Chapter 127: Twin Experiments
"Of course, of course. Like I said, I don't have any other choice. However, it is not easy to explain the content of my research to non-related professionals, you have to be patient. ”
Probably due to heavy blood loss, Albert's face was as white as paper, and he supported his left arm with his left hand as he spoke, as if this useless gesture would ease the bleeding from his wounds.
Fang Ziyu hurriedly said: "I have patience, but my patience is limited. Dr. Amos, I want you to understand that we are here to help you. Moreover, we have the ability to find out the information we need, so you don't have to hide it, we have to understand the situation to make the right judgment. ”
Fang Ziyu had quietly dialed Jiang Lan's mobile phone before, and there was Liuyun on the other end of the phone as a translator, so Fang Ziyu could understand what Albert was saying, but if he wanted to express more complex content, he had to rely on Ouyang Jie to translate the Chinese he said to Albert.
"Yes, I understand, I will not hide it." Albert changed his previous posture of beating the voice of the conference and behaved very cooperatively, "As you know, Caesaro started from pharmaceuticals, although later agricultural chemicals and health care products also became the company's industrial pillars, but the focus of Caesaro's development has always been the research and development of new drugs, because this is the real profiteering industry, and some new drugs that extend the lives of patients are profiteering products that can monopolize the drug market without violating the monopoly law." However, the upfront investment in the development of a drug is large and may not be successful. ”
"Doctor, get to the point." Ouyang Jie's patience seemed to be less than Fang Ziyu's, and he couldn't help but urge after only listening to a few words of foreshadowing, Fang Ziyu glanced at him, and stopped talking.
"Be patient, be patient." Albert was unaffected by him, "My main research interests are microbial pharmaceuticals and gene technology...... How much do you know about microorganisms? ”
Fang Ziyu and Ouyang Jie glanced at each other, and they both saw the dazedness in each other's eyes.
"Microorganisms are a general term for a class of small organisms that are invisible to the naked eye, have a certain morphological structure, and can grow and reproduce in various environments, including extreme environments, and are classified into bacteria, fungi, actinomycetes, spirochetes, mycoplasma, rickettsia, chlamydia and viruses......"
The voice of a certain death lover came from the invisible headphones, and when he heard it, he was reading Baidu Encyclopedia.
Fang Ziyu couldn't help but clench his fingers, wanting to smash the handsome but underbeaten face that came to mind with a punch.
"Since the establishment of Caesaro, I have led the team to conduct research and development for most of the time, and at the beginning of Caesaro's establishment 20 years ago, it was the time of the rise of 'bacterial medicine', that is, the boom of microbial medicine, when various theories and experiments emerged one after another, so we also took microbial medicine as the first direction."
"With more than ten years of theoretical innovation and time accumulation, we have found that the role and importance of microorganisms far exceed our previous understanding."
Speaking of this, Albert paused.
"Some people say that microorganisms are little alchemists who create miracles, this statement is correct, there are countless types of microorganisms, they use their own various chemical tools, not only can survive in various environments, but also change their own living environment, does it sound very similar to us humans? In a sense, they are stronger than us, and they can make us stronger. ”
"Flavoring food, degrading toxic waste, producing clean energy, they seem to be able to do anything, especially in medicine! Fifteen years ago, I remember digging up a soil sample from the backyard of a Texas farmer, and in it we found a microbiotic that could easily destroy the most stubborn and doctor-inducing germ in the world at the time. ”
"Over the past six decades, the vast majority of antibiotic development has originated from or benefited from similar soil bacteria. With this unprecedented success, I ignored the deeper applications of microbes in the field of medicine until six years ago, when an experiment inspired me. ”
Fang Ziyu knew that Albert had already talked about the topic, and immediately asked, "What experiment?" ”
"One of the members of the research team had a child born, twins, by caesarean section." Albert looked at Fang Ziyu, then at Ouyang Jie, and said with a forced smile, "You are very young, you should have no children, I don't know if you have heard of such a statement, babies born naturally are often healthier than caesarean section babies, and breastfed babies are often healthier than babies who drink brewed milk powder, it sounds very unreasonable, doesn't it?" ”
Fang Ziyu thought about it and nodded, this statement is also very popular in Huaxia, but he is skeptical.
"Yes, a well-formulated formula of milk powder does not lack the nutrients that the baby needs, compared to some weak mothers with little milk, milk powder cans can bring more nutrients to the baby, and caesarean section and natural birth are just different ways of birth, and it stands to reason that there is no difference between the baby, so those two statements don't sound reasonable. But ......"
Albert shifted gears.
"But it's true, Liris's two children were born in the same hospital, cared for by the same nurses, and they grew up in exactly the same environment, with one difference, Liris managed to transplant the microbial colonies from her vagina into one of the children."
Fang Ziyu and Ouyang Jie showed strange expressions at the same time, transplanting the colonies in their own yin channels into the baby's body, what a strange idea? Thinking of what happened to the baby, Fang Ziyu only felt itchy and nauseous.
"And then?"
"After half a year, the child grew up healthy, while his brother had multiple ear infections, and then Lires had another child, the little guy with multiple ear infections, attached her vaginal colonies all over her body, and two months later, he was as healthy as his brother, and there were no problems since."
"So, that's true, and the reason for this distinction is microbes?" Fang Ziyu was thoughtful and muttered in a low voice.
Ouyang Jie translated his words into English and asked Albert, and received an affirmative reply.
"That's right, we think it's the different colonies that cause this difference, the microbial colonies in adults are relatively stable, but not in babies, and the microbial ecology in babies is easily changed and easily affected. We collected data and compared the microbes in the body of naturally born babies to basically similar to the colonies in the mother's vaginal passage, while the microbes in the body of babies born by caesarean section looked more like colonies in the mother's skin. ”
"In the same way, the nutritional value of brewed milk powder is no worse than that of breast milk, but there are no microorganisms contained in breast milk in brewed milk powder, and these microorganisms often form the baby's initial intestinal colony after entering the baby's intestine, helping the baby digest food and absorb nutrients."
"Oh, well, your expressions haven't changed much, yes, it doesn't seem like a big deal to you, but it's no less important to us than Columbus's discovery of the American continent!" Albert's eyes flashed with excitement, "From the day the results were confirmed, I knew we were going to open the door to a new world!" ”