top student at medical school

Chapter 604: Level 6 skills are awesome!
Lan Tianluo appeared slightly nervous on stage, but once he began to speak, his mature and composed demeanor made him seem like a completely different person.

The content shared by Lan Tianluo was the same as what Fang Ziye and his team reported yesterday, but Lan Tianluo organized it and presented it in a more detailed and data-driven way.

Here's the thing: when they weren't formally writing articles, Fang Ziye and the others didn't bother Lan Tianluo or ask him to create extra tables.

Alternatively, the data can be presented in the form of images or tables.

Lan Tianluo is also very busy.

Steel should be used where it's most needed. Lan Tianluo is already exhausted from doing data analysis for the article.

Anyone who has experienced data analysis knows how frustrating it can be.

Therefore, when giving academic presentations, Lan Tianluo has to spend a lot of time and effort to visualize simple data, which is undoubtedly a waste of time and an ineffective effort.

Data visualization is the best way to popularize science to laypeople.

Lan Tianluo's PPT consists mostly of pictures with little text description; it's mostly just an outline.

Today's hearing report was not an academic report, so no one interrupted, and the proceedings went very smoothly. Fang Ziye, the person in charge of maintaining order, had no need to do anything...

However, after Lan Tianlu finished his report, although he received some applause, everyone's enthusiasm was not particularly high.

Even among the members of the review panel of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, there are not many "colleagues" specializing in orthopedics, so they may not have a deep enough understanding of the "practical" significance of this project.

During the break after Lan Tianluo finished his report, Vice Dean Yuan Yufeng immediately approached Fang Ziye: "Ziye, your team doesn't have experience with this kind of presentation, so the content of your report isn't actually what everyone is interested in."

"Okay, you two can shorten the speaking time for the last two members later, and I'll give you a summary afterwards."

Upon hearing this, Fang Ziye paused for about a second before immediately nodding, "Thank you, Teacher Yuan."

"Do you need us to provide a PowerPoint presentation?" Fang Ziye asked.

Although Yuan Yufeng was over fifty years old, he still looked handsome and shook his head, saying, "No need, I have my notes."

Fang Ziye immediately went to tell Jie Han and Luo Tingzhu about this matter.

Jie Han immediately agreed: "Professor Yuan Yufeng is the vice president, so he has more contact with various situations. Our presentation format may be more suitable for professional academic reports."

“In other aspects, we are definitely not as experienced as Teacher Yuan.”

Fang Ziye said, "Then we must study hard."

"In the future, our team may be targeting less specialized individuals, so we need to understand what interests them. Only in this way can we successfully produce good reports."

While academic exchanges with professionals and reporting/handing over tasks with non-professionals may appear similar in form, the specific content must be revised.

This fundamental principle applies worldwide.

Jie Han and Luo Tingzhu quickly sped up their reporting pace, concisely completing the content that was originally scheduled for an hour and a half in forty-five minutes.

It's lunchtime right now.

During this period, Yuan Yufeng had already discussed similar matters with Deng Yong, Dean Wang Xinghuan, and others.

It was exactly 12:15 pm when Yuan Yufeng said with a smile, "Distinguished leaders, professors, and experts, Professor Fang's team has finished sharing the professional content and the basic theories of the research."

"However, Professor Fang just contacted me specifically, hoping that I could give another summary of their research project."

"In order not to disturb the experts and leaders' time, the presentation time of the second and third speakers has been shortened."

"It's lunchtime now. Please have your lunch in an orderly fashion, leaders and experts. We will resume at 2:00 PM sharp. Thank you for your hard work." Yuan Yufeng said, holding the microphone as he directed everyone to leave one after another.

Fang Ziye was assigned to meet with Professor Qiu Zhenghua and Professor Gu Yuandong, while Professor Du Xinzhan and Professor Deng Yong accompanied him.

……

In the restaurant, Professor Gu Yuandong spoke first: "Ziye, didn't your team specifically arrange a summary-style description beforehand?"

Fang Ziye nodded frankly: "Professor Gu, your letter came at such an urgent time that we didn't have time to prepare."

