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"Old Zhong, what are you talking about? The world's first brain-computer interface implantation? You can't kid me, today is not April Fool's Day!"

"Brain-computer interface? Which biotech company has conquered this world-class medical device?"

"What? ALS has been conquered?"

"The brain-computer interfaces of Longxing Group and WuXi Group have been implanted in the human body? Lao Yu, don't lie to me. This thing is just a prototype even in foreign countries. Related topics in our country are still in the exploratory stage. Why did it suddenly come out? "

While Jiang Ce was still in the operating room and the doctors were observing his vital signs, the deans of major hospitals in Shanghai couldn't wait to announce the news about the brain-computer interface to their network of contacts.

The presidents of top hospitals in the country, such as Union Medical College, West China Hospital, Xiangtan Hospital, and Xiangtan Hospital, as well as the doctors in the neurology department of their subordinate hospitals, 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 had 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?

Known as the King of Hell, he 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: "Are you sure it was Qian Qiuliang? Circle of friends?"

"Yes...it's Dean Qian."

The medical assistant responded submissively.

This was the first time she saw Hu Xiaofeng looking so shocked.

Perhaps many people don't know that clinical doctors are over 70 years old, and some are after 65 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.

For example, when buying tickets at a station, you used to buy tickets at a window, but now you can buy tickets electronically with one click. There is no need to queue at the window at all.

For another example, when seeing a doctor, you can not only make an appointment online, but also pay online and pick up tickets at the on-site self-service machine.

Young people are used 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 maintain manual windows, just to wait. Elderly people.

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.

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, while others say sixty years. Everyone talks about a different year, but their original intention is to say that the biotechnology field of Long Country lags far behind the West. , and the entire medical industry has fallen 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 relies on imports, including magnetic resonance imaging systems, high-content cell analysis imaging systems, laser scanning imaging systems, and biomolecular interaction systems. Life science instruments such as action instruments, laser confocal microscopes, inverted fluorescence microscopes, and high-throughput protein stability analyzers.

We are neck and neck in medical skills.

As for 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. He still doesn't believe it.

Incurable diseases such as ALS can be cured, but isn't there a way to cure depression, mania, and Alzheimer's disease?

"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 looked at the WeChat Moments.

Although Hu Xiaofeng does not know how to use WeChat, there are many people who should be added. Moreover, he does not need to play in person. If he wants to see or post to Moments, the medical assistant will write it on his behalf.

"Guoqiang Chen also went there, 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.

Domestic medical care cannot catch up with the West. It is not because the scientific researchers in the Dragon Kingdom are stupider than those in foreign countries, but because 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.

Just imagine, in China, experimental monkeys are still used for hundreds or thousands of tests to ensure that there are no problems before human trials. However, Western medical companies in the ancient Xiang Kingdom only need to successfully conduct experiments on monkeys once before they can directly conduct human trials. If you adjust slowly, can the research and development progress of the two be the same?

The answer is obvious.

It will definitely lag 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 a drug trial risk agreement.

"Then 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 will go to Ruijin Hospital with me 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, and he also sees hope in curing various types of neurological diseases.

Although modern medicine is divided into a large number of disciplines, in fact, in many cases, 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 exploration stage.

Modern medicine can only give a general 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 if we really want to dig deeper into the cause, we can really only say I don’t know, I don’t even know the trigger.

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, it will become an incurable terminal disease.

Some scientific researchers have also proposed that human genes can be modified to achieve immunity to certain diseases, but this has been collectively rejected by the medical community because mainstream scholars believe that it is not appropriate to modify genes before genetic inheritance is understood.

Because a piece of genetic code has been changed or subtracted, the human body is likely to supplement or correct this piece of gene on its own. No one knows whether a super virus or superpower will appear as a result. This is an unknown Pandora's box.

Because of this, all countries are restricting gene editing technology, and even if it is very mature, they dare not 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 had to study the implant overnight. Not only him, but if the brain-computer interface was real, the entire neurology department of Union Medical College Hospital would have to learn the implant surgery.

Not long after.

The group chat at Union Medical College exploded.

[Gastroenterology Department Wang Qiang]: "Can anyone tell me if it's 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."

[Orthopedics 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 will not live to be five years old. It would be great if it is true, but I have not found any relevant reports in medical journals. ah."

[Department of Neurology Xu Guolong]: "It may be true. Now all the doctors above the director of our department have gone to a meeting. I heard that they will charter a flight to Ruijin Hospital in Shanghai. You can go and ask about it to see if it has really cured ALS." disease."

[Li Wen from the Department of Urology]: “Damn it, I just checked WeChat Moments. Professor Qian Qiuliang posted on WeChat Moments that the first human implantation of a brain-computer interface has been completed and a patient with ALS has been cured!”

When the name "Qian Qiuliang" was brought out, the crowd at Union Hospital was filled with people saying "WTF". The young doctors collectively lost their composure and sought 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.

