Chapter 148 The Nanny's Niece's Counterattack 148...
Because of this, Lin Wei went to the biosimulation room to conduct experiments again. What she wanted to do was to transform the petri dish into an environment similar to the brain, with just a slight deviation along the way, and that slight deviation was the difference between each individual.
What she wanted was gradual change, like boiling a frog in warm water, so it was destined to be a long process. However, with the simulation room as a cheat code, that was no longer an issue. So, after countless attempts, Lin Wei finally cultivated a type of nerve cell with extremely strong survival capabilities.
Upon receiving the petri dishes, she looked at them with excitement, but at the same time, she felt uneasy, afraid that all the time she had spent cultivating them would ultimately be in vain.
But no matter what, we should still try, shouldn't we?
So even though I was very nervous, I still stepped onto the operating table.
As before, her first step was to repair the damage to the brain, repairing as much as possible. Then she implanted the newly cultured nerve cells into the patient's brain tissue, moving with utmost care, without trembling even when she was excited.
As her brain shut down again, Lin Wei looked at the accelerator button, took a deep breath, and finally pressed it.
If this still doesn't work, then she'll have no choice but to honestly research artificial neural scaffolds and stem cell technology.
However, the results did not disappoint her. The test results showed that the nerve cells in the patient's brain were very active, which proved that the transplanted nerve cells had survived and recovered very well.
At this moment, only the last step remained. Lin Wei looked at the intensive care unit she had created and placed the patient inside. This time, her heart was pounding. If she could succeed this time, then she would truly have conquered the disease of vegetative state.
As time accelerated, the patient suddenly opened his eyes, almost startling her, but then she was overjoyed.
"I've conquered it! I've conquered it! I've truly conquered the disease of vegetative state." She was thinking of the millions of people in vegetative state across the country. If they could all wake up, all her hard work would not have been in vain.
However, after her initial joy, Lin Wei quickly returned to reality. For patients in a vegetative state within the first three months, it was manageable; they only needed to stay in the treatment pod for a period of time to wake up. However, for patients in a vegetative state after three months, they would need more than just a treatment pod; they would also require brain repair and nerve cell transplantation.
The former already demands a high level of skill from the surgeon, and there are very few people in the entire country who can perform this surgery. Furthermore, nerve cells can only be transplanted, and the cultivation process takes a very long time. In the short term, at least until there are further technological breakthroughs, this method cannot be widely implemented.
It also puts a strain on the financial resources of the patient's family.
Who would donate nerve cells for no reason? Isn't it all about making a profit? Of course, it's undeniable that there are kind-hearted people willing to donate, but they are ultimately a minority.
Because donating blood is more difficult than drawing blood, it requires minimally invasive techniques. Those with less skilled technicians might even need craniotomy, which alone is enough to scare many people away. Moreover, even if it is necessary to collect blood, one person's nerve cells are not enough; multiple people's cells need to be collected, with a small amount taken from each person, to ensure everyone's safety.
Therefore, family donations are not an option, unless six people in a family are willing to donate, in which case it is possible to barely reach the minimum threshold.
However, Lin Wei would suggest persuading those who are already undergoing brain surgery to donate, as this would make the extraction process easier and just a convenient matter.
After leaving the simulation room, she used the official WeChat account of the Affiliated Hospital of University A to publicly recruit patients for a vegetative state treatment experiment. However, the requirements were stricter than the first time, including time constraints and an assessment of financial resources. (Note: The treatment process requires expensive materials, which the hospital cannot directly obtain.)
This condition limited many people, but there were also extremely wealthy families with a family member in a vegetative state. Upon hearing the news, wouldn't they rush to the A University Affiliated Hospital? And it wasn't just one person, but dozens of people, which Lin Wei hadn't expected.
Later, seeing the increasing number of people, she simply shut down the public account. She hadn't expected there to be so many wealthy people in China, nor had she anticipated such a high proportion of people in a vegetative state. Despite such high standards, people still came.
The rehabilitation and neurosurgery departments were packed with people. Although some were later persuaded to leave because the treatment and preparation took time, and it wasn't good to stay in the hospital, it was better to find a source of nerve cells. With a source, we were just a few steps away from starting.
Seeing Zhang Youqing appear in front of her again, Lin Wei felt a headache coming on. Hadn't she already asked the rehabilitation doctor to explain things to her?
However, Zhang Youqing wasn't there to cause trouble; she had something to ask: "If I can get six people to voluntarily donate nerve cells, would I be able to skip the condition mentioned above?"
Lin Wei nodded. Given her son's condition, six people would be enough. If it were more serious, more people would be needed.
Zhang Youqing immediately smiled, "I can find someone." Her brother, her parents-in-law, and she herself can all be donors.
