Chapter 83: Paclitaxel, donations
Chen Yun understands the desire of cancer patients to survive and will try all the methods that can be treated.
But as a doctor with medical ethics, Chen Yun shook his head with difficulty: "At present, there is no scientific evidence that any Chinese medicine prescription is effective for cancer, but in fact, many traditional Chinese medicines do have an effect on cancer cells, and some Western medicine has also detected that some medicinal materials or plants have inhibitory or preventive effects on cancer through modern instrument analysis." ”
Yang Zhou listened quietly, his specialty was plants, but he was very interested in this topic.
If a certain plant is effective against cancer, can it be enhanced by gene editing to alleviate your symptoms?
Moreover, before coming up with real cancer treatment plants, he first studied some traditional Chinese medicine and special plants, which will also make his final cancer treatment plants seem less sudden.
"In the current traditional Chinese medicine, there are about a dozen kinds that have been proven to have an effect on cancer cells, such as: Tou Gu Cao, which is used in traditional Chinese medicine for diseases such as eczema and rheumatic joint pain, but it also has an effect on cancer cells; Shan dou root, a relatively common Chinese herbal medicine, has the effect of anti-tumor, and is currently used as a common adjuvant drug for cancer; It can have an effect on the respiratory system, and can also play a role in lowering blood pressure and inhibiting the growth of tumor cells; ”
"There is also atractylodes, which has the effect of strengthening the spleen, appetizing and dampness, which contains volatile oils and lipids, which can inhibit the reproduction of cell tumors, and can also enhance the body's immunity and resistance."
Chen Yun said a total of more than a dozen kinds of Chinese medicinal materials, which made Yang Zhou very interested.
Yews, in particular, are extremely expensive.
At present, most of the drugs used in Western medicine to treat cancer contain yew.
In yew, paclitaxel can be extracted.
In 1971, chemists in the beautiful country discovered and refined paclitaxel for the first time on yew plants.
According to relevant information, paclitaxel can improve the circulation and metabolic functions of the human body, remove the virus in the human body from the body through diuresis and defecation, and achieve the effect of preventing cancer; At the same time, it can inhibit the mitosis of cancer cells, thereby effectively preventing the growth of cancer cells, and has considerable efficacy on prostate cancer, rectal cancer, ovarian cancer, uterine cancer, and bile duct cancer, and also has a certain inhibitory effect on other cancer cells, which is known as "the last line of defense for advanced cancer".
Yang Zhou is suffering from rectal cancer, and it can be said that paclitaxel is extremely important to him.
And the amount of paclitaxel contained in a yew is very rare.
Even if dozens of yew trees are chopped down, the extracted paclitaxel is estimated to be only a few tens of grams, which is much higher than the price of gold.
The paclitaxel injection used by Yang Zhou's previous chemotherapy costs thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars for one injection, but the paclitaxel content contained in it may be less than 1 mg.
If Yang Zhou uses gene editing technology to gene-edit yew and make it produce more paclitaxel, it can be more profitable than growing vegetables and ginseng!
A tree that can save cancer patients is a life-saving tree, and its value can be imagined.
"Dr. Chen, how do you know so much about cancer?" Yang Zhou sighed.
Chen Yun was happy when he heard this, and said with a smile: "I specialize in cancer, through the combination of traditional Chinese and Western medicine, to see if I can find a way to treat cancer, I also have a laboratory myself, specializing in this research, and it is because of this that I was invited to be in charge of your condition!" ”
Now Yang Zhou understands that he is now a genius scientist who is rarer than a national treasure.
The above used some resources to find a cancer oncology expert for him, and it is normal to serve him personally.
However, Chen Yun's research is still in its early stages, and he has not yet found a cure for cancer.
His lab also extracts paclitaxel and even looks for anti-cancer substances in other traditional Chinese medicines.
If Chen Yun is given another few decades, it may be possible to develop anti-cancer drugs.
Yang Zhou couldn't wait, and he was ready to take the time to go to Chen Yun's laboratory to see if his specialty could be used in the research of anti-cancer drugs.
Chen Yun naturally wished that Yang Zhou would be inspired by his research, and Yang Zhou is now a recognized expert on plants.
His laboratory, in fact, is also dealing with anti-cancer plants every day, and may really be able to collide with some inspiration.
It's just that Chen Yun is still a little reluctant to let a cancer patient like Yang Zhou come to his laboratory to help.
Yang Zhou actually just wanted to take some cancer-resistant plants and put them into the space to see if they could be genetically modified.
As long as he can strengthen the efficacy of cancer plants, Yang Zhou feels that even if he does not get the cancer treatment plants sold by the system, his condition can be alleviated.
After some discussion, the time was already in the middle of the night, and there was still something to do tomorrow, so Yang Zhou asked the others to rest first, and he had to do something the next day.
Yang Zhou was hospitalized, Tang Yue said that he would not return to the hotel at all, and decided to stay with Yang Zhou in front of the bed, if Yang Zhou wanted to go to the toilet or something, she could still help, Yang Zhou had no choice but to agree.
Wang Bingbing and the others couldn't stay, Yang Zhou said to her: "Tomorrow, I'm going to donate, do you want to shoot in your team?" ”
"En, you definitely want to shoot, Brother Yang, do you really want to donate?" Wang Bingbing nodded and wondered.
Yang Zhou still wants to upgrade the system, and now he is ready to donate all the money, just to make the documentary richer and let them release it as soon as possible.
"Then you come to the hospital at ten o'clock tomorrow morning, and we will go to my leather bag company to check the accounts, I want to set up a few charitable funds and donate the money, money is no longer important to me." Yang Zhou said righteously.
Wang Bingbing went home with mixed feelings, still thinking about everything about Yang Zhou along the way.
Why did Yang Zhou donate, maybe because he learned today that he only had three months to live, and he was ready to arrange the future.
When Wang Bingbing thought of Yang Zhou, he couldn't control his emotions sadly, sat in the car of the little brother of the camera, and kept wiping his tears.
The next day, Yang Zhou was startled when he saw Wang Bingbing, Wang Bingbing's eyes were like peaches, fortunately, she didn't need to appear today, otherwise there would be an accident.
"What's the matter, didn't you sleep well yesterday?" Yang Zhou said with concern.
"It's just uncomfortable." Wang Bingbing said with some embarrassment.
In fact, Tang Yue didn't stop crying last night, Yang Zhou finally let her lie on a hospital bed with him, hugged him and comforted her, Tang Yue's complexion looked pretty good today, otherwise it was estimated to be the same as Wang Bingbing.
Yang Zhou also knows that his illness and behavior still affect the people around him, and it is estimated that people who know him will feel uncomfortable as long as they don't have opinions about him.
Patting Wang Bingbing on the shoulder, Yang Zhou led everyone to his company.
This time it is to check the accounts to see how much money he has, Yang Zhou will donate at least more than 110 million, and it is estimated that this number will scare everyone.