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Chapter 646 Throwing Cake Anywhere! (Please Subscribe)

The definition of a "cancer village" is clear: it's a phenomenon of a cluster of diseases. Due to environmental pollution, mostly from drinking untreated wastewater discharged by upstream companies, and from environmental and soil contamination, the body's internal mechanisms are severely damaged, leading to a large-scale outbreak of cancer in a particular village.

However, this kind of thing is not mentioned in textbooks, and it is rarely reported in the news, especially in recent years. Fang Ziye thought that it had disappeared...

Upon suddenly hearing this term, Fang Ziye's throat froze briefly.

“Professor Zhou, please speak!” Fang Ziye’s voice became calm.

When Fang Ziye first gave an academic report on limb salvage surgery for traumatic injuries, Professor Zhou Yan had visited Hubei Province, and Fang Ziye had met him once.

However, Fang Ziye did not have a deep relationship with him. Another chance encounter was in Yueyang City, Hunan Province. On that occasion, he rushed to Yueyang City to perform functional rehabilitation surgery on a patient. It was from him that Fang Ziye obtained the term "functional rehabilitation surgery" and then added some points to it.

If it weren't for his hand injury and his concern for the patients currently in the hospital, Fang Ziye might not have contacted Professor Zhou Yan in the near future.

"Professor Fang, in recent years my development in the field of hand surgery has been somewhat limited, mainly because most of my time has been spent as a part-time technical consultant at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention."

"This time, we've come to Jiangxi Province once again..."

Professor Zhou Yan first laid the groundwork before saying, "However, we encountered some tricky problems when collecting evidence, namely environmental inducement."

"Of course, Professor Fang, we have completed the preliminary data statistics, which is the ratio of the number of cancer patients to the total sample size."

“However, our task should not be how to define it, but how to prevent and control it. Therefore, we need to conduct investigations and take samples. I wonder if you have any free time recently, Professor Fang?” Zhou Yan asked with a smile, his voice cheerful but steady.

The definition of a cancer village lies not in its simple discovery, but in the treatment and subsequent prevention and control efforts after its definition.

Only by doing these things can the essence of the matter be realized.

Everyone's busy schedules and anxieties are different. Fang Ziye has his difficulties, and Professor Zhou Yan also has his own "problems".

"Professor Zhou, I have never encountered anything like this before."

"And it's not that I'm unwilling to help, it's just that I injured my hand a couple of days ago..." Fang Ziye explained simply.

Zhou Yan's tone immediately hardened: "Professor Fang, are you alright? Are you seriously injured?"

"Fortunately, it's just a superficial injury, only a half-layer tear of the extensor tendon. There was no damage to blood vessels or nerves. It's a bit swollen now. Thank you for your concern, Professor Zhou." Fang Ziye was quite polite.

"If I remember correctly, Professor Fang, you are in Enshi, Hubei Province now, right? I remember that when you sent out the invitation letter for your academic report a few months ago, the address was Enshi, Hubei Province."

"However, I went to the three northeastern provinces during that time, so I really didn't have time to attend the conference and learn," Zhou Yan said.

"Professor Zhou, you're too kind. It must be a pity that I couldn't receive your guidance," Fang Ziye said politely.

Zhou Yan said, "We're having some problems with our progress, and I'm planning to call it a day."

"Professor Fang, if you have time, would you like to come to Shashi for a visit?"

Fang Ziye replied, "Professor Zhou, that still won't work. I have some important matters to attend to right now and can't leave."

“Alright, I’ll come to you then… I’ve read some of your papers before, and if you could help process this batch of samples, it would be more objective.” Zhou Yan offered to visit him.

"Besides, I'm feeling restless and want to move around. I haven't performed surgery for almost a month, and you happen to have quite a few patients. I'd like to have a few days of fun."

Zhou Yan's words were somewhat arrogant, but recalling the Professor Zhou Yan he had seen in Yue City before, Fang Ziye did not think there was anything wrong with Professor Zhou Yan's arrogance.

