Chapter 739: If you are not sure, you can give up (ask for monthly ticket)
Vanessa Lee Chester, the chief diagnostician from B. Braun Medical, seemed very polite and showed great respect for Yu Zhiming.
But whether it is "seeing is believing" or "having the honor to join", it all shows this person's doubts about Yu Zhiming, as well as the self-righteous arrogance and superiority of Westerners.
Yu Zhiming will not tolerate it.
Just as he was about to speak, he felt his left foot being lightly touched a few times.
Yu Zhiming glanced at Gu Qingran on his left and knew that this guy was really interested in the latest hemodialysis membrane that Chester mentioned.
He can understand it too.
High-end precision medical instruments and equipment such as magnetic resonance imaging devices, as well as core high-tech medical materials such as the lung membranes required for artificial heart and lung ECMO, are basically controlled by foreign countries.
There is still a long way to go before domestic products can replace the competition.
Cooperative production is undoubtedly the best way to quickly acquire the other party's technology and then achieve follow-up and overtaking.
Therefore, it is necessary to make some appropriate sacrifices.
Thinking of this, Yu Zhiming softened his tone a little.
"Dr. Chester, you may already know that I am currently participating in a very early stage cancer research project."
"Coupled with other daily work, I am very short on time. I can only apologize for your invitation to the project."
The next moment, Yu Zhiming added, "However, I would be happy to perform a physical examination on the three people you brought with you, so that you can see for yourself my abilities."
This response made Gu Qingran want to hold his forehead.
He had already seen that Chester's purpose was to get Yu Zhiming into her project research team.
You first rejected the invitation, but now you want the other party's benefits. How come your thinking has become so childish?
Gu Qingran was about to speak to save the situation, but Chester spoke first.
"Doctor Yu, I didn't explain it clearly. If you knew the details of my project's R&D team, you would definitely understand why I said it made medical history."
Chester took a sip of his coffee before speaking again.
"For the past eleven years, my team and I have been primarily focused on diabetes reversal research."
"The earlier it is discovered, the greater the chance of reversal."
Diabetes is an incurable disease that can only be treated by controlling the progression of the disease, preventing and delaying the occurrence of complications, improving the patient's quality of life, and prolonging the patient's survival.
Although diabetes is an incurable lifelong disease, it does not require lifelong medication.
According to current research, diabetes is mostly related to acquired unhealthy lifestyles.
Therefore, as long as diabetes is in its early stages and there are no serious complications in various organs, correcting the unhealthy lifestyle that leads to diabetes can reduce the burden on the pancreatic beta cells of diabetics and increase their sensitivity.
This may enable the limited amount of insulin secretion to meet the patient's physiological needs under the premise of diet and exercise control, and ultimately achieve normal blood sugar without the use of medication for a long time.
When this happens, it is considered a reversal of diabetes, and some medical scholars call it a cure for early diabetes.
In Yu Zhiming's opinion, it is an exaggeration to say that this situation has been cured.
It is just that long-term medication is replaced by strict diet control, lifestyle control, and exercise control.
If you can't stick to this strict and self-disciplined ascetic life, the symptoms of diabetes will follow...
Chester went on to say, "In recent years, my team and I have achieved remarkable results in our research on the early detection and treatment of diabetes."
She said proudly, "The diabetes screening program we developed has an accuracy rate of 84% in detecting early-stage asymptomatic diabetes patients."
After a pause, Chester said solemnly, "I can reveal a piece of news to you."
"As of yesterday, a total of seven patients with early-stage asymptomatic diabetes have been cured through our team's scientific and meticulous treatment."
She emphasized: "Please note that I said cure, not reversal. They do not need a strict diet and lifestyle to achieve self-regulation of blood sugar."
"We are confident that we can overcome the challenge of curing early-stage asymptomatic diabetes and bring good news to more patients."
Chester looked at Yu Zhiming and said, "Your country already has the highest number of diabetes patients in the world, and the incidence rate continues to rise. Now, one in ten people suffers from diabetes."
"Doctor Yu, will you still refuse my invitation to join my research team?"
Yu Zhiming looked at Chester, who was full of confidence, and gave him a polite smile.
Chester's words did not have much impact on him.
Nowadays, many cancers can be cured in the early stages, and diabetes can be cured in the early asymptomatic stages. In Yu Zhiming's view, this is not a big medical breakthrough.
After all, the most important thing is to detect it early.
Any disease is easiest to deal with in its early stages.
Just like a tumor that takes root and sprouts quietly, the early development of diabetes is extremely hidden and there are no symptoms.
By the time symptoms are noticed, it is basically the mid-stage that requires clinical treatment.
Another reason why Yu Zhiming was not interested in Chester's invitation was that although diabetes cannot be cured and is a lifelong disease, it has a very significant characteristic compared to cancer.
That is, diabetes can be effectively controlled.
If a diabetic patient lives a self-disciplined life, keeps blood sugar under control for a long time, and does not have diabetic complications, the patient's life span will basically be unaffected.
