"Old Zhong, what are you talking about? The world's first implantation of a brain-computer interface? You can't kid me, today is not April Fools' Day!"
"Brain-computer interface? Which biotechnology company has conquered this World-class medical equipment?”
“What? ALS has been conquered?”
“Longxing Group and WuXi Group’s brain-computer interface has been implanted in the human body, Lao Yu? Don’t lie to me, this thing is just a prototype even in foreign countries, and related topics in our country are still in the exploratory stage. Why did it suddenly come out?”
Jiang Ce was still in the operating room, and the doctors were observing his vital signs. At that time, the deans of major hospitals in Shanghai could not wait to announce the news of the brain-computer interface to their personal circles.
The presidents of top hospitals in the country, such as Xiehe, West China, and Xiangtan, and the doctors in their neurology departments are collectively not calm.
Brain-computer interface treats ALS, which is a brand new treatment approach.
Although scholars from Hopkins University on the other side of the ocean proposed this point of view as early as 12 years ago, it was only a theoretical proposal and no substantive action was taken.
But today!
Theory becomes reality!
Since brain-computer interface can treat ALS, what about other neuropathies?
The so-called King of Hell asked you to leave at the middle of the night, and Xiehe kept you at the Union Hospital at the fifth watch. At this time, Hu Xiaofeng, the dean of the Department of Neurology, opened his eyes wide and looked at the medical assistant as if he was eating someone: "You Are you sure it's the Moments sent by Qian Qiuliang?"
"Yes...it's Dean Qian"
The medical assistant responded solemnly.
This was the first time she saw Hu Xiaofeng looking so shocked.
Perhaps many people don’t know that clinical medicine doctors are over seventy years old, and some are after sixty-five years old. The hospital will equip these experienced medical experts with medical assistants, which are equivalent to personal secretaries. .
This is because Longguo is developing too fast, and the whole country is talking about the Internet economy.
Like buying tickets at a station, you used to buy tickets at a window, but now you can buy tickets electronically with one click, and there is no need to queue at the window.
For example, for medical treatment, not only can you make an appointment online, you can also pay online, and you can also pick up tickets at the on-site self-service machine.
Young people are accustomed to the Internet and may be able to adapt quickly, but a large number of elderly people cannot adapt. This is why, even if the Internet and self-service machines are highly popular, state units will still retain manual windows. The purpose is to wait for the elderly.
Speaking of medical assistants, this group not only assists the attending doctor in prescribing medications electronically, but also takes care of the doctor's electronic social interaction, such as replying to group messages, checking information in Moments, etc. The purpose is to take care of the older generation who do not know how to use the Internet and learn medical skills by the way. .
“Brain-computer interface treatment for ALS seems to have been proposed at the last medical summit. Unexpectedly, our domestic biotechnology has quietly come to the forefront. Which company’s masterpiece is it?” Hu Xiaofeng was a little confused. Puzzled.
In his impression, domestic biotechnology is far behind Western countries, with a gap of at least 40 years.
Yes!
Forty years!
This is just a conservative statement. Some people think it is fifty years behind, others say sixty years. Everyone talks about different years, but their original intention is to say that Longguo’s biotechnology The field lags far behind the West, and the entire medical field also lags behind.
Although the doctors at Union Medical College and West China Hospital have superb medical skills, 95% of the high-end medical equipment they use needs to be imported, including magnetic resonance imaging systems, high-content cell analysis imaging systems, and laser scanning Imaging systems, biomolecule interaction instruments, laser confocal microscopes, inverted fluorescence microscopes, high-throughput protein stability analyzers and other life science instruments.
In medical skills, we are neck and neck.
Medical equipment, there is still some way to catch up.
This is why, when Hu Xiaofeng heard the news that a domestic brain-computer interface was successfully implanted and cured patients with ALS, he subconsciously thought it was a rumor.
If it were anyone else, he would 100% treat it as a rumor, but the person who posted it on WeChat was Qian Qiuliang, and the implant surgery was performed at Ruijin Hospital, which forced him to re-examine domestic biotechnology companies.
"Is it Hengrui Pharmaceuticals, WuXi Group, or BeiGene?" Hu Xiaofeng fell into thinking, and he still doesn't believe it.
