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Chapter 801 Is it a chromosomal disease?

 Chromosome-related diseases were not taken seriously in 1990.

 Especially in China, medical universities have not even carried out relevant teaching work and are in a comprehensive backward state. This is mainly related to the lack of testing institutions.

Like Chen Qi, every time he suspected something was wrong with his genes, he had to send specimens abroad for testing.

 In 1990, domestic scientific research institutions were already carrying out genetic work, but unfortunately it was not open to civilian use, and the cost of testing was very high.

Abnormal chromosomal abnormalities are difficult to describe and diagnose.

 Diagnosis is difficult because genetic testing technology must be used. Even decades later, this technology will still be a high-end project and cost a lot of money.

 Typical chromosomal diseases are easy to say, but for some more complex rare diseases, it is not known which chromosome segment has the problem. In this case, a full lineage test is required, which is as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack.

  But it is easy to say that chromosomal diseases are simple, because patients with chromosomal diseases often have special appearances or disabilities, and experienced doctors can tell that the child is sick at a glance.

For example, Trisomy 21 syndrome has obvious symptoms such as mental retardation, growth and development disorders, and multiple malformations, such as small eye fissures, widely spaced eyes, short necks, and sluggish expressions.

 Trisomy 18: Also known as Edwards syndrome, it is caused by abnormalities in chromosome 18 and manifests as harelips, microcephaly, and upward pointing of the tip of the nose.

Trisomy 13 is often accompanied by obvious craniofacial malformations, including microcephaly, abnormal forehead, forebrain development, small eyeballs, wide and flat nose, cleft upper lip, cleft palate, auricle deformity, etc.

 Turner syndrome is a common female **** chromosome abnormality, characterized by short stature, webbed neck, low posterior hairline, wide breast distance, cubital valgus, etc.

Including the Klinefelter syndrome in Pingleshan before, Chen Qi could tell at a glance that this kind of patient is obviously tall and heroic but has no masculinity, has a fair face and is a bit effeminate.

So Chen Qi looked at the little baby in front of him who cried like a kitten, and then looked at the conclusion on the test report that chromosome 21 was normal, and he was obviously not convinced.

 “No, no, there’s no way there’s nothing wrong with this child.”

The child's father, Wang Xingping, was unhappy. Whoever said his child was a fool would be happy.

If Chen Qi hadn't been the dean, Wang Xingping would have wanted to give him a few big competitions.

"Dean Chen, you said before that my son has chromosome 21 abnormality, a Tang baby, and a salty baby. You said we would spend 20,000 yuan, and we also spent it. Now the results are good. Isn’t this a good thing?”

The Wang family borrowed 20,000 yuan from relatives, which made them extremely distressed.

The patient's mentality is like this. After an examination, the disease must be found out, otherwise the doctor is wasting the patient's money, which is very easy to cause doctor-patient disputes.

Chen Qi felt unhappy when he heard the parents' rebuttal, but compared to his own discomfort, he wanted to know what disease the child had.

“Well, let’s not talk about anything else. I will do a heart ultrasound on the child myself. Children with chromosomal abnormalities are often accompanied by congenital heart disease.”

Wang Xingping asked vigilantly: "Are we going to have to check again? How much will it cost? I don't have any more."

 Chen Qi was very speechless: "I don't want you to spend any money, I'll do it for you for free."

“It’s not bad, little lady. Others spend hundreds of dollars to give birth to a child, but we spent more than 20,000 yuan. We are really at a loss.”

 Chen Qi took the baby out of the intensive care unit and put it on the hospital bed. He also took out a portable bedside color ultrasound machine from the space and examined the baby carefully.

 Director of Pediatrics Liu Shumin also followed, wanting to see what unique achievements this amazing dean had made in pediatrics.

 As long as one more rare disease is discovered, the spring of pediatrics will come, and research can be carried out.

 Ten minutes later, Chen Qi slapped his thigh and shouted:

"Look, here, there is a defect in the ventricular septum, and there is also a problem with the ductus arteriosus. This child has obvious congenital heart disease. I guessed it right, there must be something wrong with this child."

 The baby on the hospital bed started crying again because he couldn't bear the B-ultrasound probe:

 “Meow~~meow~~~”

 The voice was very soft, just like the cry of a newborn kitten.

 Chen Qi pursed his lips and held his chin in his hand, looking at the screenshot of the heart on the screen, trying to recall what kind of genetic conflict this might be.

