Chapter 4 Experimental Macaques

"Well, they're all non-human primates, long-tailed macaques are more used, and there are other species as well. Nan Zhiqiao replied in a very general way.

Ye Zhenzhen was very curious, "There should be a lot of monkeys used in the animal experiments of the vaccine, are so many monkeys kept in the 'Tinder No. 1' base?"

"Well, there was originally a laboratory animal room in Jasmine Manor, but later the research project was increased and two more were expanded, and now it can accommodate two thousand laboratory animals. ”

"Two thousand animals! Isn't that more lively than a zoo? ”

Ye Zhenzhen said with a yearning face, Nan Zhiqiao saw it in her eyes, and asked with a smile, "Do you want to go and see?"

"Yes. ”

"Tomorrow weekend, I'm going to go to Jasmine Manor to have a look, and by the way, I'm going to talk to Dr. Mu about the clinical trial of the Ebola vaccine, and you can come with me." ”

"Great. ”

Ye Zhenzhen rarely interferes in the affairs of the Nanmu Group, and the "Tinder No. 1" base under Jasmine Manor is the secret of the Nanmu Group, Nanzhiqiao rarely mentions it to outsiders, except for the last time she took the initiative to take Zhen Zhen to get vaccinated once, this is the second time she took Zhen Zhen to visit.

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Early the next morning, Nan Zhiqiao drove and took Zhen Zhen from the old mansion, and after more than an hour, he arrived at Jasmine Manor.

Next to the black iron gate, the cyan mountain stone is carved with the four big characters of "Jasmine Manor".

There is a row of surveillance equipment at the door, and several young security guards are patrolling back and forth, giving people a tense atmosphere before they even enter the door.

Seeing a car coming, the young security guard trotted up, and when he saw that it was Nan Zhiqiao who was driving, he immediately saluted and opened the gate.

In the huge Jasmine Manor, two new red buildings have been added, on both sides of the original white villas.

From the outside, the White Villa is just an ordinary two-story building, but below it is dozens of floors of underground laboratories, which is the heart of Jasmine Manor.

Two new red buildings were built on both sides, one was a place for staff to eat and lodging, and the other was a laboratory animal center.

The laboratory animal center is carried out in accordance with the architectural requirements of the P4 laboratory, and an underground corridor connects the experimental center with the main body of the underground laboratory.

Animal experiments on vaccines, as well as animal pathological studies of bacterial strains, are carried out in this animal laboratory.

Nan Zhiqiao gave a brief introduction to Ye Zhenzhen while driving.

The car stopped in front of the white villa, the two got out of the car, and Nan Zhiqiao entered the elevator with ease.

Scan fingerprints and facial recognition, and the elevator descends.

Entering the Tinder No. 1 base for the third time, Ye Zhenzhen was shocked by the scene in front of her again.

In the Tinder No. 1 base, the air elevator carried the two people all the way down.

The elevator switched to voice control mode, and a mechanical woman's voice sounded, "Mr. Nan, welcome to your arrival." ”

Nan Zhiqiao gave the order, "Go to the central hall on the thirty-eighth floor." ”

"Instructions received, destination: Central Hall on the 38th floor. ”

The mechanical woman's voice ended, and the elevator quickly descended to the thirty-eighth floor.

The last time I came here, it was for smallpox vaccination, and Dr. Mu was there, and this time there was also a familiar person - Professor Bavar.

Professor Bawar has been in charge of the development of the Ebola vaccine with Dr. Mu since he was transferred to Tinder 1 by Nan Zhiqiao.

Professor Bavar's outstanding professionalism has significantly accelerated the development of the Ebola vaccine.

Nan Zhiqiao came this time because he wanted to discuss the clinical trial of the Ebola vaccine, so he notified Dr. Mu in advance.

By the time Nan Zhiqiao and Ye Zhenzhen arrived at the central hall, Dr. Mu, Professor Bavar, and several key members of the research team were waiting there.

When everyone met, Nan Zhiqiao asked directly: "Where is the animal experiment data of the Ebola vaccine, I want to take a look at it again." ”

"It's all on the computer here. Dr. Mu led Nan Zhiqiao and Ye Zhenzhen to a computer in the central hall, scanned their fingerprints and turned on the computer.

Professor Bawar added: "There are video materials of animal experiments in it. ”

The video data can see the whole process of animal experiments in its entirety, and Ye Zhenzhen is very interested.

After turning on the computer, Nan Zhiqiao first looked at the data, the data had been analyzed, and the results met expectations, which was ideal.

Nan Zhiqiao opened the video materials of the experimental animals again, and the rows of cages were filled with monkeys, and some experimenters injected the monkeys with Ebola vaccine, and then infected the monkeys with Ebola virus through various ways, and finally tested the protective effect of the vaccine.

"These monkeys are all long-tailed macaques, right?" asked Ye Zhenzhen as she watched the video.

"It is a long-tailed macaque, also called a crab-eating macaque, a monkey that is most used in animal experiments. ”

Nan Zhiqiao opened another folder, which contained a controlled experiment, a video of infecting unvaccinated monkeys with the Ebola virus.

In the video, crab-eating macaques are infected with the Ebola virus and show a series of symptoms.

The monkeys in the control group began to be disgusted, with runny noses and high fever, followed by nostrils, ears, and corners of the mouth...... Every hole in the body began to bleed.

The monkeys in the control group died quickly.

The experimenters dissected the dead monkeys and observed the pathological changes.

The monkeys infected with the Ebola virus and died, cut open the skin and muscles of the abdomen, and the internal organs inside were like a pool of melted blood, wet, sticky, especially the spleen, the spleen of normal monkeys is a soft bag the size of a walnut, which is used to filter blood, while the spleen of the monkey that was dissected on the experimental bench was swollen like a large grapefruit, and the surface of the swollen spleen was cut open, and the tissue inside completely turned into a puddle of flesh and blood.

Looking at the dissection scene in the video, Ye Zhenzhen felt chills in her heart, remembering the situation when Nan Zhiqiao was infected with Ebola and became ill, she was also bleeding all over her body and vomiting blood.

After watching the video of the animal experiment quickly, Professor Bavar preemptively asked Nan Zhiqiao, "Mr. Nan, the animal experiment stage of the Ebola vaccine has been successfully passed, and the next step is the clinical trial, to conduct a large-scale clinical trial, you have to go to the place where there is an Ebola epidemic, and several places in Africa are in the range of options, if you determine the place, I want to go with the team." ”

Professor Bawar explained his intention to go to Africa with his team to conduct clinical trials of the Ebola vaccine.

Nan Zhiqiao thought in his heart, with Professor Bavar's professional level, it was more than enough to cope with this work, but he had just had a staircase accident, and his previous memories had not yet recovered, so he went to Africa in case there was an emergency......

Nan Zhiqiao frowned slightly, thinking about how to persuade Professor Bavar to recuperate for a while.

Professor Bavar saw what Nan Zhiqiao was thinking and explained to himself: "The doctor said that I was okay and could go out for a long time, and besides, I had previous experience in vaccine clinical trials, and I could help when I went to Africa this time." ”

"Have your previous memories returned?" Nan Zhiqiao couldn't help but ask Hearing Professor Bavar say that he had experience in vaccine clinical trials.