Although incurable diseases like ALS can be cured, isn’t it possible that depression, mania, and Alzheimer’s disease can also be cured?
"Mr. Hu, Dean Chen Guoqiang also posted on WeChat Moments, saying that thanks to the Wang Youpeng team of WuXi Group, is it possible that the brain-computer interface is the technical support provided by WuXi Group?" The medical assistant flipped through In the circle of friends.
Although Hu Xiaofeng does not know how to use WeChat, there are many people who should be added. Besides, he does not need to play in person. If he wants to read or post to Moments, the medical assistant will write for him.
"Guoqiang Chen also went, so it seems that this matter will not be false. I didn't expect that it was WuXi Group that turned the tide."
Hu Xiaofeng sighed with emotion.
Domestic medical care cannot catch up with the West. It is not that the scientific researchers in Longguo are stupider than those in foreign countries, but that they are limited by rules.
In Longguo, if you want to apply for human experiments and recruit volunteers for drugs or devices, the materials you submit alone are as thick as a book, and the review time starts at three months.
But what about the West?
The West has chosen to take shortcuts.
Their pharmaceutical companies and biotechnology companies have all relocated to Ancient Xiang Kingdom, avoiding the cumbersome approval procedures and developing new drugs or new medical devices as quickly as possible.
Imagine that China is still using experimental monkeys to test hundreds or thousands of times to ensure that there are no problems before moving on to human trials. However, Western medical companies in the ancient Xiang Kingdom only need to successfully experiment once on monkeys. Can the research and development progress of the two be the same if they are directly tested on humans and then slowly adjusted?
The answer is obvious.
It will definitely fall behind the West.
Behind the ancient Xiang Kingdom’s reputation as the pharmacy of the world are countless families who are so poor that they can only sign risk agreements for drug trials.
"So now we are..."
The medical assistant asked.
"That's it." Hu Xiaofeng couldn't restrain his excitement. He stood up and said, "Contact the dean and ask him to charter a plane for tonight. The chief physician of our neurology department is following me. Go to Ruijin Hospital to study”
“All?”
The medical assistant was stunned.
"Yes, all of them." Hu Xiaofeng nodded to confirm.
The emergence of brain-computer interfaces will likely subvert the entire discipline of neurology. He also sees hope in curing various types of neurological diseases.
Although modern medicine is divided into a large number of disciplines, in fact, many times, the real way to treat diseases is to rely on one's own immunity, and neuropathy is the most typical one.
Human research on the brain is still in the preliminary stage of exploration.
Modern medicine can only give a rough idea of neuropathy such as depression, epilepsy, mania, ALS, etc. It is said that there is a problem with the nerve center or neurons, but we really need to delve into the cause. That really can only be said that I don’t know, and I don’t even know the inducement.
However, some academicians of genetics have put forward the view that severe diseases have been determined by genes before human birth, which is equivalent to a time bomb. Once triggered, there is no cure. Terminal illness.
Some scientific researchers have also proposed that immunity to certain diseases can be achieved by changing human genes, but this has been collectively rejected by the medical community because mainstream scholars believe that it is not appropriate to change genes before genetic inheritance is understood.
Because a piece of genetic code has been changed or subtracted, the human body is very likely to supplement or correct this piece of gene. No one knows whether a super virus or super power will appear as a result. This is a human body. Pandora's box of the unknown.
For this reason, all countries are restricting gene editing technology. Even if it is very mature, they do not dare to experiment on humans.
Nowadays, there is no need for gene editing. Intractable neurological diseases can be cured through brain-computer implantation. This can be said to be good news for mankind, and Hu Xiaofeng naturally does not dare to neglect it.
He has to study the implant overnight. Not only him, but if the brain-computer interface is real, the entire neurology department of Union Medical College Hospital will have to learn the implant surgery.
Not long after.
The group chat at Union Hospital exploded.
[Wang Qiang, Department of Gastroenterology]: "Has anyone come forward to tell me if it is true? I heard that there has been a major breakthrough in neurology, and even the world's most terminal disease, ALS, has been successfully cured."
< br>[Orthopedic Department Zhang Dali]: "@王强, Brother Qiang, you are making trouble. There is no research on the cause of ALS. You said it was successfully cured. Isn't this just teasing everyone?"
