Three years ago, when the news that Li Zheng was nominated for the Nobel Prize came to China, the whole country was boiling.
Professor Conrad of the University of Zurich said in public that the organ regeneration and storage project jointly established by Li Zheng's laboratory and Huaqing Ninth Laboratory will change the history of human medical care. At the same time, he also believes that the emergence of erlotinib has opened up a new way for humans to fight cancer.
Professor Conrad is a professor at the University of Zurich and the vice president of the Caroline Hospital. He is one of the closest people to the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, so he did this before the Nobel Prize was announced. A statement is considered a hint.
A Chinese biologist in his early twenties, two projects under his name are considered to have the potential to impact the Nobel Prize. This kind of news is very shocking all over the world.
Especially when the world's largest organ storage center signed a technical cooperation agreement with the Huaqing Ninth Laboratory, announcing that organ storage had entered a new era, the word Li Zheng was even included in the textbooks of American medical students, although it was only New York University Medicine The short line of the organ chapter in the textbook recommended by the academy is also of great significance to China, which has been technically suppressed and beaten by the United States for a century and a half.
During that time, Huaguo CTV even made a series of exclusive interviews to report on Li Zheng's life.
"Professor, why didn't you show your face?" After Li Zheng's name appeared in American textbooks, Zhao Depei defied all opposition and directly awarded Li Zheng the title of professor of Huaqing University. There is something really inappropriate about him, otherwise the tenured honorary professor would not be negotiable.
Sun Bin couldn't figure it out, CTV's series of exclusive interviews, this is a very high honor for Huaguo, but their Professor Li lacked interest and didn't even show a face. He heard that there were already gossips. The young biologist is getting big.
Li Zheng put down the transparent glass test tube in his hand, "Cooking oil with fire, prosperity will fail." He had a wry smile on his face, Chinese people place too much importance on international awards.
Li Zheng rubbed his temples. He should be glad that he lived in this era. If he was in the era of developed Internet, he could even imagine that after he didn't win the award, he would be ridiculed and ridiculed.
At that time, Sun Bin didn't know what Li Zheng meant, he just muttered in a low voice: "You don't show up, they make a good interview as a documentary." It's the kind of serious, like a promotional video for a later tourist attraction. The style of painting, it looks... It looks as if the protagonist of the interview is no longer alive.
Li Zheng was dumbfounded. He hadn't seen the interview. He heard that he even went to Yantian County to film the scene.
Later, when the Nobel Prize was announced, Li Zheng was not on the list of winners. For a while, the domestic praise died down, and everyone's attitude towards Li Zheng became subtle.
Now that erlotinib is listed in the United States, it seems that Li Zheng has returned to the situation three years ago.
"I will definitely be involved in the coordination during the negotiation. But Mr. Tian, take charge of the genome project and leave it to a real genetics expert. I also have a project on hand, and I am too busy right now." Li Zheng said with a smile.
The accumulation of three years is enough for Li Zheng to truly take root in the top biological circles in China and even in the world. Even if he loses the Nobel Prize again, he will not have the situation three years ago.
"project?"
"Yes, a small project." Li Zheng's mouth twitched slightly, but he didn't talk much about the content of the project itself.
Tian Lao took a deep look at the young man, small project? He had a hunch that after three years, this young man would bring them a huge surprise.
The conversation between Li Zheng and Tian Lao was originally private, and it should not be rumored. However, a few days later, in the Huaguo biological circle, rumors that Li Zheng would host the Huaguo Human Genome Project spread widely.
"Li Zheng? He does have some research in pharmacy, but the Human Genome Project is more about genetics, so how can he be in charge!"
"That is, in order to promote my country's Human Genome Project, Professor Guo has made a lot of efforts."
"Li Zheng's academic level is really good, and his team has participated in HUGO, which can play a certain role in promoting the integration of my country's genome project and world research. Erlotinib is listed in the United States and the European Community. It really deserves a Nobel Prize.”
"Maybe? Maybe it's still the same as three years ago. Huaguo TV rushed to Switzerland, thinking that it would be able to send back good news as soon as possible, but the result, hehehe."
Everyone looked at each other, then laughed lightly.
