"In fact, Mr. Jin, we have two directions for future scientific research, one is artificial skin, and the other is artificial cornea. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

As soon as Scott spoke, Jin Muchen immediately became interested, originally he thought that these two guys would continue to study the bones they are good at, but he didn't expect these guys to take a false shot and directly put the direction of their future research on human tissue, and both directions sound very good.

"Oh? Let's hear about it. ”

Jin Muchen asked Scott energetically, seeing him call like this, Scott was also very happy, Jin Muchen's attitude means that he has a high probability of agreeing to invest, so that the future funds of the institute will be settled.

"On the issue of artificial skin, this seems to have become a hot topic now, recently many companies are engaged in this area of research, especially in the past two years, a lot of foreign funds have entered the field of unexpected equipment manufacturing, because we all know this highly profitable, even can be said to be a lucrative industry, but because of the earliest development of General Electric in this field, coupled with Germany's Siemens, and other enterprises, but also in this field for many years of overlord, they have a lot of patents, so that it will be given to latecomers, It has created a lot of obstacles, and now new companies entering the field of medical devices are all facing the problem of patent protection, so many latecomers have no way to start. However, in recent years, with the rise of the concept of regenerative medicine, especially the maturity of 3D printing technology, more and more companies have begun to aim at the trend of combining 3D printing technology and medicine, and more and more large enterprises have begun to throw money into it. For example, a few days ago, the richest man in Xiangjiang invested in a 3D printing company in the United States, and the company he invested in claimed to be specializing in the use of 3D printing technology to produce artificial leather and artificial meat, but everyone in our industry knows that it is just a disguise, in fact, their real purpose is to produce artificial organs... So 3D printing human organs are in the production technology, which is really hot right now, and Smith and I have also noticed this trend, so we will take this aspect into account when determining the direction of our future scientific research... ”

Scott said a lot as soon as he opened his mouth, but as soon as he introduced it like this, Jin Muchen probably understood, it seems that their future scientific research direction is still the application of 3D printing technology in the replacement of the human body trachea reconstruction, which sounds really interesting.

"When Smith and I chose this future research direction together, we chose these two out of a lot of development suggestions and directions. Smith believes that artificial skin will make a big difference in the future, because now millions of people around the world every year, for various reasons, will suffer from skin burns, and burns, so that they need skin grafting, and they will graft skin, generally from a certain part of their body to choose a piece of skin for transplantation, but in this way, it will inevitably leave serious scars on the body, and it is also very unfavorable to the recovery of the injured. If we study artificial skin, we will definitely make a difference in this market in the future. On the other hand, these artificial skins can be supplied not only to patients with burns and burns, but also to cosmetic hospitals, and in recent years, millions of cosmetic surgeries have occurred every year in the world, so he thinks that there must be a lot to be done in this area. ”

Scott first said the scientific research direction that his deputy Smith suggested to choose, Jin Muchen probably guessed when he heard him say this, it seems that this guy should have a conflict with that Smith in this regard, it seems that he should not agree, research artificial skin, so he annoyed Smith, and finally simply put that Smith on leave.

However, Jin Muchen couldn't be too smart at this time, he just smiled and nodded: "Well, it sounds like Smith's suggestion is indeed good." ”

As soon as Scott heard Jin Muchen say this, he immediately sat up straight unconsciously, and then looked at Jin Muchen very seriously and said.

"Mr. Kim, you can't think like that, I think the future prospects of this artificial skin are very limited."

"Oh? So why do you have this understanding? ”

Jin Muchen asked Scott with a smile at this time, Scott was sitting in danger at this time, and even unconsciously tidied up his tie, acting as if he was a newcomer who came to participate in the interview.