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 has basically been confirmed, and the effect is definitely there, but whether it can be completely cured is another matter.

And at the same time.

Voices also gradually appeared 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. disease patients.

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 even have a journal with related content!"

[Brother Wang strives to live]: "Have you changed the management of Medical Road? You are a medical science popularization account with 3 million fans. Please don't post such unconfirmed things randomly!"

[Xiao Qing is fighting against freezing]: "As a 19-year-old ALS patient, 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 a waiver agreement unconditionally and serve as a volunteer!"

[Ning Jing Zhi Yuan]: "I am also an ALS patient. It is winter now, and my hands and feet are getting numb and colder. I don't know if I can survive this winter, but I want to live."

The number of people with ALS is not large. According to national statistics, there are about 120,000 patients with ALS and suspected ALS, that is, patients with motor neuron damage in Longguo. They all rely on taking medicine to slow down the speed of neuropathy.

Although 120,000 people are half of the population of a small county, 120,000 people are too few in the field of drug research and development.

Pharmaceutical companies are not doing charity, they also need to make profits. The more patients there are, the larger the market is, and the more they can invest. They spend tens of billions on drug research and development, but the audience is only 120,000 people. How can they recover the research and development costs and achieve a hundredfold profit?

What if a drug sells for 1 million?

Who can afford it?

This is also why there are no specific drugs for rare 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 on the Internet, requesting to implant brain-computer interfaces and willing to serve as volunteers, because this may be their only hope to survive.

…

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 wrong with the body, right?"

"No." Jiang Ce answered while moving his arms, showing a smile and saying: "I feel that my whole body is very light, and I have a kind of refreshing feeling of washing my marrow in martial arts novels. This is a feeling I have never had before. I don't know if I can run faster than Bolt now."

Chen Xing: "..."

Comparing running with Bolt, do you really think you can fly?

But to be honest, ALS is a disease caused by motor neuropathy, and the symptoms are numbness in the hands and feet. Now that the numbness has disappeared, it is normal for Jiang Ce to have a wrong understanding of his own strength. After all, a newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger.

In order to be on the safe side, or to have some root of disease, Chen Xing silently read the panel and directly checked Jiang Ce's personal panel.

[Name]: Jiang Ce

[Type]: Network technology talent

[Qualification]: Red

[Personality]: Introvert (because of his inferiority complex and introversion, the Internet is everything to him, and his network technology has improved significantly.)

[Main focus]: Computer network technology, software design and programming, virus writing...

[Technical proficiency]: Computer network technology, software design and programming, virus writing...

[Loyalty]: 100 (full)

[Monthly salary]: 200,000

[Special entry]: Network giant (in reality, he is submissive, but he strikes hard online. When performing computer network behaviors such as software programming and network attack and defense, his logical thinking, concentration, and intelligence will be greatly improved.)

"The special state has disappeared."

Chen Xing secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't want to lose this red quality talent. After all, the security protection of the GIANT PANDA bank settlement system still needs him to carry the banner.

"It's good that you're fine." Chen Xing smiled and said jokingly, "When the brain-computer is upgraded in the future, I'll ask them to make you a completely embedded one. Exposing it outside will affect your appearance."

"Does it affect you?" Jiang Ce touched his bald head and said with a kind of joy after rebirth: "I think it's very cool. I just wear a wig at ordinary times. It won't affect my life."

For people with terminal illnesses, let alone affecting their appearance, they will be willing to accept it even if they become extremely ugly, because living is instinctive.

Take the cancer group as an example. As long as they can survive, they will try it even if they say they have to cut off their organs or amputate their legs, because healthy people don't understand that feeling.

"A completely built-in brain-computer may be successfully developed within two years." At this time, WuXi CEO Li Ge spoke.

"The kind that can't be seen from the outside?"

Jiang Ce asked.

"Yes, it's completely invasive." Li Ge responded while looking at Chen Xing, as if he wanted to talk to him someday.

"Then when the new generation of brain-computer interfaces comes out, I will be the first volunteer." Jiang Ce has already begun to imagine his future life. Now, it is not an exaggeration to say that he has been reborn.

Chen Xing also saw that Li Ge had something to ask him, but he was not in a hurry to go out and talk with him. Instead, he looked at the attending doctors Qian Qiuliang, Wu Shi, and Chen Guoqiang, and thanked them: "The successful implantation of the brain-computer interface this time is inseparable from the operation of the three teachers. On behalf of Longxing Group and Jiang Ce, I thank the three of you."

"Mr. Chen is too polite."

"It's my job, it's my job."

"Implantation is simple, and the research and development of medical devices is the core. If you ask me, we should thank you, Mr. Chen, because you have saved countless ALS patients!"

Seeing that Chen Xing was about to bend down and bow to express his gratitude, Qian Qiuliang and the other two hurriedly helped him up, and while supporting him, they also spoke their hearts out.