But before that, she asked, "Is this donation really safe?"
Lin Wei pondered, "If I were to do it, the failure rate would be 3%, but even if I failed, it wouldn't cause much damage to my body."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Youqing immediately smiled with joy. Others might not know, but her family has always been united, and they could easily manage to gather six people.
Don't underestimate these six people. When there's a real family emergency requiring minimally invasive surgery or brain surgery for donation, each of them has their own little scheme in mind.
If she could find someone willing to donate, that would be the best outcome. She wouldn't be short of one more surgery, Lin Wei thought to herself as she looked at her.
It was only when she had some free time that she had the chance to ask Chi Boyan how his research was going. It was hard not to feel a bit like she was trying to outdo him.
Chi Boyan: "We haven't figured it out yet." The truth is, he hadn't even thought about it. His method was simple: if only one or two out of twenty nerve cells in the brain survive, what about two hundred? Surely twenty would survive? Even if not, he could just transplant them multiple times.
In the end, ordinary people don't need his surgery.
So he has already completed the surgery on Eleanor and is just waiting for her wounds to heal so she can be put into the recovery pod and woke up.
Hearing this, Lin Wei had to admit that it was a very violent, and of course, very straightforward, action. She had never thought of that.
It's probably because she was thinking about how to wake up every person in a vegetative state, while he only needed to think about how to wake up one person, so he didn't need to consider so many things.
Even so, Chi Boyan still poured cold water on the idea, saying, "So many people, so many diseases, you can't save them all." He felt he was just telling the truth.
The first successful case of nerve cell transplantation combined with a convalescent ward for treating a vegetative state patient is enough to put them at the forefront of vegetative state treatment; she doesn't need to work so hard.
As long as she becomes the first, no matter what, her name will always be firmly remembered by everyone.
Lin Wei: "I know, but I'll save as much as I can, and consider it an act of kindness." One person's strength is always limited, but there's a saying that dripping water can wear away stone. Right now, this is all she can do, but who knows what the future holds?
Perhaps this is the meaning of her studying medicine; otherwise, she really wouldn't know what to pursue. He has his beloved biology and is willing to stay in the unfamiliar country of the United States. Others also have their own beloved careers, while she already has everything.
Money, fame, job—if she were to truly give up, she could simply retire and wouldn't need to work so hard. But when she thought of the desperate patients in the hospital, the teachers who had guided her, and the country's diligent nurturing, she felt that she could still do something.
Because of this, Chi Boyan still thought she was foolish. No, it wasn't that she was foolish, but that she was aware of this yet still willing to do it.
This was something he couldn't understand, but everyone has their own ambitions, so he didn't try to persuade or ridicule them further. However, when his subordinates inquired about the pricing of the AIDS drugs, he didn't reveal the exorbitant price he had envisioned, but instead set a price that even he himself found pitifully low.
"Ten thousand, please." If you can't even afford ten thousand, then don't bother with treatment. He knows how to date, but he doesn't know how to build a career. Apart from a few truly unlucky people, he doesn't have much affection for most AIDS patients; he just thought it was difficult and that's why he started researching it.
When his subordinates heard this, their eyes widened. They thought he had misheard and asked again, but still received the same answer. They wondered if their boss was possessed.
Anyway, when this news was announced, it was no less shocking than when Lin Wei developed the anti-tumor drug, especially when the price was revealed, people were filled with awe.
I don't know who it was that knew he was from China but went to work in the US and didn't come back, and started calling him a foreign worshipper and a traitor. But now they know how to praise him.
Chi Boyan glanced at it and then paid no more attention. He wasn't doing it for these unrelated people; it was just because she wanted to.
Let's just give up some profit; he doesn't need that little bit of money anyway.
But one thing is true: who would complain about having too much money? Especially when it comes to expensive scientific research.
Lin Wei didn't take credit for this, even though it wasn't like him, but as long as the result was good, that was enough.
On the very day that AIDS drugs were introduced, another piece of news broke: the Navigator-Stokes equations were proven, and at the same time, the Collatz conjecture (hailstone conjecture) was also proven, by the same person.
This was the first time the name Fang Yihuai had become known to the public.
He actually proved both of his conjectures. What kind of genius would do that?
But what's most surprising is that a group of people found a photo of him and Chi Boyan standing in the same crowd, and Lin Wei was also in it.
These three people actually know each other.
"Although I knew she was a gold medalist in three subjects at the national competition, I didn't expect national competition gold medals to be this amazing. Other gold medalists have proven two mathematical conjectures, developed a drug to treat AIDS, and not only developed an anti-tumor virus but also solved this pandemic. Are national competition gold medals really this amazing now?"
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