"When we invited other teachers to give academic presentations, we only thought that Professor Gu and others would come. We didn't expect that the leaders would also come."

The National Health Commission, the Ministry of Science and Technology, and other units are all superiors of Zhongnan Hospital. Fang Ziye didn't know how to address them, so he simply used "leaders" instead.

"Actually, it's fine, it's pretty much the same." Gu Yuandong and Qiu Zhenghua exchanged a glance, and then Gu Yuandong felt embarrassed.

Zhongnan Hospital is still too small a platform, with a narrow vision and insufficient experience.

This is an objective fact that must be respected.

……

However, when Vice Dean Yuan Yufeng took the stage during the afternoon session, the atmosphere in the entire lecture hall changed completely.

Yuan Yufeng, dressed in a suit and tie, with a model-perfect physique, held a microphone, walked to the center, and bowed to the crowd.

"Thank you to all the leaders for coming to Enshi to hold a hearing on Professor Fang's animal experiment-clinical research project at Zhongnan Hospital."

"First of all, I would like to give a special introduction to Professor Fang to all the leaders and experts."

"If any experts are familiar with our medical industry, they will surely have noticed that nowadays all emergency departments, emergency resuscitation rooms, ICUs, and 120 ambulances across the country are equipped with a new device called a miniature circulatory system."

"As we all know, with the development of technology, violent injuries such as car accidents occur frequently, and the incidence of limb amputation remains high!"

"Limb replantation in orthopedics is one of the earliest limb-preserving surgical techniques in China. It was pioneered by Academician Chen Zhongwei and has a history of 60 years."

"During this period, countless amputees were saved from the suffering of disability. Academician Chen's contributions and achievements are undoubtedly great."

"However, due to some objective reasons and historical factors, the replantation of severed limbs in hand surgery has considerable limitations."

Yuan Yufeng immediately opened the title page of the hastily prepared PowerPoint presentation.

"Surgical indications: The best time for replantation is within six hours of the limb being severed. If this time is exceeded, the survival rate of limb replantation will drop exponentially!"

"The sooner the better."

"This objective constraint has existed in the medical field for nearly sixty years."

"However, starting in October of last year, this original constraint was broken, and the improved micro-circulation device developed by Professor Fang's team was successfully applied to clinical practice."

"This six-hour window has been extended to 200 hours, or even longer."

"This has also led to a significant drop in the incidence of disability caused by amputation from 40 percent to 0.5 percent or even lower, starting last year and continuing into this year."

"It varies depending on the medical standards of each hospital!"

"This data is very encouraging; the social contribution of the miniature circulatory device and its help to amputee patients are enormous!"

At this point, Yuan Yufeng turned to the second page and continued, "It is quite obvious that Professor Fang's team has the most profound understanding of the micro-circulatory system."

"Therefore, Professor Fang's team is the most professional and official in the use of this equipment."

"At the same time, we must understand another technique..."

Yuan Yufeng quickly laid out the background and continued, "The age at which orthopedic tumors are most common is during adolescence, which is related to the rapid growth period of humans, and this cannot be changed."

“Every year, a large number of teenagers in my country lose their lives to cancer. Among them are many exceptionally talented children.”

"After the 1980s, the treatment of orthopedic tumors reached a plateau..."

"Even after systematic treatment, patients' prognoses are mostly discussed in terms of five-year survival rate and ten-year survival rate."

"This actually proves that the corresponding treatment methods are still not perfect. In the medical field, we define it as an imperfection in the chemotherapy regimen!"

Therefore, improvements are necessary!

"There are several directions for improving chemotherapy. The first is to develop new chemotherapy drugs that have fewer side effects and stronger chemotherapy effects, so as to achieve 'effective eradication' of tumor cells in all directions!"

"Extinction is not about killing, but about outliving their current generation of cells!"

"This is a rather traditional concept!!!"

"Please note, this is a traditional concept!"

"Let me emphasize this again." Yuan Yufeng didn't talk about much professional content, but everyone could understand what he said.

"Traditional things have their advantages and limitations."

"Chemotherapy is one of the proven, useful, and effective treatment methods for cancer."

