Yang Ping didn't stay in the United States for long. He completed the operation and helped the Mayo ophthalmology team create a model for eye transplantation. He returned to China without even visiting the small town of Rochester.
Robert, who accompanied him, also came and went in a hurry. He had no time to go back to New York, so he didn't see the banners all over his house.
In the days after returning to China, Johannesson reported to Yang Ping every day on the condition of the hemispheric brain patient. He recovered well after the operation and could be discharged from the hospital soon. Of course, Johannesson also kept up with the pace. He asked the patient to send a pennant before leaving the hospital.
give him.
After being out for the past few days, Yang Ping didn't have the energy to pay attention to the responses to submissions.
Now that he was back, his attention shifted to the submitted paper, wanting to see if there was any good news, so he opened his mailbox and found a new email from Germany.
This email is not a formal reply email from the journal "Science", but a private email from the reviewer Professor Maninstein.
During the review period, it is illegal for reviewers to contact the author privately, but Maninstein apparently ignored this and must contact Yang Ping as soon as possible.
"Dear Professor Yang Ping: All three papers have been read. Please forgive my presumption and impulsiveness. This is not a formal reply to your manuscript from the journal "Science", but a private reply from me. The reviewers will contact the author directly and privately.
The method is very inappropriate, but extraordinary things require extraordinary methods. My reply only represents my personal opinion and has nothing to do with the official "Science"."
"The innovation of the three papers is shocking to me. It will usher in the era of somatic cell cloning of organs. Cloning technology has been used in the cultivation of complete biological individuals. For the cultivation of local structures such as organs, dozens of
Over the years, there has been no breakthrough, and the efforts of medical scientists and biologists have been focused on the cultivation of complete individuals. The most common methods are genetic modification and xenografting to cultivate organs. This has not escaped the limitation of the cultivation of complete individuals.
.”
"In short, they believe that any attempt to clone local structures of the human body is impossible except for 3D bioprinting."
"But Professor Yang, you opened another door and let me see the dawn shining through the door. Although this is just the beginning, I believe that if we continue along this road, ten years later, twenty years later
, or thirty years later, there will definitely be a breakthrough in organ cloning. At that time, the era of allogeneic organ transplantation will be over, replaced by autologous transplantation, and the acquisition of organs will become more free and convenient, and can be obtained from experiments.
Customized in the incubator in the laboratory, autologous organ transplantation will be as common as artificial joint replacement in the future, and mankind will enter an era of organ freedom."
"Your paper is too advanced, so it can be counted on your fingers. There are not many people in the world who can understand your paper. At this time, Maninstein volunteered to go into battle and bear historical responsibility."
“In view of the great significance of the paper, I have recommended all three papers to Lewis, the editor-in-chief of Science, urging them to publish them as quickly as possible. And I suggest that among these three papers, it is best to have one as a cover article.
, can demonstrate the great value of the paper."
"In recent years, medicine has been stagnant. Most of the progress is related to advances in physical sciences such as sound, light, and electricity, such as artificial joints, endoscopic technology, robotic technology, etc. It is difficult for technologies belonging to the discipline of medicine to make major breakthroughs.
There has been no progress in the field of oncology, peripheral nerve repair has been fruitless, and the proud surgical robot technology is just an advancement in tools. I was very distressed at one time and felt that the basic medical theory was stagnant. But it is different now. Professor Yang’s
This paper undoubtedly stirs up this stagnant water."
"I hope we have the opportunity to meet in the future. Before meeting, I request that I can maintain email communication with you."
"Germany, Charité Medical School, Mainstein, Berlin---."
So, the three papers submitted to Science have already won the prize?
It seems that Maninstein lived up to his reputation and was indeed a genius. He could see the academic value of the paper at a glance and even saw the future direction of the core academic results of the paper. Moreover, the German's writing skills are not bad.
It is said that Maninstein is now obsessed with head transplant surgery. Of course, unlike other doctors who claim to have head transplant surgery, Maninstein has a completely different idea.
Nowadays, other doctors are conducting experiments on animal head transplant surgeries, and some doctors are trying human head transplant surgeries regardless of ethical restrictions.
Animal experiments on this kind of surgery began in the 1950s in the former Soviet Union. At that time, they used dogs for experiments. Later, doctors from various countries began to conduct experiments on this type of surgery. Russia was the first to conduct surgical experiments on humans, regardless of whether it was animal experiments.
, or human body practice, strictly speaking, the outcome of all experiments is failure.