Then he agreed.

After hanging up the phone, Fang Ziye called Han Jingyi again: "Han Jingyi, continue organizing the forms. When I call you later, you can report back to me."

"I'll go see Dean Chen first!"

Fang Ziye needed to inform Dean Chen Song in advance about Professor Zhou Yan's upcoming surgery and complete the necessary procedures beforehand.

Even if Professor Zhou Yan doesn't come, he can come directly in the future.

However, Chen Song was not as "idle" as Fang Ziye is now!
Traditional Chinese medicine is not only better at treating diseases, but also at nourishing the body.

Currently, the reason why many patients in the sanatorium are able to recover relatively well is that the members of the traditional Chinese medicine team are respectful and humble, and they will take the initiative to provide some patients with "restorative" prescriptions without caring about saving face.

Since medical treatment within the sanatorium is free, neither patients nor surgeons refuse the 'cooperative assistance' from the TCM team!
"Knock knock knock!" After Fang Ziye knocked on the door, Professor Deng Huai and Dr. Lin Gongwei, who was with Professor Deng Huai, turned around.

The two were holding a book and discussing something.

After saying something to Professor Deng Huai, Lin Gongwei stepped to the side and walked over with a smile: "Professor Fang."

"Dr. Lin, where is Dean Chen? He's not in his office. I need to speak with Dean Chen about something," Fang Ziye asked.

Lin Gongwei hurriedly said, "Professor Fang, Dean Chen and Dr. Cao have gone to see the patient, they'll be there soon."

"Oh, they're here!" Lin Gongwei quickly looked up and pointed behind Fang Ziye.

Fang Ziye turned around upon hearing the sound and indeed saw Dean Chen Song and Dr. Cao Hexiang's team parting ways, with Chen Song walking directly towards Fang Ziye.

Chen Song walked over slowly: "Professor Fang, why are you here in our TCM group instead of resting properly?"

After passing Fang Ziye, he headed towards his office.

After Fang Ziye settled in, before he could even speak, Chen Song gestured, "Put your left hand up..."

Chen Song assumed that Fang Ziye had come to him for a prescription to recuperate.

Fang Ziye hurriedly said, "No, Dean Chen, this is just a superficial injury. I don't need any herbal medicine to treat it, right?"

"Put your hands up here!"

"We can talk about it later," Chen Song said, raising his voice slightly.

Fang Ziye did as instructed.

After taking Fang Ziye's pulse for a while, Chen Song said, "I'll prescribe some wound medicine for you. Whether you use it or not is up to you."

Chen Song lowered his head and began writing the prescription: "Tell me what you need."

Fang Ziye hurriedly said, "Dean Chen, I just called Professor Zhou Yan from Xiangya Hospital. Professor Zhou Yan is very skilled in functional rehabilitation surgery, and he agreed to come here to help with a few surgeries."

"Incidentally, he also invited me to do an epidemiological survey with him."

Fang Ziye did not hide anything and told him everything that Professor Zhou Yan had told him.

Chen Song carefully examined the dosage of the prescription.

Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes individualized treatment for each patient, with each patient receiving a different prescription based on their specific symptoms. A fixed prescription for the same disease is purely a matter of luck; if it works, the patient is cured, and if it doesn't, it's ineffective.

So-called secret recipes or family formulas are all lies; there are no such things as secret recipes or family formulas.

This kind of prescription is unlikely to be suitable for the same type of disease.

After carefully writing down 4g, Chen Song folded the prescription and said, "Go to the pharmacy later and have them prepare the medicine according to the prescription."

Whether you use it or not is up to you.

“I would certainly welcome Professor Zhou Yan to perform surgery at our sanatorium. I had invited Professor Zhou Yan before, but this kid is even more stubborn than you.”

"I'd rather die than come!"

"As for the epidemiological investigation, you can rest assured to contact the other party. Our research area has corresponding experimental areas and medical molecular biology laboratories."

