Chapter 273: Exhortation
"Well, you say."
Professor Li Hongwei nodded, curious about what he wanted to ask.
"Professor, are there any professors with more in-depth research on gene targeted therapy in Beishi?"
Zhao Heng asked slowly.
For "tree people" patients, if they want to be cured, they must use gene-targeted therapy.
If it is just a simple operation, then the problem can only be solved for a period of time, and it will recur again in the near future.
"Gene-targeted therapy? What does this do, you ask? ”
Hearing Zhao Heng's words, Professor Li Hongwei asked with some confusion.
"That's the professor, yesterday I admitted a patient with verrucous epidermal dysplasia, because the warty vegetation on the surface of the skin is serious, and he has undergone seven surgeries, and with the current treatment methods, if you want to cure it, you must try to use gene-targeted therapy."
Zhao Heng briefly talked about the situation of this "tree man" patient with wart-like epidermal dysplasia.
"Gene-targeted therapy? At present, as far as I know, there is no medical institution or biological laboratory in China or even in the world that has the ability to use gene-targeted therapy to cure verrucous epidermal dysplasia, a genetic disease. ”
Professor Li Hongwei thought for a while and said.
"It's that I'm thinking it's a little too simple."
Hearing Professor Li Hongwei's words, Zhao Heng realized that he was taking it for granted, although the genetic inheritance disease of verrucous epidermis is relatively rare, but the domestic population base is too large, if there is a medical institution that uses genetic targeting to cure this disease, then Zhao Heng will not be unable to find out the news in this regard.
"Xiao Zhao, it's a good thing that you have the courage to explore new treatments. However, as far as verrucous epidermal dysplasia is concerned, it is not yet capable of curing it in China or even in the world. Maybe you can do a complete excision surgery on the patient, and then use stem cell culture to culture new epithelial cells, and then transplant them to the patient, which may be more effective than skin grafting alone, and the chance of recurrence will be greatly reduced. ”
Professor Li Hongwei thought about it and made a suggestion to Zhao Heng.
Therefore, Professor Li Hongwei deserves to be a top professor, his vision and insight are indeed not comparable to ordinary professors, and there is no way out, he immediately used his rich experience and knowledge to put forward a very constructive suggestion to Zhao Heng.
"Well, thank you, Professor."
Zhao Heng was a little disappointed, thinking that he had thought simply, and only thought that verrucous epidermal dysplasia was a genetic disease, so he thought of using gene-targeted therapy to cure it.
But he did not take into account the current technology, which is not yet at the level of a radical cure.
But now that Professor Li Hongwei said this, he immediately became enlightened, and this time, he was the one who drilled the horns.
This also reminded Zhao Heng that not all the incurable diseases he encountered could be cured.
Although his golden finger is very powerful, he can pick up and fuse other people's powerful skills and rich experience, but this kind of picking and fusion also has its limitations.
That is, if it is something that no one in the medical field has conquered or researched now, then Zhao Heng is limited to this level and cannot cure all diseases.
The patients Zhao Heng encountered before, although they were also incurable diseases, were basically able to overcome or cure them at the highest level of medical technology at the moment, and the shortcomings of Zhao Heng's golden finger were not exposed.
And Zhao Heng met the current patient with a rare genetic disease, and this limitation was exposed.
Manpower is sometimes poor, this is the truest feeling in Zhao Heng's heart now.
Even if you have a golden finger, it's not a panacea!
"Xiao Zhao, in fact, when I was young, I was like you, thinking about relying on my own ability, as if I could solve anything. But at my age, I realized that it took almost all the energy and time of my mentor and me to develop the first generation of EPS cells. So Xiao Zhao, when we do scientific research, we must have a flat mentality, and sometimes, not all problems can be solved. ”
Professor Li Hongwei said earnestly to Zhao Heng.
In his opinion, Zhao Heng could be said to be the most talented young man he had ever seen, and this talent even surpassed all the geniuses he had ever seen.
But beyond the principle of rigidity and easy breakage, Professor Li Hongwei knows better than anyone that the more genius he is, the more difficult it is to withstand the blow of setbacks, so he said so much to Zhao Heng so seriously.
"Manpower is sometimes poor."
Zhao Heng naturally felt Professor Li Hongwei's kindness, and he also said such a sentence with some emotion.
"When we do research, we must maintain a heart of curiosity, but sometimes, we also need to maintain a sense of awe for the world. Let's just say that how many diseases can be completely overcome by human beings? Many diseases, which are said to be cure, are actually only symptomatic relief, and can only be regarded as palliative treatment at best. And for some diseases, most of the treatments developed by human beings are the kind that kills 1,000 enemies and inflicts 800 self-damage, which is far from the ideal state. ”
Li Hongwei said with some sighs, which was particularly shocking when he came out of the mouth of such a top life science professor.
This pattern is something that ordinary professors cannot have.
"Thank you, Professor."
Hearing Li Hongwei's sincere admonition, Zhao Heng was moved in his heart and thanked him again.
"Don't be so drilled in the future, for the patient with verrucous epidermal dysplasia you mentioned, the use of stem cell treatment can actually achieve good results, although it cannot be cured, but if the treatment is appropriate, the chance of recurrence will be very low."
Li Hongwei said slowly to Zhao Heng again.
"Well, I see, Professor."
Zhao Heng nodded, the treatment method was in his hands, and he still had to find a professor who was proficient in gene-targeted therapy, this time, he was a little reluctant to seek the future.
Coming out of the Life Science Institute, Zhao Heng felt very different.
On the one hand, it is because Professor Li Hongwei has developed such shocking results as EPS cells; On the other hand, Professor Li Hongwei's admonition to him this time made Zhao Heng very deeply aware of the limitations of his golden finger.
This is very beneficial to Zhao Heng's stable development in the future.
Man is not an all-powerful God, he cannot do everything, and if someone thinks that he can do anything, such a person must be crazy.