The biggest problem in head transplant surgery is the repair of nerve connections. If the problem of nerve repair cannot be broken through basic research, head transplant surgery will not be successful and will be just a farce to please the public.
In head transplant surgery, the connection of blood vessels is easy to deal with, similar to the replantation of a severed limb; there is also a lot of experience in organ transplantation for rejection; only the repair of reconnection after nerve cutting has insurmountable obstacles. If it is simply
The head will be connected to the donor's body: blood vessels and nerves will be anastomized, and various other tissues will be anastomized. Without nerve repair, everything is in vain.
Maninstein is well aware of the obstacles, so his latest topic is to study the non-destructive restoration of nerves. He is trying to use some kind of technology to repair the broken nerves at the injured site, and restore the anatomy of the nerve at the cellular level at the injured site.
Thereby restoring nerve function.
Nerves cannot be repaired. This is the consensus and common sense that has been formed. It can only rely on the axons of nerve cells to re-grow until they reach the target area. All doctors and scientists conduct research on promoting the growth of nerve axons.
But Maninstein tried to break this conclusion. He wanted to perform non-destructive reduction repair of nerves. He hoped to use a cell biological welding technology to achieve this goal. It is said that animal experiments have made certain progress.
If Maninstein's project can be successful, then all paraplegic patients with spinal cord injuries and peripheral nerve injury patients can return to normal in the future. Of course, Maninstein's head transplant surgery will also be successful.
Head replacement surgery? Non-destructive restorative repair of nerve rupture?
Yang Ping thought of what August had said and felt that Maninstein was a medical geek. His ideas were so crazy and deviant. He could make this friend.
So Yang Ping replied an email to Professor Maninstein, saying that he could keep communicating by email.
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Dean Xia is very efficient. Yang Ping's doctorate graduated early. The chief physician and doctoral supervisor have all completed the procedures and have been implemented. Even the doctor introduction on the comprehensive surgery wall and the doctor introduction on the official website of Sanbo Hospital have been updated.
The competition for the remaining outstanding young talents has also become fierce.
In the conference room of Nandu Medical University, there was endless debate about the quota for outstanding students, and the atmosphere was very tense.
Currently there is only one quota, and there is only one quota in the entire Nandu Department. Who should this quota be given to, Yang Ping or Guan Ruyan? The professors are arguing endlessly. After all, both of them meet the conditions. Yang Ping has greater potential, but Guan Ruyan’s academic
The results are more fruitful.
Professor Su and Vice-President Ding must avoid such meetings because of their kinship with the parties involved, but they cannot completely avoid it without affecting the outcome of the debate. The opinions of the meeting members will be affected by them, so the meeting members are naturally divided into three parts. One part is related to Su
The professor has a very good personal relationship, the other part is Vice President Ding’s personal network resources, and the third part is the members who are not influenced by personal relationships and can express their opinions objectively.
"Ding Ruyan is a scholar studying in Germany and has a doctorate from Heidelberg University. He has published two CNS and 32 SCI papers and has chaired five national scientific research projects. I don't think there is any controversy about this quota. Who else has this achievement?" Nan Du
Shi Qingxian, director of the Science and Technology Department of the Medical University, spoke.
Director Shi was personally promoted by Principal Ding, and it was an open secret that he favored Guan Ruyan.
Professor Zou, the deputy dean of the attached first school, cleared his throat: "Professor Ding has made great academic achievements and is a rare talent. This quota should be given to him. However, I feel that if the quota is handled so lightly, it violates the principle of fairness and justice.
I think we should also give other competitors opportunities, such as Professor Yang from Sanbo Hospital. Although he is young, he already has one CNS article and ten SCI articles. The number is not as good as Guan Ruyan, but his CNS citations are much higher than
The number of citations for Guan Ruyan's CNS article is much higher than the cumulative number of citations for his two articles. As for SCI, Professor Yang's papers are all in top journals, and the quality of the journals is obviously higher than Guan Ruyan's. One wins by quantity, and the other wins by quantity.
Quality wins, I think Yang Ping is even better and can definitely get this spot."
Needless to say, Professor Zou’s identity is well known to everyone who he represents.
Director Shi and Professor Zou, these two people have a clear and unambiguous banner. They each take the lead and carry the banner of their own camp.
"With all due respect, Sanbo Hospital was not an affiliated hospital of our Nandu Medical University before. It has only recently been included in the Nandu Department. I'm afraid it's a bit early for them to take our quota. Let's wait and see in a few years. We, Nandu Medical University's own young people, should give priority.
