmaceutical companies and even technology companies have come to ask for cooperation. You know, technology is different from drug patents. It's more complicated."

"Li Zheng's laboratory is no longer enough to meet the current needs, so I plan to set up a biological company to operate these two medical technologies."

This is the result of Li Zheng's deliberation for a long time.

"Theoretically, it's feasible. You come up with a plan and I'll take a look."

Li Zheng...

OK, you are the expert in business and you have the final say.

In the end, Liang Zhe made the plan himself.Zheng Lingling has already graduated. After graduation, she did not enter the family business but chose to stay in Li Zheng's laboratory. After the establishment of Zhenzhe Biotech, she became the first to join.

Afterwards, Li Zheng's life became more regular, with labs, classes, and going home.The cooperation between Liang Zhe and Huang Youzhi is quite pleasant. Liang has set up a special real estate branch in the Mainland. Liang Zhe attaches great importance to this branch and spends half of the year in the Mainland.

Time flies, and three years have passed by in a flash.

In March 1990, Erlotinib was approved by the US FDA and launched in the US.By the way, three years ago, Li Zheng did not win the Nobel Prize after all. Perhaps it was because Li Zheng was too young to cause controversy, or because Erlotinib was not yet on the market, and the Nobel Prize jury did not approve of the FDA's unofficial report.

Today, the listing of erlotinib in the United States makes Li Zheng and Ruiz once again the popular candidates for the Nobel Prize.

However, after one time when expectations failed, Li Zheng took it lightly.

"Li Zheng, Huaguo's own Human Genome Project has been put on the agenda. According to our old guys, how about you hosting it?" Tian Lao said.

In the past three years, Mr. Tian has aged a lot, and his waist is no longer straight, but his spirit is still very hale and hearty. According to his old man, the more he lives, the younger he is.

"Me?" Li Zheng looked at Elder Tian in surprise, "I'm not an expert in genetics."

Although every February, he goes to Bermuda to discuss the human genome with experts from 2 of the world's most influential human genetic characteristics research institutions, but his research direction is application rather than elaboration, and the first human genome project The first step should be elaboration.

He is not suitable to be the leader of this plan, Li Zheng is well aware of this fact.

"But you are the only person in Huaguo who participated in the international genome project." Speaking of this, Elder Tian heaved a sigh. When all countries started the Human Genome Project one after another, Huaguo was delayed for two years due to financial reasons.

But two years later, when Hua Guo wanted to enter the arena again, everyone would not take him to play.

According to the statements of various countries, we have done a lot of research in the past two years, and many gene sequences have been released. We have invested a lot of manpower and material resources for this, and you have done nothing in the past two years, just want to participate, There are no doors.

Hua Guo has made a lot of efforts for this, but in terms of interests, countries are absolutely unwilling to suffer losses.

Therefore, under the mediation of Li Zheng, an important promoter and participant of the International Human Genome Project, both parties took a step back. First, Huaguo must have enough scientific research results of the Human Genome Project; It is necessary to compensate the scientific research funds of each country for the previous two years.

Compared with the previous life, the amount paid by various countries in this life is much smaller, and it is still within the acceptable range of China.

The latter of these two conditions is easy to solve, while the former requires the establishment of Huaguo's Human Genome Project research team. After hearing the news, the biologists in Huaguo were so excited that they couldn't sleep all night.

After waiting for three years, they finally got it.

"Don't be humble. We all know that if it wasn't for you and your friends, they wouldn't be able to let go so quickly. Look at the country next to us. It has been negotiating for two or three years. You don't even bother to open the price, Li Zheng, your hosting is good for everyone."