On March 23, Zhou Yu and Chen Jin accompanied Xiao Meiling and his wife to the Xinghuo Science and Technology Research Center.

Chen Jin also continued to comfort Xiao Meiling and said: "Sister Xiao, the Life Safety Research Institute led by Director Wang Xiaoxiao has developed a rapid HIV detection method.

HIV infection can be determined after one week of high-risk behaviours, while it can take three months for conventional measures to be determined.

If it is confirmed that Sister Xiao has been infected with AIDS, we can intervene and treat it as soon as possible, and if Sister Xiao is healthy, we can also stop taking blocking drugs in time. ”

Zhou Yu led them into the Institute of Life Safety.

The first impression here is cleanliness, not the kind of spotless cleanliness, but the pursuit of sterility.

Zhou Yu pointed to the heavy glass door on the left and introduced to everyone: "This is the biosafety level 4 laboratory built by our company, this laboratory can study all virulent viruses without worrying about viruses leaking from the laboratory."

They waited in the lounge area for a while, and Wang Xiaoxiao, dressed as if made of plastic and wearing a round glass helmet, walked into the lounge.

He greeted everyone with a smile and walked straight to the professional equipment in the corner, where a huge hood covered its head, and the glass helmet on its head was removed when it came out.

Chen Jin asked curiously: "Husband, why didn't Director Wang take off the helmet himself, your design is too inhumane."

Zhou Yu explained to her: "The chemical protective suit worn by Director Wang is a chemical protective suit specially designed by us for the virus.

The chemical protective suit is not breathable, and a portable oxygen bag is built into the garment to prevent any viruses from invading the human body.

The helmet uses a magnetic buckle, which requires special equipment to take off, in order to prevent the magnetic buckle from being opened due to strenuous exercise or accidentally touching the switch. ”

Zhou Yu asked Wang Xiaoxiao: "How is the preparation for the HIV test, can I test Ms. Xiao?"

"Mr. Zhou, there is no problem in the laboratory at all, take her to have her blood drawn, and the test results will come out soon." Wang Xiaoxiao said confidently.

A professional researcher in the laboratory took Xiao Meiling to the disposal room, drew a small tube of blood, and took it to the laboratory for testing.

Zhou Yu said apologetically: "This testing method has just been developed, and testing equipment has not yet been developed, so it can only be tested with laboratory equipment."

Chen Jin asked curiously, "How can you detect HIV so quickly, and how accurate is it?"

Zhou Yu said seriously: "This detection method has an accuracy rate of 100%, as long as the high-risk behavior is more than a week, and there is HIV in the body, it will definitely be detected."

I will not explain the basis of human humoral immunity and cellular immunity, you all know about it.

When HIV enters the body, it directly attacks lymphotic T cells and uses them as host cells to replicate themselves.

When the HIV virus is discovered by phagocytes or lymphoid T cells, it releases pheromones.

This pheromone summons lymphoid T cells to attack the infected cells and the virus itself.

It also stimulates lymphocytes to differentiate into plasma cells and memory cells, which are used to produce antibodies that kill viruses in large quantities.

The conventional detection method is to detect HIV antibodies in the human body, and plasma cells produce a large number of viral antibodies before they can be analyzed by the detection reagent.

As long as the lymphotic T cells find HIV, there will inevitably be this pheromone in the human blood, and without this pheromone, it can prove that the person being tested is safe. ”

As soon as Zhou Yu finished speaking, Wang Xiaoxiao walked out of the laboratory, he took the test sheet, and said in a deep voice: "Ms. Xiao, this is the tonic medicine that our laboratory doctor prescribes to you according to your physical condition, and the combination with the best efficacy and the lowest side effects is selected."

Chen Jin's eyes were red, and she said in disbelief: "How could Sister Xiao get AIDS, the risk of her exposure is very low, and she paid such a big price to take blocking drugs in time."

"Ms. Xiao does not have HIV in her body, this is the medicine prescribed by Xiao Lu in our laboratory, he is a professional Chinese medicine practitioner, I just saw Ms. Xiao's situation, and learned about the type of blocking medicine she takes.

Prescribe medicine to her body, it's really AIDS, we can't prescribe medicine. Wang Xiaoxiao said with some surprise.

"Why do you talk so loudly, it scares me to death."

Chen Jin walked up to Xiao Meiling again and said happily: "Sister Xiao, you are finally safe now."

She was happy from the bottom of her heart and let go of the heavy psychological burden.

"Husband, I'll send Sister Xiao back, you can't leave." Chen Jin looked up at Zhou Yu and asked.

"There's other things going on here in the research center, so let's go back first."

Zhou Yu sent Chen Jin away and asked Wang Xiaoxiao: "Director Wang, how is the progress of HIV research and development?"

He already knew in his heart the progress of the HIV virus, and the tech tree in his mind had changed.

He guided Wang Xiaoxiao through discussion, what he saw from the science and technology tree.

In order to achieve this goal, Zhou Yu has been studying psychology hard, and now in the field of psychology, he is a master, and every subtle movement and expression can mobilize people's emotions.

His seemingly ordinary words, coupled with the actions he made, can give people a strong psychological hint and make the other party focus on what Zhou Yu wants to say to him.

Wang Xiaoxiao said with a smile on her face: "Mr. Zhou, after many experimental studies, we have now been able to confirm that there is a close connection between HIV and human herpesvirus-6 virus.

The results of our experiments are basically consistent with the results of scientists reported by the American media decades ago.

We are now looking for a concrete relationship between the two viruses, preparing to control AIDS through a vaccine against human herpesvirus-6 virus, and trying to make a vaccine that is not afraid of HIV mutations through their same characteristics. ”

Zhou Yu pretended to be pensive, sorting out his language in his heart.

"The vaccine stimulates lymphocytes to produce antibodies, which are related to specific proteins on the surface of the virus, but HIV is a genetic material with ribonucleic acid (RNA) as its genetic material, and its stability is not as stable as that of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)," he said.

The specific proteins on the surface of the virus often change, and the current HIV virus is very different from the previously discovered HIV virus, and it is not feasible to solve the HIV virus through vaccines.

If only they could decipher the language of communication between HIV and human herpesvirus-6. ”

Wang Xiaoxiao patted her thigh and said in surprise: "The reason why HIV can conquer the human immune system is that its host cells are lymphoid T cells, which are extremely hidden, and the number of virus replication in the later stage is huge, and the destructive effect is far greater than the ability of the human immune system to repair itself."

As long as we crack the communication code of HIV, we can let the body's immune system find the hidden HIV virus through artificial guidance.

In this way, even if HIV cannot be eradicated, HIV treatment agents with very low side effects can be produced. ”

Zhou Yu watched as Wang Xiaoxiao was finally guided in the right direction by himself.

He smiled and said: "Director Wang, you are like this direction of research, viruses can communicate with each other, they must have their own language, we decipher the language of the virus, we will definitely be able to find a way to solve it."