Chapter 623: Diagnostic Booth Fire, New R&D Project

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The lines of bright red characters, each conveying shocking bad news.

"The subject tested positive for the BRCA1 gene, which is the main susceptibility gene for breast cancer and belongs to a high-risk group for breast cancer."

"Since this gene shows familial aggregation, if the patient has a family history of breast cancer, it is recommended to go to a tertiary hospital for further diagnosis and treatment."

"Women with BRCA1 gene mutations have an 80% chance of developing breast cancer in their lifetime. Women under the age of 30 need to undergo strict follow-up and monitoring in advance to achieve the goals of early detection, early diagnosis and early treatment, so as to obtain better outcomes. Treatment results.”

"Note: Family history of breast cancer includes but is not limited to the following conditions."

"The mother or sister has breast cancer, the age of onset of disease in family members is earlier than 40 years old, breast cancer patients have appeared in more than two generations, family members have ovarian cancer, and family members have male breast cancer."

With a click, the phone slipped from his hand.

Li Jing was stunned, and slowly, her whole body began to tremble uncontrollably.

She originally took the test casually for fun, but she never expected that the familial breast cancer gene would be detected.

At the same time, a long-lost memory began to revive in his mind and gradually surfaced.

"I remembered that my grandma died of late-stage breast cancer!"

"There is also a cousin who seems to have had some kind of breast cancer. When my mother told me about it, she was still shocked. She was talking about it as a big gossip. They also talked about it for a while, saying that it was a big gossip. How can a grown man get gynecological diseases?"

"But because these two examples involved both boys and girls, everyone didn't think much about it and didn't think about family genetic diseases at all."

"I didn't expect it, they all really matched up."

Both of her unconsciously groped for a while on her chest, and seemed to faintly touch two or three hard lumps the size of date pits.

Suddenly his whole body trembled and he let out a scream.

"Help~"

"I need to see a doctor right away, and I need to find a specialist to see if I have breast cancer."

With lightning speed, he picked up the mobile phone on the bed and found the official account of the nearest tertiary hospital.

Open the registration function of the outpatient clinic and click "Gynecologist Clinic" as soon as possible.

After finally getting in touch with the specialist clinic, she breathed a sigh of relief and lay down as if exhausted.

"It's okay, it's okay. I'm only 28 years old. I'm still two years shy of 30. I shouldn't get sick so soon."

"As long as I talk to the doctor tomorrow and have a good examination, I should be able to find out as soon as possible."

"Check it every few months and keep an eye on it. There should be no problems."

"Even if there is early-stage breast cancer, there are drugs to treat it now. If you take the drugs as soon as you get the disease, you will definitely be cured."

"Ah bah, look at my crow's mouth, bah bah bah!"

Li Jing comforted herself in her heart, gradually alleviating her worries.

At this time, the phone made a crisp beep sound again.

At first glance, it turned out that the fat girl I met in the afternoon sent a message.

"Sister, have your test results come out?"

"I'm so unlucky. It was discovered that I have hereditary obesity. It turns out that I'm fat not because I'm too lazy to eat, but because I have bad genes from my parents."

"If I had known better, I wouldn't have put in the effort to lose weight, but would have accepted the reality calmly."

"I just want to be a fat girl in this life."

"I think it's a bit miserable when I think about it. Wuwuwu~"

Li Jing smiled slightly, feeling sincerely happy for the fat girl.

The other party only detected one obesity gene, so he was really happy.

You must know that her breast cancer gene is hereditary, and treatment will cost a lot of money, and the possibility of recurrence is high.

As long as hereditary obesity controls your diet, does more exercise, and does not become overweight, it is a trivial worry compared with hereditary breast cancer.

You know, in an era when cancer was still incurable, breast cancer was a terminal disease.

Even female celebrities who have a family gene for breast cancer have to have their entire breasts removed at the age of 40 to prevent the disease.

"You are lucky, you only have one obesity gene. As long as you pay attention to it, you will be fine."

"I'm much worse off than you. I was found to have a hereditary breast cancer gene, haha."

She typed two lines and was about to send it, but hesitated for a while before clicking send.

She didn't mind revealing her condition if it would bring some comfort to her new friend.

The other person seemed stunned and responded quickly.

"Ah, no, sister, then you should see a doctor early to prevent it."

"But cancer can be treated now. It's not a terminal illness. You will definitely be fine."

"I will go for a walk with you in the future and let's exercise together.\( ̄) ̄*\))!"

Looking at the smiley face symbol in the text message, Li Jing couldn't help but laugh.