 At this time Director Liu Shumin suddenly asked:

“Dean Chen, what’s wrong with you? What’s wrong with this child?”

Chen Qi wants to laugh every time he hears Liu Shumin's accent, "Director Liu, your accent doesn't sound like a southerner. Where are you from?"

Director Liu Shumin thought that the dean was trying to make things happen, so he smiled and said, "I'm from the north, from Jinzhou."

“Jinzhou, it’s not far from Tangshan. No wonder the accent is so similar to that of Teacher Zhao Lirong. One hundred and eighty glasses of palace jade liquor. How do you like this wine? Let me play it for you~~~hehehe~~~”

Chen Qi thought of the sketch "Adventures at Work" and started to amuse himself.

Liu Shumin, however, had no idea what Dean Chen was laughing at. She still smiled and said, just to keep the silence at bay:

“Not only is it close to Tangshan, our place is also very close to Shenyang. That little barbecue is so fragrant..."

 Chen Qi suddenly had an idea in his mind: "Wait, Shenyang? Shengjing Hospital? I remembered, haha, I probably know what's wrong with this little baby."

Liu Shumin was happily introducing her hometown when suddenly the director's thoughts jumped to Shengjing Hospital. The old lady felt that she was really old and could not keep up with the young people's thoughts.

“Dean Chen, how does this have anything to do with Shengjing Hospital?”

 Chen Qi looked at the little baby meowing and screaming on the hospital bed, and his mind recalled the time when he was studying for a Ph.D. in his previous life, when he went to an academic conference with his tutor.

At the meeting at that time, doctors from Shenyang Shengjing Hospital introduced a newly discovered case in their hospital.

 It was a young man in his 20s. While he was hospitalized, the doctor on duty discovered that the patient's snoring sound was the same as a cat's meowing while sleeping.

This aroused great interest from the doctor on duty, so he read through all the magazines and information, and was finally diagnosed as "cat meowing syndrome".

 with with with with little interest in lectures in other disciplines, Chen Qi was a Ph.D. student in hepatobiliary surgery in his previous life, so he listened to the lectures while playing on his mobile phone, and at most he only listened half-heartedly.

Now Chen Qi regrets that he should not have been half-hearted in the first place. How could he use his mobile phone while attending a meeting?

"Director Liu, I roughly know what the disease is, but I just can't be sure which group of chromosomes has the problem. Anyway, it's single digits. Is it chromosome 5 or chromosome 7? Oh, let me think about it. Think about it.”

Director Liu was stunned. How come he just mentioned his hometown and the dean solved the case?

“Dean Chen, what is cat-meowing syndrome? You can’t just say that a baby has cat-meowing syndrome just because he meows, right? The name doesn’t sound serious.”

 The other syndrome names are all very nice. Ménière's syndrome, Eisenmenger's syndrome, Marfan syndrome, Budd-Chiari syndrome, etc. This sounds very high-end, but it doesn't look like "cat meowing syndrome" with such a name. Casual?

"Whatever? That's better than those idiots over there who look at you and look at you."

Director Liu quit: "Dean, you are talking nonsense. That is Northeastern dialect, not our Jinzhou dialect. Our Jinzhou dialect all has an upturned ending~~~"

Chen Qi did not continue to tell Liu Shumin about the sketch. He hurried to the office and made an international long-distance call.

Only the dean's office in the hospital can make international long-distance calls. This is much more advanced than a few years ago, when Chen Qi had to go to the post office and wait in a long queue to make international long-distance calls.

 “Hello, is this Sysmex? I’m looking for your Chairman Yuuto Takada.”

“Hello sir, our President Takada went to China on a business trip yesterday. If you have any questions, please leave a message and I will help convey it.”

Takada Yuuto came to China? Chen Qi was speechless. This was too unfortunate.

“Okay, Mr. Takada won’t be here if he’s not here. I’m Chen Qi from China. I want you to test a few chromosomes for me. I...”

Before Chen Qi finished speaking, there was a knock on the office door. He Jia opened the door, and Chen Qi saw a smiling Yuuto Takada appearing at the door.

Chen Qi hung up the phone directly and said in surprise:

"This really means that Cao Cao and Cao Cao are here. I'm calling your Sysmex company to find you. Why did you come to China without notifying me in advance?"

Takada Yuuto bowed when he entered the door:

 “Chen Sang, it seems that we have a good understanding, haha.”

 “Sit, sit, sit, how nice it is, serve tea, serve good tea!”