“But as for the other matters concerning the definition of cancer villages, our sanatorium is unable to help. You should explain the situation to Professor Zhou Yan in advance,” Chen Song said.

Fang Ziye nodded: "Dean Chen, before coming here, I also looked up the definition and process of cancer villages online."

"The epidemiological investigation team has completed the work, but environmental monitoring and case-control studies are still in the statistical stage."

Environmental monitoring: Detailed monitoring of the village's environment, including air, water, and soil. If monitoring results show high concentrations of carcinogens in these environmental media, this could be one of the reasons for the high incidence of cancer.

Case-control studies: These studies compare the lifestyles and work environments of cancer patients and those without the disease to identify potential contributing factors. For example, if most patients share similar occupational exposures or living environments, this may indicate that these factors are related to the development of cancer.

"Their team is currently facing difficulties in monitoring biomarkers, and Professor Zhou Yan hopes that our team can provide assistance in this regard," Fang Ziye also objectively analyzed.

Biomarker testing: Detecting biomarkers in residents' bodies, such as the levels of certain chemicals in their blood, to determine the presence of biomarkers associated with environmental pollution.

Then determine the relationship between the level of this chemical and cancer.

"This is not something that one institution can define completely; it mainly depends on who takes the lead and what their determination is."

"Don't get too involved."

"After Professor Zhou arrives, I'll meet with him. If there's anything our sanatorium can do to help, we'll do our duty," Chen Song advised.

Fang Ziye knew, of course, that he couldn't get too involved in this kind of thing. Most of these cancer villages were related to factories and businesses.

Local businesses and factories are the lifeblood of the local economy and are related to the jobs of many people. If it weren't for the decisive policies, it wouldn't matter if medical professionals like Fang Ziye died.

"Thank you for your concern, Dean Chen. I understand."

"But Dean Chen, you deprived Professor Li and the others of the opportunity to claim their merits, and then had my teachers and the others in Hubei Province apply for merits for me. Isn't that a bit inappropriate?"

"You just said today that we all prosper together and we all suffer together..." Fang Ziye began to plead for Professor Li Yongjun.

Chen Song said, "You young people still need to move up in rank. Most of the others are already professors, so they shouldn't get involved."

"No amount of honors can support them to go any further. What our sanatorium can give them is already solid enough."

"Don't bring this up again, I'm still furious!" Chen Song looked at Fang Ziye with a complicated expression.

Li Yongjun was not unaware of what Fang Ziye carried. If he acted recklessly at this crucial moment, what if Fang Ziye really died?
Chen Song really wanted to kill Li Yongjun, and then take his medals and honors to the police station to turn himself in!

Upon hearing this, Fang Ziye's heart tightened, and he cautiously asked, "Dean Chen, is the company that Director Song mentioned this morning that temporarily raised prices a subsidiary of Mr. Chen's company?"

Chen Song's eyes flashed suddenly, as if he could see right through Fang Ziye. But soon, he shook his head, feeling that this matter couldn't possibly be related to Fang Ziye.

A company's life cycle is inherently divided into: startup, growth, maturity, and decline...

The initial stage is fine, but once it enters the growth and maturity stages, it will inevitably develop problems. No matter how much optimization is done, it is impossible to get rid of all the "talent".

It's absolutely impossible to say that everyone in any company, from top to bottom, is completely honest or of excellent character.

"You're quite good at guessing, aren't you?" Chen Song's tone was cold.

Fang Ziye quickly swallowed a few times, realizing he had been a bit presumptuous, and immediately said, "Dean Chen, I didn't mean anything by it. I just wanted to ask what stage our patent registration has reached so far?"

“I was a little worried after hearing the news the night before last, but I put it aside because of the fire.”

"But I still keep thinking about it!"

"The application process isn't important; what matters more is who submits the materials first, and the decision should be based on whether the technicians in the relevant technical field can implement it!"

Fang Ziye said, "Dean Chen, but I'm afraid some people might skip the animal testing phase and start human trials prematurely!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Song's gaze darkened.