"Professor Gu Dehan from Nandu Medical University spoke quickly.
Gu Dehan is a classmate of Principal Ding and has a very close personal relationship with him.
Professor He, the director of the Digital Medicine Laboratory, disagrees with this statement: "This kind of thing cannot be decided sooner or later. Sanbo Hospital is now actually an affiliated hospital of our Nandu Medical University. If it is treated differently because of this, I am afraid it will not be good for the entire Nandu Medical University."
To maintain the unity of the department, I think everyone should be treated equally and compete fairly."
Professor He was from Nandu Medical University, and now he was siding with Yang Ping. This made Director Shi very disgusted, and he cursed in his heart - this young man.
"I think Professor He is right. According to this idea, freshmen who are freshmen are not students of our Nandu Medical University. They cannot enjoy the benefits of Nandu Medical University? Old students are given priority? This makes the freshmen feel very uncomfortable."
Professor Wen Yulin followed immediately and adjusted her glasses.
Wen Yulin is the assistant to Lin Lan, the director of the genetic laboratory. Lin Lan is Su Nanchen's fiancée, so she is Yang Ping's sister-in-law. Because of this relationship, Lin Lan has already avoided it, but it is impossible to avoid the entire genetic experiment, right?
It is unjustifiable that the State Key Laboratory does not even allow a representative to speak at this kind of meeting.
There are quite a lot of twenty-five boys!
Director Shi glanced at Wen Yulin.
"Professor Guan is already thirty-eight. Professor Yang is less than thirty and has a long time to come. The quota this time should be given to Professor Guan. He studied in Germany and refused a high salary and insisted on returning to China. He has a pure heart and is dedicated to serving the country. It is admirable.
!" Li Youqing, dean of the School of Basic Medical Sciences, said meaningfully.
The emotional cards were all played, and Professor Zou frowned slightly, disapproving in his heart.
Dean Qiu Zhencheng, dean of the School of Clinical Medicine, immediately said: "Professor Guan's dedication to serving the country is worthy of admiration, but in today's meeting, we must be objective and fair, and we cannot use patriotism to add points. When it comes to patriotism, I think most of
Most young talents have a passionate patriotism, and Professor Yang will not be left behind. Professor Yang has achieved such academic results at such a young age. At this time, he is especially in need of encouragement, and the confidence of young people must not be dampened."
During his Ph.D., Dean Qiu and Professor Su had the same mentor, and they were brothers.
Principal Rao has never spoken. He is an upright person and does not want to affect others or even influence the outcome because of his speech.
From a personal point of view, Principal Rao prefers Yang Ping. He feels that this young man has a bright future. If he can give some encouragement, it will further stimulate his confidence and passion. Principal Rao is also worried that Yang Ping will go abroad one day, so he wants to give him these as soon as possible.
Encourage talent retention.
But personal feelings are private feelings. As an upright principal, he will not be biased towards anyone and will discuss it together.
Although Guan Ruyan is also excellent, he is still far behind Yang Ping. Principal Rao knows this well. Yang Ping is less than thirty years old and has already published one CNS article and 10 SCI articles in top journals. Such academic achievements are compared to his age.
, is already very rare and has unlimited potential.
Everyone spoke enthusiastically. Anyway, each had their own reasons, and the number of supporters of the two was about the same. There would be no results if this discussion continued.
Principal Rao finally concluded: "Let's see, everyone is familiar with the two candidates. If you are not familiar with them, please check the information at hand. You can also ask others and inquire more. The list will be finalized by the end of this month. Next
The list will be submitted every month, so everyone thinks carefully about it and will hold a meeting next week to vote and determine the list based on the number of votes."
"I agree!" Professor Shi Qingxian raised his hand in agreement.
Sanbo Hospital is a newly added affiliated hospital, and it will definitely not be able to compete with the Nandu Medical University Headquarters. There is still a week left, and he will lobby everyone by then. As long as the votes of experts from the Nandu Medical University Headquarters are implemented, the matter will be sure to win. After all, the Nandu Medical University Headquarters has the most experts.
Since the debate was endless and there was no clear trend, this was the only way to go. Professor Zou also agreed to vote to determine the list.
Professor Zou didn't feel panic at all. He roped in representatives from several affiliated colleges, and through his classmates' relationships, he managed to win over several professors from the main department. It was hard to say who would win.
