Chapter 1254 Unrelated Persons
Around two o'clock in the afternoon, Yu Zhiming spent nearly twenty minutes conducting a thorough examination of the body and craniopharyngioma of the nearly sixty-year-old patient named Chu who had rushed over from the island country.
As for Dr. Sakurada, Gu Qingran sent her directly to the hotel to rest. Yu Zhiming would not meet her until the banquet in the evening.
After three o'clock in the afternoon, Yu Zhiming, at the request of Dr. Liu Yun, performed a physical examination on the young woman who had undergone a uterus transplant.
After more than a month of recovery, the woman's transplanted uterus had her menstrual period a few days ago.
Although the amount of menstruation is very small, which can be described as better than nothing, it is an initial signal that the uterus has recovered well and is functioning well and normally.
After a careful examination, Yu Zhiming concluded that the woman who had undergone a uterus transplant could prepare for in vitro fertilization after another month of recuperation.
Of course, the preparation time will not be short, it will take at least two or three months.
However, this is enough to make the woman who received the uterus transplant and her mother very excited.
According to domestic and foreign experience data, it takes about a year for the body to recover and prepare for pregnancy after a uterus transplant.
Due to various factors, the success rate of in vitro fertilization in a transplanted uterus is quite low.
Also, two or three years after the uterus transplant, if pregnancy has not been successful, the newly transplanted uterus will be removed to completely eliminate the damage to the body caused by the rejection reaction.
For women who have undergone uterus transplants, being able to prepare for pregnancy a few months earlier is equivalent to having two more chances to have in vitro fertilization, which increases the possibility of success.
After the woman who had the uterus transplant and her mother left the soundproof examination room, Dr. Liu Yun stayed.
"Doctor Yu, are you aware that approximately one in every five hundred women suffers from uterine infertility? This means they are born without a uterus or are unable to conceive due to uterine hypoplasia or disease. Uterine transplantation is the only solution."
"Given our country's huge population base..."
Yu Zhiming interrupted without hesitation, "Doctor Liu, please speak directly. There are many people waiting for me to do a physical examination in the corridor outside."
Liu Yun was a little depressed when she was urged, but since she was facing Yu Zhiming, she had to hold back her depression no matter how big it was.
"Doctor Yu, the current limiting factor for uterine transplant surgery isn't the surgery itself, the organ donation, or the high cost of surgery, post-surgery, and pregnancy preparation. It's the extremely low IVF success rate."
Liu Yun said quickly, "Currently, countries around the world are conducting research on uterine transplants."
"Over the years, I'm sure we've performed hundreds of surgeries. But as of now, the number of successful births is no more than twenty."
Is the success rate one in 10 or 20? This ratio is indeed a bit low.
Not only do you suffer a lot, but you also spend so much money, and the possibility of successful pregnancy is so low.
Naturally, there are very few people who are brave enough to try.
Yu Zhiming raised his eyelids and looked at Liu Yun, and she continued, "Doctor Yu, Doctor Xi Zhen and I want to jointly advance uterine transplant research to increase the chances of successful pregnancy. We need your strong participation."
Yu Zhiming frowned and declined, "Doctor Liu, I'm very busy at work and don't have that much time..."
Liu Yun quickly introduced, "Doctor Yu, this research project requires your help in two areas."
"One is a physical examination, and the other is the embryo transfer for in vitro fertilization, which is what you are best at."
She then added, "If our project progresses, we'd be lucky if we could perform one uterine transplant a month. It won't take up much of your time."
One operation per month, which means that one person will undergo a physical examination and embryo transplant every month.
We can still squeeze in some time.
For women with physical disabilities who want to have children, and to increase the country's fertility rate...
Yu Zhiming, whose consciousness had been elevated, nodded gently and said, "Okay, I'll join."
"but……"
Yu Zhiming warned: "I need to make it clear upfront that I have the right to withdraw at any time."
Liu Yun smiled and said, "Okay, no problem. We wouldn't dare force you to work."
"Doctor Yu, I won't take up any more of your time."
"Hey, Doctor Liu, wait a minute..."
Doctor Yu suddenly stopped Liu Yun as she turned to leave and said, "I've seen a similar scene in many science fiction works, where technology is used to artificially create the next generation in batches of dozens or hundreds."
"Just research artificial uteruses. Solve the problem once and for all, freeing women from the pain and suffering of childbirth."
Yu Zhiming thought of something else and said, "If this artificial womb research is successful, even if most people don't want to have children one day, the country won't have to worry about the problems of aging and the next generation. Factories can be built to produce children."
Liu Yun twitched her lips and said, "Doctor Yu, this artificial uterus research involves many fields such as biomaterials and modern technology. It requires a large multidisciplinary R&D team, which is far beyond my capabilities."
"How about you, Doctor Yu, take the lead on this?"
Yu Zhiming hurriedly shook his head and said, "I don't have the time and energy for this. Let's talk about it later."
Liu Yun turned and took a step, then stopped and said, "Doctor Yu, this artificial womb research involves not only ethics but also many social issues."
"If you think about it, the country will not allow such research to be conducted privately, just by mass-producing babies in a factory."
Yu Zhiming chuckled and said, "Dr. Liu, thank you for the reminder. You're worrying too much. Even if I wanted to, I don't have the research and development capabilities. I'm just better at doing things myself."
Liu Yun thought so too.
Yu Zhiming is unmatched in his ability to examine the body and diagnose and treat diseases, but his shortcomings are also very obvious: weak medical theory and insufficient research and development capabilities.
Even though Yu Zhiming's role in R&D projects was indispensable, he essentially served as a tool, relying on others for data extraction and theoretical analysis...
Yu Zhiming worked until six in the evening before completing today's work.
He walked out of the examination room and found Su Tong waiting outside.
"What's up?"
Su Tong smiled and said, "The pregnant woman and fetus who underwent the intrauterine interventional surgery are recovering well. I will escort her back to Jinling Drum Tower Hospital tomorrow morning."
"I came to say goodbye to you."
She then added, "Teacher Xi is collaborating with Dr. Liu Yun at your center on uterine transplant research. I should be able to come back soon."
Yu Zhiming said "oh" without much reaction.
He had already let go of the past, and whether Su Tong came or not didn't have much impact on him...
Back in the soundproof office, Yu Zhiming listened to Zhou Mo's report while preparing to leave work.
"The little girl's heart deformity correction surgery was successful. Zhao Fang is on her way to Yiyuan Restaurant."
Yu Zhiming let out a soft "oh".
Zhou Mo added: "Dr. Qin Jingmo has also arrived and is communicating with Dr. Sakurada at the hotel."
After a pause, she continued, "Doctor Yu, there's one more thing I need to tell you. Doctor You Weixian somehow found out about Doctor Yingtian's visit to Binhai and the hotel he was staying at."
"He is currently communicating with Dr. Sakurada at the hotel."
this……
Yu Zhiming frowned.
His cooperation with Dr. You Weixian was quite good before, but they stopped cooperating and communicating because he switched to Jingcheng Hospital.
He pondered and said, "Dr. Sakurada is just our guest. We have no right to decide who she can't see."
"However, there will be a banquet tonight to welcome Dr. Sakurada, so no one else needs to come..."
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