[Li Xiaohua, Department of Nephrology]: "Speaking of ALS, there is a confirmed case at my relative's house. I heard that the child would not live to be five years old. It would be great if it were true, but I didn't find anything related to it in medical journals. Report.”
[Xu Guolong, Department of Neurology]: “It may be true. Now all the doctors above the director of our department have gone to a meeting. I heard that we will charter a flight to Ruijin Hospital in Shanghai. You can go and find out. , to see if it really cures ALS.”
[Li Wen from the Department of Urology]: “Oh shit, I just looked at WeChat, and Professor Qian Qiuliang posted on WeChat that brain-computer interface was the first. One human body implant was completed, and one patient with ALS was cured!”
The moment the name “Qian Qiuliang” was announced, the crowd at Union Hospital was full of shit, and the young doctors collectively became restless. They all asked for confirmation through their own connections.
The world's first brain-computer interface was implanted in the human body, and they didn't even blink. How come the Dragon Kingdom has developed so quickly?
Not only the doctors at Union Medical College were confused, but also the doctors at West China and Xiangtan Hospitals were collectively confused. For the first time, they felt intimately what it meant to see the tide of the times rolling forward.
The neurology teams from top domestic hospitals such as Xiehe, West China, Xiangtan, Tongji, and Qilu set out collectively to charter a flight to Ruijin Hospital in Shanghai, intending to find out the truth.
Of course, this cannot be true. After all, the deans of Huashan, Shangjiao Ninth Hospital, and Ruijin have all posted on WeChat Moments. This is basically a real deal. The effect is definitely there, but can it be completely cured? That's another matter.
At the same time.
Voices are also gradually appearing on the Internet.
The entry "Brain-computer interface" was ranked in the top ten of the hot search list. The popularity is not high, but it is not low either.
In addition to the entry for "Brain Computer Interface", the entry for "ALS" also appeared on the hot search list, ranking 14th.
Clicking on the entry "Brain-Computer Interface", a blogger named "Medical Road forward" published an article saying that Ruijin Hospital completed the world's first human implantation of a brain-computer interface and successfully Cured a patient with ALS.
Since there are no pictures, the credibility of the text description alone is not high, but it still caused a lot of public opinion on the Internet.
[Goddess in Blue]: "Brain-computer interface can cure ALS? Where did this rumor come from? The Lancet doesn't have any journals with related content!"
[Brother Wang works hard to live]: "Doctor Has Lu Qianqian changed the management? You are a medical science account with three million fans, so please don’t post such unconfirmed things!”
[Xiao Qing is fighting against the cold]:” As a 19-year-old patient with ALS, I may only have half a year left to live. If the brain-computer interface can really cure my disease, I am willing to sign the liability exemption agreement unconditionally and serve as a volunteer!”
[Ning Jing Zhiyuan]: "I am also a patient with ALS. It is winter now, and my hands and feet are getting more and more numb and cold. I don't know if I can survive this winter, but I want to live."
Gradually The number of people with ALS is not large. According to national statistics, there are about 120,000 patients with ALS and suspected ALS in Longguo, that is, damage to motor neurons. They all rely on taking medicine. Slows down the rate of neuropathy.
Although 120,000 orders are equivalent to half of the population of a small county, 120,000 people are really too few in the field of drug research and development. Pharmaceutical companies are not philanthropic, they also want to make profits. The more patients there are, the bigger the market is, and the more they can invest. Tens of billions of dollars are spent on research and development of drugs, but the audience is only 120,000. How can the research and development be recovered? costs and achieve a hundredfold profit?
What if a pill sold for 1 million?
Who can afford it?
This is also the reason why there are no specific drugs for small and difficult diseases.
Now that ALS has been mentioned, a large number of patients do not want to miss this exposure opportunity. They have posted messages on the Internet, requesting for brain-computer interface implantation, and are willing to serve as volunteers, because this may be their only hope to survive.
……
And on the other side.
The postoperative ward of Ruijin Hospital in Shanghai.
Chen Xing glanced at the exposed brain-computer interface on Jiang Ce's head, then looked at his face and asked: "How is it? After a few hours of adaptation, there is nothing uncomfortable about your body, right?"