This little sister is really interesting. In this way, I don't feel too lonely in this community.

As she thought this in her mind, a sudden feeling of fatigue came over her body, and she soon fell into a deep sleep.

****

It is actually not uncommon for people like Li Jing, who initially just wanted to try something new, but then discovered hidden problems in their bodies.

In the Internet age where people love sharing, they quickly posted their experiences on the Internet.

"Family, during the whole Silent incident, a machine that can do physical examinations was installed in the community, so I just tried it, and it turned out that I have a genetic disease. Let me tell you, this shouldn't be too outrageous."

"Did you notice that Sanqing's aesthetics are quite good at the diagnostic booth in the check-in community? The appearance of this device has an ascetic aesthetic that makes me think of a handsome doctor when I see it. I can't help but want to go in and try it out. Give it a try.”

"Jimei, wake up. It's a machine checking you, not a handsome doctor."

"Hey, my only regret is that the one who appears on the screen is Xiaomei. It would be great if it were a male doctor, preferably the image of Mr. Wei, so that I can go there every day."

"Well, actually you can find President Wei's profile picture, print it out, and stick it on the machine."

"Will it infringe on the right of portrait?"

"What are you afraid of? Sanqing will not sue you. If it does, you will say that you have an omnipotent mental illness."

"Forget it, I'd better print it out and take it with me."

“There’s really something wrong upstairs!”

Under this craze, Internet celebrities across the country have caught wind of the trend and have gone to check in to experience the novelty of the automatic diagnostic kiosks.

Among them, there are many Internet celebrities who have fallen behind. Because they did not understand the situation, they randomly chose to check, and then found out some hidden diseases and exposed them in the live broadcast.

For example, those with hepatitis, heart disease, diabetes, and genetic diseases are fine.

Several popular anchors accidentally tested positive for infectious diseases, which was very embarrassing.

He could only sell his account at the speed of light and run away, bringing his live broadcasting career to a disgraceful end.

As the popularity of AI diagnostic kiosks becomes more and more popular, some couples even regard it as a premarital examination center, and they have to bring their partner to have a comprehensive experience before they dare to enter the palace of marriage.

After all, in the information age, young people have more or less sub-health problems. It doesn't matter if they fall ill, but if the other person has a serious illness or genetic disease, it will cause a lot of trouble.

For example, a handsome young man has a family history of diabetes, and a beautiful woman has hereditary breast cancer. These are both very emotional issues.

If you pass, it's because love is stronger than gold. If you fail, that's human nature.

But everyone who has experienced it will surely reshape their outlook on life and have a new perspective on life.

****

"Hey, the diagnostic booth is so popular?"

Wei Kang was sitting in his office, browsing the news on the Internet, and couldn't help but feel a little unexpected joy.

He also didn't expect that residents in big cities would be so willing to try new things, and that the first batch of diagnostic kiosks would be so popular.

There are also various Internet celebrities who provide free publicity, creating many Internet celebrity check-in points.

The number of the first batch of AI diagnostic kiosks is not large, about 30 in total, and they are only rolled out in four first-tier cities.

They are all installed in large communities, focusing on a novel experience.

Due to the small number, only a few maintenance personnel in each city are enough. They drive their cars and follow fixed routes every day to perform maintenance.

Maintenance of machines, replacement of testing reagents, and cleanup of medical waste are all tasks that can be accomplished with proper training.

If there is a serious problem with the machine, we will send after-sales personnel to repair it.

With people queuing up for inspection every day, the return on investment was much faster than he expected.

As long as a positive cycle is formed, this set of procedures can be promoted step by step.

He told Qi Liang that the main policy was to proceed steadily and step by step.

After all, medical care is different from the Internet. It doesn’t focus on spending money to grab the market. The winner takes all.

Self-diagnosis is a consumption behavior. In many cases, only wealthy people in big cities are willing to spend money for various physical examinations.

There may not be many such people in second- and third-tier cities.

Therefore, we do not pursue the number of devices at the beginning, but we must first occupy the pit of second-tier cities, then ensure subsequent maintenance, and strive to provide a value-for-money experience to those who are willing to use it.

After word-of-mouth fermentation, it can trigger other people to catch up with the trend, continue to join in, and form a healthy habit.

Just like young people supplementing with fish oil and vitamins, and old people buying health care products, these behaviors are all health concepts instilled in users by major companies. After persistent and unremitting marketing efforts, users are brainwashed and stamped with ideological stamps.

Sanqing should also work hard to make users accept the concept of physical examination and form a good habit of annual physical examination.

