Chapter 313: Chapter 308: Phoenix Man
After a few days of reunion with Zhang Changfeng in F City, Ye Qiu returned to school with Zhang Meng, accompanied by Li Xin. Both of Li Xin’s parents worked at Changfeng Group and lived in the same community; the two girls had grown up together, and Zhang Meng had informed her the day before her return that Ye Qiu would be joining them as well.
Watching the jubilant Zhang Meng, who couldn’t hide her happiness, Li Xin felt a sense of discomfort in her heart. This Chinese New Year, she attended quite a few parties with classmates and the rich second generation, and without Zhang Meng by her side, she finally caught some people’s attention.
However, things didn’t go as expected. There were quite a few who expressed interest in her, but they either just wanted to have fun, or they were unsuccessful second generations living off their parent’s wealth; some of them were not particularly handsome, and Li Xin felt annoyed even with an extra glance, let alone comparing them to Ye Qiu.
At some point, Li Xin suddenly realized that apart from his family background, Ye Qiu met all her standards for a partner, and when she looked at those men, she couldn’t help but compare them with Ye Qiu subconsciously.
If only she had the family background like Zhang Meng’s, then when selecting a partner, she wouldn’t need to worry about their family status.
Regretfully turning her head, Li Xin thought to herself that being handsome and gentle wasn’t enough to sustain life; in the end, it’s money that matters. She was no longer willing to play second fiddle to Zhang Meng. Still only twenty-three, she was sure she would find a better man.
After returning to school, Ye Qiu and Zhang Meng’s coursework suddenly became much heavier. Ye Qiu spent long hours in the lab, where he had become an indispensable assistant to his mentor, and Zhang Meng was also very busy with her specialized courses; sometimes the two couldn’t even meet once a week.
But because their lives were fulfilled, neither of them felt regret. Instead, they treasured every opportunity to meet even more.
"It’s weakened, the cancer cells have weakened!" A thrilled voice echoed in the laboratory, "Mr. Ye, your plan has worked."
"Let me see." Ye Qiu brought his eyes close to the microscope, and the situation in the petri dish came into clear view. Ten days ago, the cytokines they developed were fused with the cancer cells in the dish, but now they had separated, and the cancer cells were slowly weakening.
What does this prove? It proved that his previous conjecture was slowly becoming reality. If the cancer cells eventually disappeared, it would be a blessing for the vast number of cancer patients, and one of the toughest challenges since the 21st century would be overcome.
The reason cancer has not been conquered is because cancer cells originate from the body’s normal cells, blurring the boundaries with normal tissue, and the immune system can’t monitor the problematic cells. The more malignant the tumor, the closer its connections with the surrounding normal tissues.
Therefore, current drugs and treatments targeting cancer cells tend to also damage normal cells, resulting in a Pyrrhic victory; the body cannot sustain it, and due to the high mutability and rapid growth rate of cancer cells, they easily develop resistance to anticancer drugs. Hence, until now, there has been no good solution to cancer.
But now, a new change was discovered in the petri dishes of Ye Qiu’s laboratory: the cancer cells and normal cells had separated, with the normal cells continuously attacking the cancer cells.
This is unquestionably one of the greatest discoveries in the 21st century!
"Mr. Ye, if this news spreads, you will surely be remembered by the world, and the Nobel Medicine Prize next year will undoubtedly be yours," said an excited researcher below. In fact, he was more than a decade older than Ye Qiu, but in the academic field, it’s not age that determines status, but true ability. Even though Ye Qiu had joined the lab only a year ago, his knowledge and skills had earned him the respectful address of ’teacher’.
"Dr. Li, we’ve succeeded." Ye Qiu’s eyes sparkled, "Immediately organize the experimental process; I want to publish this paper at the international medical conference in May."
"Yes." The whole lab was exhilarated; this medical achievement that benefited all of humanity was born right before their eyes, marking a moment that would be remembered by people all around the world.
Although Ye Qiu was the lead researcher of this experiment and they hadn’t made any contributions, at this moment, how they wished they could tell the whole world that their boss was the conqueror of cancer, and it was under their witness that he succeeded!
"Dr. Li, I hope we can write this paper together, and you will be the co-author."
"No, no, no," Dr. Li firmly declined, "I only helped you to record data for this experiment, the whole experiment was completed by you alone, I would feel unworthy. Just being involved in this research is already my good fortune."
His tone was very sincere and also extraordinarily steadfast, Ye Qiu did not insist: "Then I will mention in the paper that you are the data collector."
Once this paper is published, it will cause a sensation around the world, and as someone who will be mentioned in the paper, Dr. Li feels extremely honored and says emotionally, "Thank you, Mr. Ye."
In May, as one of the Chinese representatives, Ye Qiu took the stage and spoke at the Trajectory Medical Symposium, a unanimous decision made by everyone after learning about Ye Qiu’s research results.
Over the years, Hua Country has been mocked by numerous developed countries for its very few pharmaceutical patents. The only time they could hold their heads high was several years ago when their esteemed elder, Ms. Tu Youyou, discovered Artemisinin, a medicine effective in significantly reducing mortality in malaria patients. She became the first Hua Country person to receive the Nobel Medicine Prize.
And now, Hua Country has produced another genius, who has solved the global problem of cancer cells. This will be a blessing for hundreds of millions of patients, and his name will inevitably be as renowned as Ms. Tu Youyou’s.
With the anticipation of all the Hua Country representatives, Ye Qiu took the stage, and with the help of his assistant, the title of his paper: "Research Findings on Cancer Cells", was displayed on the large screen behind him.
Each year, there are numerous papers on cancer cell research, and Ye Qiu’s paper did not attract much attention initially, but out of courtesy, everyone listened carefully.
"I am standing here today because Ye Qiu’s lab has found a method to decompose cancer cells, this is the video recording of our experimental experience," Ye Qiu went straight to the point without any superfluous talk.
Initially, these foreign researchers thought that young Ye Qiu was on stage to show off, but they hadn’t expected the paper’s content to be so explosive.
How is it possible? How could Hua Country lead them in discovering a way to conquer cancer cells?
Everyone was skeptical, not a single person believed what Ye Qiu was saying.
But video recordings don’t lie. Some scenes were fast-forwarded, but at critical moments, they saw normal cells isolating cancer cells and continuously attacking them. Though the process was slow, as long as the cancer cells did not spread further, it proved that patient’s condition was not deteriorating but rather gradually improving.
What does this indicate? It indicates that cancer can be cured, and that there is hope for cancer patients!
All eyes were glued to the screen without blinking.