"I think so, Mr. Jin with our current technology, in fact, it is not difficult to produce such artificial skin, it is nothing more than a large number of pig skin, and then extract and culture stem cells from it, and finally use the collagen in pig skin, through 3 printing technology, do reverse reduction, saying that pig skin is reduced to the appearance of artificial skin, and it is more in line with the human system. This technology is actually not very difficult, but the difficulty lies in the promotion of the market. We produce such artificial skin, although it is a good thing for patients, but in fact, such artificial skin is not affordable for everyone, I have made an estimate, if according to our production costs, plus some profits, and taxes, etc., then transplant a square centimeter of artificial skin, it will cost almost 5,000 US dollars, plus other fees to be charged by the hospital, then the cost of transplanting a square centimeter, I am afraid it will be as high as tens of thousands of dollars. I believe that many patients with scalds or burns, when they hear such an offer, will directly choose to retreat and not accept the operation. After all, you can't die without skin, and after a while, the human body will create another layer of skin, although the new skin is more ugly, and the immunity is not as good as the original, but such skin, at least it doesn't cost money, so I'm very unoptimistic, the marketing of this artificial skin... ”

What Scott said is reasonable, Jin Muchen also felt very reasonable when he heard it, indeed this artificial skin, if it is produced in the United States, plus labor and various taxes, it must be very expensive, and ordinary people must not be able to afford it.

Even Americans with social security can't afford such an operation, and you know, in the United States, if you don't have insurance, you can't afford to see a doctor or go to a hospital.

This artificial skin, now listening to Scott say this, is so expensive, the cost should be very high, in the future, in terms of marketing, it is really a problem, after all, not everyone is so rich, tens of thousands of dollars in hospitalization fees, but it will make many American families bankrupt.

And if this thing is taken to China, it will be the same, rich people naturally don't care, but people who don't have money can't afford to transplant at all, after all, this skin doesn't want to be bone and joint.

If the bones and joints are not good, it is difficult for you to walk, and it hurts every day, but the skin is different, although this thing will hurt for a while, but at least it will not die, and after that, although it will be ugly, at least it will not affect the quality of life too much.

Therefore, most people will definitely not accept such an expensive operation.

In this way, this artificial skin is really not much of a problem.

Jin Muchen nodded, seeing his statement, Scott also breathed a sigh of relief, after all, he was not optimistic about this direction, if Jin Muchen was rejected, then he would lose face in the research institute.

Jin Muchen didn't say anything in favor of it, nor did he say much against it, but just nodded at Scott and motioned for him to continue: "Don't you have two scientific research directions?" The other one, go on ... ”

As soon as Scott heard this, he immediately came to his senses, because this direction, but the scientific research direction he chose, if it could be recognized by Jin Muchen, then he could completely kick that Smith out.

"Artificial cornea technology, in fact, I have studied before, when I was working at the research institute on the West Coast, I actually came into contact with it, but at that time I only had some ideas, and I did not immediately put it into practice. But now I think that the conditions are more mature, and the artificial cornea is actually to cultivate a qualified corneal endothelium outside the human body, which is the key technology of artificial cornea. In the past, everyone knew how to make artificial corneas, but there have always been technical limitations in how to cultivate the extracorporeal corneal endothelium, but now with the development of science and technology, the technology in this area has matured. When I was working in the research institute on the West Coast, I actually had a certain idea, and I had already done a considerable number of experiments, and I had basically figured out the key to the technical problems, and now I am still close to the final large-scale production and clinical trials... ”

Scott's words brought infinite surprises to Jin Muchen, this is a good thing, if the artificial cornea technology is made, it will be a proper thing to make a fortune.

You must know that many people in the world are now in a state of blindness for various reasons, some people are born with disabilities, and some people are in a dark state of life because of acquired disasters.

He remembers that he once saw a report on the International Day of Love Your Eyes, which said that there are probably more than 10 million people in the world who are blind due to corneal detachment or corneal disease, and in China, the number is more than 1 million...

What a big market this is, and this blindness is not the same as burns, scalds, if you burn and burn and don't transplant a piece of skin, you won't die, but if your cornea falls off, if you don't transplant a cornea, I'm afraid not everyone can stand it. (To be continued.) )