 Chen Qi likes the boss of Sysmex very much. In the past few years, he has given Yuezhong Hospital several big discounts on genetic testing alone, adding up to at least hundreds of thousands of dollars in discounts.

 Faced with such a big financial backer, it would not be a bad idea to go directly to the top Longjing.

 The two parties introduced each other's entourage and chatted for a long time before turning to the topic.

“Mr. Takada, are you coming to Vietnam this time for tourism or business?”

Secretary Yuuto Takada took several documents in his hand and said:

"Chen Sang, these are several genetic testing reports that your Yue Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital has made at our Sysmex company in recent times. This is the final text. In addition, our company has no comments on the Chimera phenomenon and the double-digit syndrome you are studying. I am very interested in the topic of human sexuality, and I wonder if we can cooperate?”

Chen Qi thought that these Japanese noses were really smart.

 “Shen Jianjun’s Chimera Phenomenon” and “Liu Chunjiao’s Intersex People”, the papers on these two topics have not been published yet, so the Japanese are focusing on them?

I guess you have already keenly sensed the huge academic value of these two topics and the sensation after they were published. Do you want to get a share of the pie?

Chen Qi smiled awkwardly: "Come, Mr. Takada, please have tea..."

Takada Yuuto saw Chen Qi’s expression and knew that the Huaguo dean and the young international co-director were not willing to share the results, so he said sincerely:

“Chen Sang, we are all old friends. As long as our Sysmex company can participate in these research groups, you can ask for anything. Maybe we can sponsor all the funds.”

 Chen Qi, or rather, the Yuezhong Hospital is indeed short of money. Who dares to say that he has more money than he can spend? Once the new hospital was completed, money wasted.

 But Chen Qi is not short of funds for these research groups. After all, labor costs in China are almost free, and they can be spent for dozens of dollars a month. This saves a lot of money.

“Mr. Takada, it’s like this. We have already cooperated with the Mayo Clinic in the intersex research group, so we can’t tread on both sides.

In addition, the Chimera phenomenon you mentioned was actually speculated by European and American doctors before, but they were just speculations. We have real evidence, so if this paper is published, it will definitely cause a sensation all over the world..."

Takada Yuto became anxious when he heard that Yue Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital had already cooperated with the United States on a project.

 One of the major shareholders behind 23andMe, the largest and most well-known genetic testing company in the United States, is the Mayo Clinic.

 Since the 1990s, the number of genetic testing companies in developed countries such as Europe, the United States, and Japan has increased, and competition has become increasingly fierce.

 Originally there were only two genetic testing companies in Japan. By 1990, there were as many as 11 large and small genetic testing companies in Japan.

 Capitalistic countries are good like this. The government doesn’t care about your competition, and only the fittest survive.

It doesn’t matter whether there are more or fewer genetic companies, let the market adjust the quantity and quality on its own.

Then this will be fatal. If there is no consortium behind any genetic company, the result of the market will be that the big fish eats the small fish, and the small fish eats the mimi fish.

To kill a **** road, Hersen Meikang must cooperate with internationally renowned hospitals or scholars to continuously increase its popularity and participate in international projects, and constantly brush the sense of presence.

 This is not only an advertising effect, but also a consideration of interests.

In the future, resources will only be increasingly concentrated on leading companies. Sysmex certainly wants to be a leading company and become an internationally renowned genetic company.

 Every country has local protectionism.

For example, the United States has its own 23andMe company, Germany has its own QIAGEN company, Eagle Country has its own Stevenage company, France has its Stilla Technologies company, etc.

ˆ Sysmex cannot squeeze into other countries, and its market share is declining.

Now the Vietnam Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital has suddenly popped up, cases discovered for the first time in the world have been announced, and papers have been published in top international medical journals. It is simply an academic gold mine.

Especially in recent years, Chen Qi has cooperated with Sysmex many times.

Renjia Gene Company is not a fool. It does not just do whatever you say it will identify. It is also smart, or it will do more research on other things without the applicant's permission.

 It would be a good thing if you don’t study it. Once you study it, you will know how precious the specimens sent by the Yuezhong Hospital are.

Hence, Takada Yuuto has a very sharp vision. He decided to focus on strengthening cooperation with Hua Guoyue Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital and bet on Chen Qi.

"Chen Sang, I know that if you want to cooperate, you can't just talk about it. If you have any requests, you can put forward them. We can discuss everything easily."

 Chen Qi’s eyes lit up: Good guy, you’re right.

 (End of this chapter)