As long as users form a fixed mindset, once they feel uncomfortable, they should go for a check-up and get early diagnosis and early treatment.

This business can last forever.

And this also gives the company the confidence to continue to develop further into the market.

Take your time, he can afford to wait.

Time was on his side after all.

****

After thinking about this clearly, Wei Kang temporarily put the diagnostic kiosk project aside.

Instead, he picked up a thick stack of new drug project reports on the desktop and read them carefully.

Sanqing now relies on a strong scientific research team. Dozens of new drug projects emerge every year, but not many can arouse his interest.

These reports are carefully selected and relatively innovative.

"Well, this new drug project is good and interesting."

"Develop a new drug that can prevent hair graying and even reverse gray hair into black hair."

"What determines hair color is a melanocyte stem cell. When they are activated by signaling proteins in the hair matrix at the base of the hair follicle, they can differentiate into mature melanocytes, produce pigment proteins, and bring color to new hair."

"Both humans and mice will lose their hair and turn white as they age. The reason is that this stem cell moves to other locations in the hair follicle, loses the ability to receive signaling proteins, and is unable to generate melanocytes."

"The project plans to develop a smear-type drug that can penetrate deeply into hair follicles and provide a variety of signaling proteins to melanocyte stem cells, allowing them to produce melanocytes and turn white hair black again."

"Good, good, it has great prospects, and it has a certain theoretical basis. It deserves special attention."

Wei Kang cheered continuously and at the same time paid attention to the name of the project leader.

"Jiang Kai, I remember he seems to be the person in charge of genetic medicine. Why did he suddenly think of a medicine for graying hair?"

"He seems to be in his early 30s. Is it possible that such a young man has trouble with his hair turning gray?"

Thinking of this, Wei Kang couldn't help but slap his thigh, filled with emotion.

"Hey, human beings' joys and sorrows are not the same. Some people's hair is gone, and some people's hair is still white, but it's all white."

After sighing, he continued to look down, and soon his eyes lit up again.

"This is actually a new drug project from an AI pharmaceutical laboratory, or a rare anti-aging drug research."

"However, the project initiator is not Wen Renlong, but a senior researcher named Wang Yong."

“With the help of rapidly developing artificial intelligence, he trained a machine learning model to identify new anti-aging drug molecules.”

"After screening multiple compound libraries, the AI ​​model selected the 21 highest-scoring candidates from more than 4,300 compound molecules, which were then tested on senescent and healthy cells."

"Three natural molecules from plants stand out, and cell experiments have proven that they can eliminate senescent cells while keeping most normal cells alive."

"One of the molecules from oleander, oleandrin, is particularly impressive. It is more potent than the best known anti-aging drugs and can selectively eliminate senescent cells in the extremely low nanomolar range. , and does not affect the vitality of normal cells."

"I remember that oleander seems to be a highly poisonous plant. Its juice and leaves can poison people and animals. In severe cases, it can cause death."

“The Legend of Zhen Huan, which I love to watch, seems to have a plot about poisoning with oleander. I didn’t expect that its main highly toxic ingredient, oleandrin, can resist aging.”

Wei Kang was quite shocked when he saw such a report and couldn't help but marvel at the magic of nature.

However, although this situation is rare, it is normal. At the right dose, any poison may become a good medicine.

"Anti-aging drugs mainly remove senescent cells. When people get older, it is difficult to effectively remove senescent cells, causing various diseases."

"Although oleandrin belongs to a class of cardiac glycosides, the lethal dose for humans is only 0.3mg/kg. It only takes a few oleander leaves to cause an adult to die of heart failure."

“But it’s incredible how deeply engineered this highly toxic compound can eliminate senescent cells in the human body.”

"The next step of this project is to test it through human lung tissue, experimental animals, etc., and to cooperate with the nano laboratory to develop new nano pills for local administration. In this way, the problem of systemic toxicity can be overcome."

"Wonderful! Sure enough, the advent of nano-pills has opened up new medication ideas for many unusual compound molecules."

Wei Kang sighed in admiration and once again added this project to his focus list.

"This Wang Yong is definitely a talent and needs to be cultivated well."

"It seems that there are more and more sleeping dragons and phoenixes in the company."

He continued to look at it. Although the following projects were also good, they seemed a bit mediocre after the shock of the first two projects.

Until the last item came into view.

"What? Human hibernation research project!"

Wei Kang's whole body was shaken instantly, his facial expression completely lost control, and he couldn't help but let out a cry of surprise.