Yu Zhiming also understood that the purpose of the other party inviting him to join the research team was nothing more than to ask him to help optimize diabetes screening indicators, explore physical changes in diabetic patients, optimize treatment plans, etc.
To put it bluntly, let him be a tool.
Judging from Chester's attitude, Yu Zhiming will not be given many important R&D positions, such as person in charge, or collaborator, etc.
At most, he was considered a high-level worker.
Yu Zhiming thought to himself, it would be better to cooperate with the domestic diabetes research team than to work for a foreigner like you.
As the country with the largest number of diabetes patients, there should not be too many medical experts studying diabetes.
If there is no suitable team, it is not impossible for Yu Zhiming to take the initiative to form one himself.
Of course, Yu Zhiming also understood the principle of biting off more than he could chew. Furthermore, his time and energy were limited, so it was unlikely that he would be able to participate in too many research projects...
Yu Zhiming thought about it carefully and was about to refuse again when Gu Qingran spoke first.
"Doctor Chester, cooperation on this R&D project can't be agreed upon with just a few words."
"How about we let Dr. Yu examine your three companions first?"
Seeing Chester nod in agreement to the proposal, Gu Qingran asked again to confirm, "About the hemodialysis membrane?"
Chester chuckled and said, "Mr. Gu, don't worry, I will definitely keep my promise."
"Even if Dr. Yu ultimately rejected my invitation..."
After hearing this, Yu Zhiming stood up and said, "Let's not waste time and start the physical examination."
"Come with me to the examination room."
Chester, who had stood up together, interrupted, "Doctor Yu, as far as I know, you can also perform physical examinations in a relatively messy environment."
"This office is quiet enough. We can do the physical examination here while we observe from the sidelines. Is that okay?"
Yu Zhiming couldn't help but roll his eyelids.
Are you afraid that he will cheat?
"Can!"
Yu Zhiming looked at the three men beside Chester and asked directly, "Who will go first?"
As he said this, a brown-haired man in his thirties took a small step forward.
Yu Zhiming asked the man to lie down on the empty sofa, put on medical gloves, and started examining the man from the head, patting and pressing.
When he examined the man's chest, Yu Zhiming frowned and then sped up the examination. He finished examining the man's chest and abdominal cavity in less than a minute.
Then, Yu Zhiming straightened up, turned around, and looked at Chester with an unhappy expression.
"There were three glass balls, each one centimeter in diameter, in his body. One was dropped by a thread into the lower esophagus, one into the duodenum, and one into the colon."
"Dr. Chester, isn't this test of yours a little too simple? You're totally looking down on me."
Chester clapped his hands lightly and said, "Doctor Yu, this is not disrespect. This is enough to prove that your body exploration ability is comparable to CT, and your exploration efficiency is far superior to CT."
"That's already quite remarkable."
"Doctor Yu, let's continue!"
The second person examined was a foreign man in his forties with a hooked nose and deep eyes.
Yu Zhiming conducted a full-body examination on him and found that his biggest problem was pancreatic cancer.
Fortunately, it was early.
Chester clapped his hands a little louder.
"Doctor Yu, the rumors are indeed true, it's amazing!"
"We discovered some abnormalities in his pancreas during a diabetes screening a few days ago. After repeated examinations, we diagnosed him with early-stage pancreatic cancer."
"I really didn't expect that you, Dr. Yu, could confirm his pancreatic cancer in just four or five minutes."
Qi Yue, Gu Qingran and Zhou Mo, who were standing by, had strange expressions on their faces when they heard this.
This is really due to information gap, and people are surprised by what they see.
This is a basic operation for Yu Zhiming.
Chester said with delight, "Your ability is enough to join my research team."
Yu Zhiming smiled lightly without comment and looked at the third person.
Chester added: "Doctor Yu, when you examine him, there is a small request. You need to wear an eye patch."
After a pause, she explained, "The reason for this request is that you, Doctor Yu, need to use your hands to feel the tattoo pattern on his skin."
When Qi Yue heard this request, he suddenly understood.
In patients with early-stage diabetes, the body is in a high-sugar state, and the tissue fluid under the skin surface is in a hypertonic state. The hypertonic state causes the skin surface cells to dehydrate, the skin loses moisture, and symptoms of dry skin appear.
In the middle and late stages of diabetes, it will cause serious diabetic skin diseases.
Even skin necrosis and ulceration may occur.
It's possible that the Chester team has discovered a way to identify cutaneous diabetes by examining the skin.
That's why she tested Yu Zhiming's ability to detect subtle changes in the skin.
Chester's voice sounded again.
"Doctor Yu, I have seen your abilities firsthand. You are fully qualified to join my team."
"His skin was tattooed by a famous tattoo artist here using the finest needles. The most recent tattoo was done two years ago."
Chester said with a smile: "Doctor Yu, if you are not sure, you can give up this test."
Yu Zhiming stretched out his hand and said, "Eye patch..."
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