"However, chemotherapy has its limitations, namely that it has too great and too wide an impact on the body's functions, making it impossible for patients to accept chemotherapy in a 'theoretical', thorough and complete way."

To put it more simply, chemotherapy is essentially a case of injuring the enemy by 800 while damaging yourself by 2000!!!

"This is not a joke; it's a consensus in the medical community."

“We have all seen patients with bone tumors become emaciated, bald, and pale after chemotherapy.”

"The principle is that while chemotherapy drugs act on tumor cells, they also cause large-scale damage to our bodies."

"The so-called great way has three thousand paths, but they all lead to the same destination. The great way is the simplest."

"Professor Fang's brilliant way of thinking was born from subtle nuances."

"He might raise a question: if chemotherapy drugs only act locally and not throughout the body, can the widespread damage caused by chemotherapy drugs be avoided?"

The answer is yes!

The shortest distance between two points is a straight line!

"A precision strike, if accurate enough, is far more efficient than a wide-area bombing."

"Therefore, if we draw an analogy to military operations, Professor Fang's current research topic is precise and effective strikes."

"Only attack the damaged parts, not the good ones. Encircle the battlefield!"

"This not only represents a revolutionary breakthrough in the treatment of orthopedic tumors, but also provides a leading role in the treatment and chemotherapy regimens for all other tumors."

"The combination of a microcirculation device and chemotherapy will be unique, groundbreaking, and a topic that will rewrite medical history!"

"It is also one of the topics for our Chinese medical field to reach the pinnacle of world medicine."

"If it succeeds, it will not only have huge sociological benefits for the prognosis and treatment of bone tumor patients in China, but also huge economic benefits in the fields of exports and foreign trade."

"Most importantly, it's simple and easy to use; basically, any team with basic skills can collaborate on it!"

"It's effective, easy to use, and of great significance..." Yuan Yufeng spoke eloquently.

Fang Ziye was a little stunned, but then he discovered that some other leaders, on the contrary, were full of energy when they heard these words.

So, in reality, these leaders aren't listening to their teams talk about the principles of development; what they want to hear is practical significance and empty rhetoric.

Don't focus on the main point; the main point is money and sociological benefits.

Because the tumors they experienced included not only bone tumors, but also gynecological tumors and liver tumors.

They focus on effectiveness, efficiency, and how to use it; they don't see any other value besides treatment.

Scientific research is relatively limited; it's impossible to cast a wide net and submit to every project, as that would require too much investment.

……

Yuan Yufeng was really good at rambling. Without any professional content, he talked for an hour and a half using just his few notebooks before gradually wrapping up.

"It is obvious that, based on this, our Seoul National University and our Zhongnan Hospital will not only set a benchmark for the treatment of orthopedic tumors."

"Based on this, we can also establish a large-scale orthopedic tumor treatment center, orthopedic tumor teaching and research center, tumor treatment research center, and tumor research and development center in Central China."

"We have already made such preliminary preparations, and Wuhan University, Zhongnan Hospital, and the Hubei Provincial Health Commission will also provide support."

"However, we still need the assistance of leaders and the National Natural Science Foundation of China in providing other policy support and funding."

"To accelerate the development of this research project and enable cancer patients to benefit directly from it sooner."

"This will allow our research team to focus more intently on launching a full-scale assault on the three major medical challenges officially recognized in the 21st century."

"That concludes my presentation. Thank you for listening, leaders."

After Yuan Yufeng finished speaking and prepared to leave the stage, he put down the microphone, then picked it up again: "Let me show you all one more photo of a cluster of orthopedic tumor patients..."

Yuan Yufeng opened another document on his computer.

At some point, Yuan Weihong sent a series of pictures to my WeChat.

The adorable little girl, only four or five years old, went from innocent and lively to pale and weak, her eyes lifeless, and finally lay flat on her back, covered with a white sheet.

A chubby baby cried uncontrollably, unable to cry or open its eyes; the chubby baby turned into a thin baby…

There were teenagers, full of youthful vigor, holding basketballs and wearing jerseys; then they held basketball models, wearing hospital gowns, gradually becoming thinner, like old men. There were also the patients' parents and elderly relatives, crying their hearts out, their eyes red and swollen, crying alongside their wailing children. Countless eyes were filled with tears…

There are also young people, adults...