As the saying goes, a doctor's heart is benevolent. The more superb the doctor's medical skills, the more they can understand the helplessness and pain of the patient.

A doctor once said in an interview that the hospital was the place he hated the most, but he had to go. The reason why he hated the hospital was that he could see all kinds of life in it. Money, human nature, and life were playing games here all the time. The hospital was to cure diseases and save lives, but it was also full of dark sides.

Seeing the three people so polite, Chen Xing also planned to treat them to a meal to thank them, and continued to say: "It's getting late. I have booked a table at the Four Seasons Hotel. I wonder if you can do me the honor?"

He didn't say three, but everyone. Now in the postoperative observation ward, the deans of major hospitals in Shanghai and doctors of neurology are present. The subtext is that he wants to invite everyone present.

Li Ge didn't rush to express his opinion. He definitely wanted to go because he wanted to talk to Chen Xing alone about the brain-computer interface.

Qian Qiuliang, Wu Shi, and Chen Guoqiang didn't rush to express their opinions, but looked at the deans on the side.

The deans of Shanghai Jiao Tong No. 9 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 invited us, we will obey your orders."

"But."

Suddenly, he changed the subject and looked at Qian Qiuliang and said: "Old Qian, you are Jiang Ce's responsible doctor. Now Jiang Ce has just recovered from a serious illness and his condition is still unstable. Please bear with it and stay."

"This..."

Qian Qiuliang hesitated for half a second, but still nodded and said: "Okay, I'm here, there won't be any problems."

...

Eight o'clock in the evening.

In the VIP box of the Four Seasons Hotel.

As Chen Xing, Li Ge, Chen Guoqiang, and the directors of major hospitals in Shanghai took their seats, glasses of wine were consumed one after another.

At the dinner table.

The directors were all hinting.

"I never thought that Longxing Group actually has research results in biotechnology. Mr. Chen, I have to toast you. The advent of brain-computer interface is estimated to save tens of millions of people."

"President Lin is too polite."

"President Chen, I also toast you. I have heard of the name of Chen Xing of Longxing Group and have admired you for a long time."

"President Wu is too polite. It should be me who toasts you. If it weren't for you clinical doctors who support the medical field, we ordinary people would have to go abroad for medical treatment."

"President Chen, I also toast you..."

The presidents have simple ideas. They just want to get Chen Xing drunk and then get some useful information. When the time comes for medical equipment negotiations, they can also have corresponding countermeasures.

"Seven glasses at the beginning. These old guys want to get Chen Xing drunk. No, I have to help block the wine." Li Ge felt bad. He hasn't talked to Chen Xing about the brain-computer interface OEM yet. Who can he talk to after getting him drunk?

"President Lin."

Li Ge stood up and raised his glass, saying, "You saved my life. You were the lead surgeon when I had a heart bypass surgery. I toast you. Cheers."

After drinking a glass of wine, he poured another glass and looked at another dean and said, "President Wu, I don't know if you still remember me. I asked you questions when you were at the medical forum of Fudan University. I toast you too."

Another glass of wine.

However!

It's not over yet.

Li Ge called the deans one by one like a roll call. He drank more and more wine, and his cheeks became rosy.

Wang Youpeng, the chief of biological experiments at WuXi Group, saw this and thought to himself that this was impossible. His own boss was firing on all cylinders. If he didn't take action, he would probably have to lie down tonight.

"It's my great honor to have dinner with all the deans. I toast you all. I'll drink it. You can do whatever you want."

Cups were exchanged, one after another.

It was half past nine in the evening.

The dean and doctors in the box were already a little drunk, and Wang Youpeng, who was blocking the wine for Li Ge, was even drunk and fell on the table.

At this time, in the VIP box, only Chen Xing remained calm and continued to chat and laugh with the deans.

He was afraid of a dozen young people, but if he couldn't drink more than a dozen old men, then Chen Xing would have no chance to survive.

Wu Yaoming, dean of Huashan Hospital, couldn't hold it anymore. He raised three fingers and looked at Chen Xing in a trance and said, "Mr. Chen... Mr. Chen, just tell us, how much does this brain... brain machine cost? Is 300,000 enough... enough?"

As the words fell, the other deans pricked up their ears to listen.

"Well," Chen Xing played with the wine glass and looked at Li Ge beside him and said, "I don't have the final say, because I plan to give the brain machine to Mr. Li's WuXi Group for OEM production."

"Ah?"

Li Ge stood up suddenly.

Perhaps because he had drunk too much, the moment he stood up, his steps were weak and he suddenly fell backwards. If there was no one beside him to help him, he would have fallen over.

After standing firmly on his feet, Li Ge pointed his index finger at his face and said incredulously: "Leave it to me?"

"Besides Yao Ming, there is no better candidate." Chen Xing confirmed with a smile, and then glanced at the dean present and continued: "As for the price of the brain machine, I will discuss it with President Li. What is certain here is that 300,000 is more than enough."