"You mean... that although foreign companies are currently making a big splash, the ones who ultimately gain the upper hand might be domestic enterprises or companies?"

Fang Ziye wasn't entirely certain either, but he had reservations: "Dean Chen, I didn't specifically point to anyone in particular, but there's a possibility that exists."

Fang Ziye dared not name names, or even specify nationalities.

But there have been far too many precedents of Chinese people doing things their own way.

"Well, you don't need to worry about those things. Right now, just focus on the technical aspects!"

"You have to believe that some people have the right to fairness," Chen Song said with a smile.

Perhaps Fang Ziye might face unfair treatment if he applied on his own, but Chen Song was confident that most people couldn't get past him.

Those who can bypass him generally avoid direct conflict with him.

Fang Ziye nodded, relieved.

Now that Dean Chen Song has taken this matter to heart, Fang Ziye can focus on his own tasks. His current tasks are somewhat disorganized and need to be sorted out.

Seeing that Fang Ziye was about to leave, Chen Song said again, "Let's also give your surgical team an average credit. Everyone in the surgical team will have their workload increased by fifteen."

"You and Li Yongjun have definitely suffered a lot, but a mistake is a mistake."

"Although you were implicated, you were still involved, so there's no way you can claim innocence."

"Thank you, Dean Chen!" Fang Ziye was delighted to hear this.

If each member of the surgical team has an additional fifteen workloads, then many people will be able to complete their six-month assignment and remain in their positions.

For example, someone like my senior brother Gu Yi really needs this kind of workload reward and hopes to stay longer.

Otherwise, even a renowned professor like Miyake would have to leave eventually...

Fang Ziye eventually accepted the prescription for wound medicine given to him by Dean Chen Song, and even had the pharmacist from the traditional Chinese medicine team apply the medicine for him.

Listen to people's advice to eat a full meal.

Chen Song used to be an expert in the Kyoto Health Care Group. How precious could Fang Ziye's body be? Why wouldn't he dare to use Chen Song's prescriptions?
After that, Fang Ziye returned to his office and asked Han Jingyi, who had already prepared the table with different categories, to add another category.

"Han Jingyi, after you go back, please help me find some literature and information related to cancer prevention and control strategies, and then send them to me. I'll need them later."

"Where are Hu Qingyuan and the others?" Fang Ziye asked after giving his instructions.

"Teacher Fang, I've explained everything clearly. They'll be here soon." Han Jingyi took notes while quickly taking out her phone and placing it diagonally in front of her right hand.

"Okay! Let them come over." Fang Ziye nodded.

Then she lowered her head and replied to her master, Yuan Weihong, with a voice message: "Master, I am in a good state now, so please don't blame Teacher Deng."

Yuan Weihong responded quickly: "He was there himself, who else should I blame but him?"

"Where is his authority? Where is his public image? Where is his protectiveness?" Although Yuan Weihong replied by typing, every word was filled with agitation.

It's as if it could drive someone to their death.

After reading it, Fang Ziye didn't know how to reply to him for a moment.

With the scene in such chaos, and his own affiliation in Professor Li Yongjun's hands, how could Deng Yong possibly know the list?
But at this point, it's clearly impossible to explain.

“Master, please calm down and get some rest. I’ll come pick you up when we get back to China,” Fang Ziye said.

“You’re in Enshi, I’ll transfer here and come directly to Enshi,” Yuan Weihong said.

"I learned some other things while I was abroad, we'll talk about them in detail when we meet..."

……

After finishing his conversation with Yuan Weihong, Fang Ziye clearly assigned his students the task of identifying the newly named miRNA 901 in osteosarcoma.
miRNAs are named according to the order of their discovery. For example, miRNA901 should be called hsa-miRNA901!
hsa stands for human, and miRNA901 indicates that it is the 901st miRNA to be discovered and confirmed, existing in normal or abnormal cells in the human body.

"Hu Qingyuan, tell me about the follow-up experimental plan," Fang Ziye asked after the group entered.