There were also amputations, and some people died after the amputation.

Yuan Yufeng said, "This is a set of pictures that Professor Du Yingshan from our bone tumor department shared with me."

"The incident occurred in Hubei Province, Wuhan City, Zhongnan Hospital, and the Bone Tumor Department."

"It also occurred in China, in a hospital, in the bone tumor department."

"Thank you everyone!" Yuan Yufeng walked off the stage.

Thunderous applause erupted instantly!

The applause lasted for about half a minute before someone Fang Ziye didn't recognize, but whose nameplate read Xiang Chao, picked up the microphone and asked, "Professor Fang, I just listened to your team's report, and also to Dean Yuan's summary from your hospital."

"But I'm not a professional myself. From what I've heard, it seems that the application of this miniature circulation device is rather narrow. At present, it can only be used for orthopedic tumors, right?"

"Professor Fang, you are a professional yourself. Have you considered that this microcirculation device and the concept of microcirculation could also be used for other tumors?"

Fang Ziye was certain that the other party was a fairly standard layman leader.

However, greed is a human instinct, and Fang Ziye did not think his suggestion was excessive.

Fang Ziye shook his head: "This requires further research from experts in other fields."

"Our hands and feet, in the essence of medicine, are organs. The definitions and characteristics of internal organs and limbs are completely different!"

"In principle, if we can improve a miniature circulatory device suitable for internal organs, it is not impossible for it to circulate on its own."

"It just involves more other aspects, such as the thyroid gland. If thyroid hormones cannot be secreted into the body, will it cause harm to the body, etc..."

“Here, I’m not a professional.”

"I haven't explored much." Fang Ziye didn't try to take on too much.

If you understand, you understand; if you don’t understand, you don’t understand.

Having the courage to admit one's own shortcomings and weaknesses is one of the signs of maturity.

"In other words, you can improve in this area." Xiang Chao nodded, then asked:
"Professor Fang, did your team make any estimates about when your research will be successfully applied in clinical practice? I didn't find a specific timeframe in your report."

Fang Ziye shook his head again: "This leader!"

Fang Ziye didn't know Xiang Chao's position and was afraid of offending him by calling him by the wrong name: "We can only limit the timeframe to within one year, which mainly depends on the specific data expressed in the animal experimental models."

"Only then can we proceed cautiously to the next step of the process."

"According to the relevant regulations of the Ministry of Life Sciences of my country on clinical trials, it is clearly stipulated that at least three phases of animal testing and three phases of clinical trials must be conducted. Only after the data results are outstanding and have passed the acceptance test can they be directly applied to clinical practice."

"Therefore, this timeframe is difficult for our research group to control!"

Upon hearing this, Xiang Chao put down the microphone.

However, someone from the Ministry of Science and Technology immediately spoke up: "Professor Fang, based on my understanding of your report, your clinical trial this time does not involve new drugs, right?"

"It's just an improvement on the assistive devices, so the medications used have all been clinically tested!"

"There will only be an increase in usage, but the process is relatively easy."

"I just consulted with some experts from the National Health Commission. Senior medical professionals and above have a certain degree of autonomy in quantitative assessment based on clinical experience."

"The project's expected outcomes are very promising. As for the procedures, we will follow the regulations and will not hold you back."

"Of course, the premise is that the data is not problematic, and even more so, it cannot be falsified."

"History has learned its lesson in this regard." The man did not say it explicitly, but based on the information he possessed, he knew that there had been a great deal of 'live human experimentation' in the past!
China was also one of the victims; it was a humiliating period in history.

Drugs should not be applied directly to living organisms! This is a universally acknowledged fact!
"Yes, sir, it's precisely because data cannot be falsified, especially when it comes to the dosage of drugs used internally. A 1.5 or 2 times increase in dosage can completely alter the drug's effect!"

"Therefore, our team is very cautious when conducting quantitative analysis, and thus cannot make an accurate time estimate."

