"Boss, this is the information we investigated..."
The next day, while Victor's investments continued to suffer, Xia Xu also came outside the school after finishing his schoolwork for the day.
Yang Bowen and He Qing had moved to this area a few days ago and have been investigating the conditions of Cui Xinghua and Gardner Mental Hospital according to his instructions.
"Cui Xinghua's last patient also received treatment at Gardner?"
Looking through some of the information that several people had investigated and interviewed, Xia Xu frowned slightly, thoughtfully.
The root cause of Cui Xinghua's admission to Gardner Mental Hospital was a medical accident during the last operation.
But he himself was a bit skeptical about this matter. Although nothing was absolute, a five-star surgeon should not have an accident easily.
What was being performed at that time was a brain tumor resection operation. The difficulty was not low, but it was by no means a difficult operation. There were a lot of surgeons in the country who could perform it. For Cui Xinghua, it should be easy to do it.
right.
"That's right, but I just stayed in the hospital for a few months due to depression a long time ago."
Yang Bowen answered Xia Xu's question and said, "If it weren't for the fact that the boss happened to mention Gardner, we might have just ignored it."
I went to Gardner, and finally died on Cui Xinghua's operating table, and Cui Xinghua was admitted to Gardner Mental Hospital. Xia Xu didn't believe that there was no contact between the two.
"Is there any data on the height and body shape of the deceased? Or did he have symptoms such as obesity?"
Xia Xu's heart moved.
"have."
Yang Bowen quickly pointed out the location of the data to Xia Xu.
Sure enough, Xia Xu's eyes quickly condensed.
There is a very professional physical examination data attached to it, which seems to be the work of the hospital, and a diagnostic report is also attached at the back.
The above shows that the height of the deceased is only normal, about 1.7 meters, and there is nothing abnormal.
However, the body shape of the deceased looked very strange.
It seems to grow horizontally, and the body becomes very obese in appearance, with swollen limbs. However, it is not fat accumulation or fluid accumulation, but relatively normal body tissue.
"After discussion, the expert group agreed that the patient had GH adenoma, acromegaly caused by abnormal secretion of growth hormone..."
In the diagnostic report attached at the end, Xia Xu saw the diagnosis of the deceased's condition at the hospital where Cui Xinghua was working at that time.
Biology is a huge field with many branches, and medicine is one of the most prosperous. Xia Xu doesn't know much about it, so he can only improvise, take out his smart glasses and put them on, and search through the Internet while browsing.
with some keywords.
GH adenoma, formally called growth hormone adenoma.
Due to pituitary gland disease, the patient's tumor cells abnormally secrete a large amount of growth hormone, resulting in abnormal body development, usually swelling of the limbs, and enlargement of the body and internal organs, which is acromegaly.
But this kind of acromegaly is only for adults.
There is a term called epiphysis (monkey), which refers to the ossification points at both ends of the bone during skeletal development. The epiphysis is not closed in minors, so the bones can grow, thereby increasing height, arm span, etc.
But usually around the age of ten, eighteen or nineteen at most, a person's epiphysis will completely close, and from then on, the height will no longer increase.
And if a minor suffers from GH adenoma, or abnormal secretion of growth hormone caused by other reasons, then the result will not be acromegaly, but another symptom that is familiar to Xia Xu.
Gigantism!
Growth hormone, as the name suggests, is used to promote the growth of bones, internal organs and other body organs and tissues.
The epiphysis is not closed, coupled with the large secretion of growth hormone, resulting in an increase in height and body shape. Patients can usually grow to more than two meters, and the highest recorded height is 2.72 meters.
Nearly three meters, which does not sound like an exaggeration in terms of numerical value, but is actually the height of a normal first floor, or even twice the height of some petite girls.
This is a real 'giant'. You must know that even the Hulk in the Marvel movie is only 2.56 meters tall. In the comics, he was only a little over 1.9 meters at the beginning, less than 2 meters.
"Giant, is this what you mean?"
Xia Xu felt that he had vaguely grasped the plot line of "Giant".
Is Gardner Psychiatric Hospital trying to artificially create gigantism patients using a method similar to pituitary adenomas, or is it trying to create a real giant?
In reality, there will be no situation where body size increases but strength remains unchanged. On the contrary, it is the truth that when strength is great, bricks will fly, and quantitative changes will lead to qualitative changes.
If a person's size really grows to two or three meters and all body functions remain stable, then his strength will inevitably increase exponentially.
Of course, this is just an ideal state.
In fact, gigantism is not as beautiful as imagined, otherwise it would not be a disease.
It's just like hyperamnesia, imagination and theory are beautiful, but the actual situation is often not as expected.
The height and body development of gigantism is ultimately caused by abnormal lesions. The human body is extremely delicate and affects the whole body. This abnormality can bring about a series of possible complications such as diabetes, joint diseases, infertility, etc.
And in terms of physical performance, the actual performance will not be satisfactory. Excessive visceral hypertrophy may affect organ function, and various aspects such as cardiopulmonary, respiratory and weight will also be a drag.
In the beginning, the patient may be really tall and physically fit, but he will gradually decline and eventually become extremely weak due to various reasons, and his immunity and other aspects will also become extremely low.
"If you want to create a truly stable and powerful giant human, you must first find a stable and controllable benign pituitary gland mutation. Secondly, if the surgery is performed on adults, you also need to solve the problem of epiphyseal closure..."
Xia Xu's eyes narrowed slightly.
The two conditions sound simple, but in fact they are a fantasy and as difficult as reaching the sky.
But was Gardner Psychiatric Hospital a success?
The answer is yes.
They succeeded, at least half of it, otherwise there wouldn't be this "Giant" plot.
"First of all, it is certain that they have mastered the technology of artificially creating or transplanting this kind of GH adenoma..."
"Secondly, Gardner should be conducting experiments on patients right now, trying to find the perfect diseased gland..."
"Whether the problem of epiphyseal closure has been solved cannot be determined for the time being, but the patients we saw last time were all obese and not particularly prominent in height. It is possible that they don't..."
Xia Xu's thoughts were racing and he quickly figured out the plot of "Giant".
However, in this case, Cui Xinghua should not be anxious about the matter. Perhaps the best way to stably obtain the technology of this giant gland is to follow the original plot.