Hu Qingyuan didn't mince words and immediately began his report: "Steps: RNA isolation: small RNAs are isolated from cells or tissues."

"Reverse transcription: Reverse transcription of small RNA into cDNA."

"Cloning: Cloning cDNA into a vector and transforming it into bacteria."

"Sequencing: Sequencing bacteria to determine the sequence of their RNA."

The specific steps are as follows: ..."

"Advantages of the experiment: It can verify the true sequence of miRNA and determine whether miRNA exists."

"The experiment has the following drawbacks: it is relatively complicated to operate, has low throughput, and cannot quantify the expression level of miRNAs."

"Good! You can take this verification experiment step by step and move it to this point, which proves that your basic skills have gradually become more solid."

"Don't rush, take your time. You have to believe that what you are doing is the most advanced and cutting-edge technology in the entire laboratory right now."

"Even if your results are not as meaningful as other teams, and you can't publish articles with such high scores, the methods you have mastered are something that others can't learn! They've never even encountered before."

"Take your time, don't rush..."

"With me here, graduation for any of you is not a problem, but the prerequisite is that you must be able to endure loneliness," Fang Ziye encouraged.

Hu Qingyuan closed the notebook: "Master, we know that you are deliberately training our experimental methods and techniques."

"Once you get through it, you reach the peak, but there's just too little positive feedback at this stage."

“I’ve been in Enshi for half a year now!” Hu Qingyuan said, head down.

Hu Qingyuan arrived in Enshi around the same time as Fang Ziye; he had come from Hanshi in January of this year.

It's the end of June!
Six months have passed, and his self-esteem and pride have been completely shattered. He has become utterly humble in the laboratory.

The reason is simple: some of his "classmates" have already conducted two sets of experiments and published several SCI papers, while he hasn't even touched the formal threshold of experimentation.

The experimental plan was only just developed now. Isn't that infuriating?

Fang Ziye said, "Hu Qingyuan, is it meaningful for you to write a few meta-analyses?"

"If you win the top prize in your grade and receive a scholarship, does it make sense to your savings?"

Hu Qingyuan pursed his lips, lowered his head, and said nothing more.

"Feng Junfeng, your task is to assist Li Yuanpei and others in completing the project, and then continue to work with Hu Qingyuan and Han Jingyi to improve your basic experimental skills."

“You can write articles on any open topic related to Li Yuanpei’s sub-projects, and whatever you write will be published.”

"Tian Yao, you too."

“Neither of you are second-generation rich kids, nor are you self-made millionaires, so the scholarship is still very meaningful for you,” Fang Ziye continued to tempt you.

“Okay, thank you, Master!” Tian Yao replied immediately and cheerfully.

He came here simply to graduate, or rather, to graduate first and then indulge in wishful thinking.

He's part of the minority cadre program, so he definitely won't be able to stay in Han City in the future.

However, Feng Junfeng himself was not very happy. He could see that Fang Ziye treated him differently from Hu Qingyuan.

But it seems there's not much that can be done.

Hu Qingyuan, a self-made millionaire, is talented, young, only a first-year graduate student, and incredibly hardworking!
Hu Qingyuan, on the other hand, is focused on finding a job, while he only needs to secure a doctoral admission before graduating with his master's degree.

With Fang Ziye's guarantee, there's absolutely no way Hu Qingyuan won't be able to get his doctorate.

So, Hu Qingyuan still has six years to waste, but he can't!
After planning the tasks for the students, Fang Ziye looked at Han Jingyi, narrowed his eyes, and asked.

"Han Jingyi, in a few days, Professor Zhou Yan from Xiangya Hospital will be coming to discuss scientific research with us. Would you mind representing our team throughout the negotiations with them?"

"You should know what I mean." Fang Ziye really couldn't find anyone!

"Okay!" Han Jingyi nodded emphatically immediately.

Finally, there's a delicious piece of cake at Fang Ziye's place, made just for her!
(End of this chapter)