"But based on our previous research findings and some mature cases of tumor chemotherapy treatment, we should be able to push this project into phase II clinical trials within a year."

"Regarding the filing of procedures and ethical approvals, we have submitted them to the ethics society of our institute and the relevant departments of the military hospital, and they are already reviewing the specific procedures," Fang Ziye reported.

At this point, another member of the National Health Commission delegation looked at Academician Gu Yuandong and Academician Qiu Zhenghua and asked, "Academician Gu, Academician Qiu, you two are the most authoritative experts in orthopedics. What do you think of Professor Fang's research project?"

A doctor specializing in bone tumors immediately handed over the microphone.

In fact, if we were to prepare for a regular meeting, everyone would have a microphone, but this was an emergency meeting, and we couldn't prepare that thoroughly.

After all, neither Seoul National University nor Zhongnan Hospital initially attached great importance to this topic. It was only after the issue circulated within the bone tumor department that the hearing was convened by the two academicians.

Gu Yuandong took the microphone and patted it: "Actually, as orthopedic specialists, we are not in a position to express biased opinions."

"But based on my personal understanding, the new use of this miniature circulatory device is a combination of mature medical devices and mature drugs."

"Its research will progress very quickly and is relatively safe."

"After all, high-level limb amputation surgery has been successfully applied in clinical practice, which means that our human body has a huge reserve of functional capabilities."

"Here, I would like to emphasize one point."

"I work at Huashan Hospital. I am a hand surgeon. I only came to Wuhan University for an exchange program before. Wuhan University and Zhongnan Hospital are not my alma maters, so there is no conflict of interest between us," Gu Yuandong stated very cautiously.

This is not me praising my cronies!
"Thank you, Academician Gu." After Gu Yuandong put down the microphone, the person from the Health Commission nodded in thanks.

Qiu Zhenghua said, "I have some personal experience in the research and treatment of bone tumors, including my current research project, which is related to bone tumors."

"However, my research direction is different from Professor Fang's. We are using potential targets for developing new chemotherapy drugs for bone tumors, aiming to discover new targeted therapies."

"However, of the three thousand great paths, all lead to the same destination!"

"I think Professor Fang's idea is both unexpected and reasonable."

"It almost perfectly avoids the drawbacks of chemotherapy, maximizing the effectiveness of this already mature treatment!"

"Perhaps this is the most perfect embodiment of the policy of adapting to local conditions and the specific problems."

"Personally, I believe that once Professor Fang's research achieves a breakthrough and is made public, it will be a boon to our orthopedics department, a boon to orthopedic tumor patients, and a boon to our entire nation!"

"Absolutely, and predictably so!"

"Because Professor Fang has already brought us a miracle, namely limb replantation, which broke through the original time limit."

"Analogous to fire fighting and emergency rescue, if there were something that could completely contain a fire, giving professional firefighters two hundred hours to rush to the scene, how significant would that be? I'm sure you leaders understand this better than I do."

"Similarly, the application of the concept of breaking down a whole into parts in this research involves extracting orthopedic tumors from the human body based on their unique anatomical characteristics."

"After the treatment is completed, the remaining amount will be replenished."

“I was originally abroad, but after hearing my team members report on this project, I flew back immediately.”

“I didn’t even take a break in between.”

"Because I know that this matter is of great significance, I have to come, regardless of whether I need to avoid suspicion or not."

"Moreover, the concept of avoiding suspicion doesn't exist."

"This is my view on this topic. It will change the overall landscape of orthopedic tumor treatment and even the approach to all tumor treatments."

"That's why Professor Gu and I proposed that the country and relevant departments must attach great importance to this matter."

"To a certain extent, it should be supported in terms of funding, personnel, and policies to improve the project as soon as possible and allow it to play its due role."

Qiu Zhenghua, who comes from Kyoto, seems to be more "formal" in casual conversation than Gu Yuandong, so what he expresses is more comprehensive than what Gu Yuandong expresses.

At this point, Yuan Yufeng chimed in: "Distinguished leaders and experts, before I came here, I received instructions from our school's president that this research project will be one of the key projects for Hanshi University in the coming years, and there will be special funding to support it."