"No." Jiang Ce answered, moved his arms, and said with a smile: "I feel that my whole body is very light, and I have a refreshing feeling like a martial arts novel, which I have never felt before. I don’t know if I can outrun Bolt now.”
Chen Xing: “…”
Running with Bolt, you really think you can fly. ah?
But one thing to say is that ALS is a disease caused by motor neuropathy. The symptom is numbness in the hands and feet. Now the numbness has disappeared. It is normal for Jiang Ce to have a wrong perception of his own strength. After all, newborn calves are not afraid of tigers. .
Just in case, or the root cause of the disease was found, Chen Xing read the panel silently and directly checked Jiang Ce's personal panel.
[Name]: Jiang Ce
[Type]: Network technical talents
[Qualification]: Hong
[Character]: Introverted (because of low self-esteem and introversion, the Internet is him Everything, network technology has improved significantly.)
[Main focus]: Computer network technology, software design and programming, virus writing...
[Proficient in technology]: Computer network technology, software design and Programming, virus writing...
[Loyalty]: 100 (full)
[Monthly salary]: 200,000
[Special entries]: Internet giant (reality is submissive, The network strikes hard, and logical thinking, concentration, and intelligence will be greatly improved when performing computer network behaviors such as software programming, network attack and defense)
"The special state disappears."
Chen Xing secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He did not want to lose this red-quality talent. After all, the security protection of GIANTPANDA bank settlement system still required him to resist the banner.
"As long as it's okay." Chen Xing smiled and joked: "When the brain computer is upgraded in the future, I will ask them to make you a completely embedded one. Exposing it will affect your appearance."
"Is it affected?" Jiang Ce touched his bald head and said with the joy of rebirth after a disaster: "I think it's cool. I just wear a wig every day and it won't affect my life."
< br>For people who are terminally ill, let alone anything that affects their appearance, even if they become extremely ugly, they will be willing to accept it, because it is their instinct to survive.
Take the cancer community as an example. As long as they can survive, even if it means cutting off their organs or amputating their legs, they will try it because healthy people don’t understand that kind of mood.
“A completely built-in brain computer may be successfully developed within two years.” At this time, WuXi CEO Li Ge said.
“It’s completely unrecognizable from the outside?”
Jiang Ce asked.
"Yes, completely intrusive." Li Ge responded while looking at Chen Xing, as if he wanted to talk to him at some point.
"When the new generation of brain computers comes out, I will be the first volunteer." Jiang Ce has begun to dream about his future life. Now, it is not an exaggeration to say that he has regained a new life.
Chen Xing also saw that Li Ge had something to do with him, but he was not in a hurry to go out and chat with him. Instead, he looked at the attending doctors Qian Qiuliang, Wu Shi, and Chen Guoqiang, and thanked him: "This brain-computer interface The successful implantation is indispensable for the operation of three teachers. On behalf of Longxing Group and Jiang Ce, I would like to thank them.”
“Mr. Chen is very polite.”
“It’s within my duty. It’s your job.”
“Implantation is simple, and medical device research and development is the core. I would like to thank you, Mr. Chen, for saving countless ALS patients!”< br>
Seeing that Chen Xing was about to bend down and bow to express his thanks, Qian Qiuliang and the others quickly helped him up. While supporting him, they also spoke out what was in their heart.
As the saying goes, doctors are benevolent. The more skilled doctors are, the more they can understand the helplessness and pain of patients.
A doctor once said in an interview that the hospital is the place he hates the most but has to go. The reason why he hates the hospital is because he can see all kinds of life in it, including money, humanity, and life all the time. Let’s not play games here. Hospitals treat illnesses and save lives, but they are also full of dark sides.
Seeing that the three of them were so polite, Chen Xing also planned to treat him to a meal as a thank you, and continued: "It's getting late. I have reserved a table at the Four Seasons Hotel. I wonder if you can give me a favor?"
He didn't say three people, but everyone. In the current postoperative observation ward, the deans of major hospitals in Shanghai and doctors from the Department of Neurology are all present. The subtext is that everyone present will be entertained.
Li Ge was not in a hurry to express his position. He must have wanted to go because he wanted to talk to Chen Xing alone about the brain-computer interface.
Qian Qiuliang, Wu Shi, and Chen Guoqiang did not rush to express their opinions, but looked at the deans aside.
The deans of the Ninth Hospital and Huashan Hospital looked at the dean of Ruijin Hospital, waiting for his final nod.
“Ahem.”
The director of Ruijin Hospital coughed twice and responded: “Since Mr. Chen invites you, we have to be respectful and obey him.”
“ However."
Suddenly, he changed the topic and looked at Qian Qiu Liang and said: "Old Qian, you are Jiang Ce's responsible doctor. Now that Jiang Ce has recovered from a serious illness, his condition is still unstable. Please excuse me and stay. Come down."
"This..."
Qian Qiuliang hesitated for half a second and nodded: "Okay, I'm here, there won't be any problems."
……
Eight o’clock in the evening.
Four Seasons Hotel, in the VIP box.
As Chen Xing, Li Ge, Chen Guoqiang, and the directors of major hospitals in Shanghai took their seats, cups of wine were poured down one after another.
On the dinner table.
The deans are all making innuendoes.
“Unexpectedly, Longxing Group actually has biotechnology research results. Mr. Chen, I have to give you a toast. The advent of brain-computer interfaces is estimated to save tens of millions of people.”
"Dean Lin is so polite."
"Mr. Chen, I also want to toast you. The name Chen Xing of Longxing Group is well known to me and I have admired you for a long time."
< br>"Dean Wu is also polite. I should respect you. If it weren't for you clinicians to support the medical industry, we ordinary people would have to go abroad for medical treatment."
"Mr. Chen, I I respect you too..."
The deans were very simple-minded. They just wanted to get Chen Xing drunk and collect some useful information. When the time comes, they can also have corresponding countermeasures for the medical device negotiations.
"It's only seven drinks. These old guys want to get Chen Xing drunk. No, you have to help with the drinking." Li Ge felt bad. He hadn't discussed the brain-computer interface OEM with Chen Xing yet. Who could he talk to when he was drunk?
"Dean Lin."
Li Ge stood up, raised his glass and said, "Speaking of which, you saved my life. You were the one who performed my heart bypass surgery. I'll give you a toast."
After finishing one glass of wine, he poured another glass, looked at the other dean and said, "Dean Wu, I wonder if you still remember me. I also asked you questions at the medical forum of Fuda University, and I also toasted to you.”
Another glass of wine.
However!
It’s not over yet.
Li Ge ordered the deans one by one as if they were calling names. He drank more and more wine and his cheeks became rosy.
Wang Youpeng, Chief Biological Laboratory of WuXi Group, saw this and thought to himself: How can this be possible? His boss is full of firepower. If he doesn't take action, he will probably have to lie down and go out tonight.
"It is a great honor for me to have dinner with all the deans. I would like to toast you all. I will do it, you can do whatever you want."
Cup after cup, cup after cup.
Nine thirty in the evening.
The dean and doctors in the box were all a little confused after drinking. Wang Youpeng drank until he was lying on the table because he was holding the drink for Li Ge.
In the VIP box at this time, Chen Xing remained calm and chatted and laughed with the deans.
A dozen young people are still afraid of you. If a dozen old men can't drink, then Chen Xing doesn't have to hang around.
Director Wu Yaoming of Huashan Hospital couldn't hold it anymore. He raised three fingers and looked at Chen Xing in a daze: "Chen...Chen...Mr. Chen, just tell us, what is the end of this brain...brain machine?" How much is it? 300,000 is enough... is it enough?"
As he finished speaking, the other deans all listened.
"Well." Chen Xing played with the wine glass and looked at Li Ge beside him and said: "I don't care what I said, because I plan to hand over the brain computer to Mr. Li's WuXi Group for OEM production. .”
“Huh?”
Li Ge stood up suddenly.
Perhaps he had been drinking for too long. The moment he stood up, his steps were sloppy and he suddenly fell backwards. If someone beside him hadn't helped him, he would have fallen over.
After gaining a foothold, Li Ge pointed his index finger at his face and said in disbelief: "Leave it to me?"
"Apart from WuXi, there is no better candidate." Chen While confirming with a smile, Xing glanced at the dean present and continued: "As for the price of the brain computer, I will have a meeting with Mr. Li to discuss it. What is certain here is that 300,000 is more than enough."
(This chapter End)