"We will also report to the Ministry of Education as appropriate, and suggest that Professor Fang be provided with a well-equipped research assistant, research-related personnel, sufficient master's and doctoral positions, and a corresponding laboratory."

After Yuan Yufeng finished speaking, he asked, "Dean Wang? Professor Fang is a professor at our Zhongnan Hospital. This support shouldn't be difficult, right?"

Wang Xinghuan immediately nodded: "Professor Yuan, our hospital's orthopedics department is a national key specialty and also has a key laboratory, but the laboratory's level is not high enough."

“Our Zhongnan Hospital has always attached great importance to scientific research and is already building a new laboratory building. According to last year’s plan, the orthopedics department will have its own laboratory floor.”

"However, some other assistance is still needed..."

Fang Ziye immediately realized that he couldn't get a word in edgewise.

Han City University is top-notch in terms of seeking funding and policy support. In just a few rounds, they managed to get all the details out of Fang Ziye's team, including the platform they wanted to build in the hospital.

In summary:

First, funding.

Second, the platform.

Third, the laboratory will be expanded and renovated.

Fourth, regarding team manpower, they need to request more master's and doctoral positions from the Ministry of Education to allocate to orthopedics.

Fifth, should the evaluation of national key laboratories also be put on the agenda?
Sixth, if the opportunity is right, could our Department of Orthopedics at Zhongnan Hospital be designated as a national key discipline?

This is Seoul University.

From top-secret matters to the smallest steps in a discipline, they know exactly how to proceed at each step.

If there's a ladder, climb it; if there's an opportunity, cause trouble.

……

Four o'clock.

Fang Ziye, accompanied by a group of bigwigs, saw off the expert team one by one, politely smiling as he watched them get into the executive car and leave.

After that, Fang Ziye and the others saw the school leaders off.

The school is busy, and it's impossible for them to all come to Enshi just because of Fang Ziye. They also need to go back, make arrangements, and have others revise the plan.

Let's see if this time we can elevate the relatively weak clinical college of Han City University, and use some concrete plans to enable the clinical college to reflect the university's reputation.

These are all long-term plans spanning several years or even more than a decade; it's impossible for them to collapse because of just one issue.

However, the reason why disciplines and colleges can become more outstanding is because of a chain reaction of explosions from one point to another!
……

After that, Fang Ziye, along with Lan Tianluo, Luo Tingzhu, and others, personally escorted Academician Gu Yuandong and Academician Qiu Zhenghua to the airport!
The entire team bowed deeply to the two elderly men.

Gu Yuandong helped Fang Ziye up, then looked at Nie Mingxian and Liao Jia and said, "We are quite pleased to see that your team members come from various fields."

"Currently, the barriers between specialized fields are too strong. Many of us want to break down these barriers, but it is quite difficult."

"However, we have all foreseen that the integration of specialties is the future form of medical development and one of the mainstream trends."

"I hope that you young people can gradually peel away this barrier, unleash your leadership and role model effect, and encourage more people to join you in forming groups based on shared interests."

"The future belongs to you young people. In fact, right now, we don't even have the energy to make any groundbreaking achievements."

At this point, Gu Yuandong looked at Fang Ziye again, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Multi-party cooperation is part of the future workstation."

After saying that, Gu Yuandong and Professor Qiu Zhenghua went into the airport.

Go straight in, without hesitation or lingering.

However, Nie Mingxian and the others all turned to look at Fang Ziye.

Nie Mingxian asked, "If I remember correctly, our country only has academician workstations, not professor workstations, right?"

Lan Tianlu shook his head upon hearing this: "No, no, no, Brother Nie, there are already professor workstations now, but their value is far less than that of academician workstations."

"This month, Shanghai has piloted quite a few professor workstations."

"I think Professor Gu means to encourage senior students to participate more in the collaboration and play a leading role."

"Both Teacher Gu and Teacher Qiu have noticed that Senior Brother Fang's true strength has shifted from here to here!" Lan Tianluo pointed to his hand, then to his head.

Fang Ziye smiled but did not answer.

He screamed inwardly.

Level 6 skills are awesome!
(End of this chapter)