Guo Kezhen showed a hint of helplessness and unwillingness on his face. In terms of achievements in genetics, few people in China can match him. Genetics is no more valuable than pharmacy, and geneticists are among the poorest in the entire biological system.
According to Liang Zhe, this is a subject with low cost performance. Because of this, Guo Kezhen cherishes every opportunity even more.
In order to start the Human Genome Project in China as soon as possible, he has made a lot of efforts in the past three years. Now that he heard the news, it was a lie to say that he was not disappointed, but he had to admit that in terms of international influence, he and Li Zheng were not on the same level at all.
"Professor Guo? Professor Guo?" Someone stabbed Guo Kezhen's arm, "The next lesson is your class, can't you go over now?" Ren Jiasheng, the founder of genetics.
"Oh, okay, I'll go right away." Guo Kexuan immediately woke up from his own world, picked up the textbook and went to class.
When he walked into the classroom, he found that something was wrong in today's classroom. All the students of Yan University are top students in China, so the classroom discipline has always been good, but no matter how good, these college students are still in their early twenties. , I love liveliness the most. On weekdays, it takes three to five minutes after the class bell rings to get quiet.
But today the classroom was too quiet, and even the sound of breathing slowed down a lot.
Guo Kezhen had a hint of doubt on his face, but because it was already class time, he didn't think much about it, and opened the book to start today's class.
Li Zheng sat in the last row of the classroom, with a notebook spread out on the table and listened carefully.
He came to listen to Guo Kezhen's class this time, not on a whim. Two weeks ago, he received an invitation from Jinjiang University to give a lecture. Jinjiang University is a well-known institution of higher learning in literature and history in the south. Li Zheng was also very surprised that a high school in literature and history would invite him to give a lecture.
Principal Jinjiang has a good relationship with Zhao Depei, and he spoke out in good faith after losing the Li Zhengnuo Award three years ago. Li Zheng accepted his feelings, so he readily agreed to this invitation.
However, for a group of literature and history students, he naturally couldn't speak esoteric professional knowledge, so he wanted to listen to the lecture as a student, so as to grasp the depth of the lecture.
In Huaqing, he was embarrassed, and after hesitating, he came to Yanda next door.
This happened to meet Guo Kezhen's class.
This biology student, who doesn't know this Nobel Prize candidate, secretly held their breath when they saw Li Zheng sitting down beside them.
Be reserved, reserved, and maintain Yan's image as a college student. The boy next to Li Zheng was obviously just back from exercising in the gym, and his whole body was dripping with sweat. He thought it was nothing. Seeing Professor Li sitting down beside him, he could not wait to skip class and go back to take a shower.
"And this person's genes carry genetic secrets. One day, when the child is still in the mother's womb, we will be able to see his entire genetic chain. Is the genetic chain complete? Is there any inheritance? A genetic disease, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, this can prevent a child with a congenital genetic disease from being born, and a disaster for a family.”
Guo Kechuan talked about genetics in textbooks to the application of genetics in reality, and his serious face showed a bit of fanaticism.
"Also, don't you guys and girls like being beautiful? In the future, gene editors, just like they learn to program computer programs, can edit the genes of the human body and make everyone look good."
The girls in the Peking University classroom let out a low exclamation, and Li Zheng showed a smile on his face. He wrote it down in his notes, combining the application of knowledge with the things that students care about on weekdays.
"Professor, can we see gene editing being widely promoted while we're alive?" A round-faced girl asked with a smile and raised her hand.
"In this regard, foreigners' research is ahead of us, and the promotion of this technology faces the same ethical issues as cloning, but I believe that once the application of this technology in agriculture and animal husbandry is mature, And if there are strict rules and regulations, it will gradually spread.”
Every geneticist has a dream of gene editing, and the foundation of gene editing is understanding genes. Just like the foundation of software programming is knowing code.
"The genes of each race are different. The genetic projects of various countries are called the Human Genome Project, but they will not be kind enough to study the genes of the people of other countries. Therefore, our country must start the human genetic project belonging to our Chinese!"
There was applause in the class, and the boy who had just returned from the gym couldn't help turning his head to look at Li Zheng.
"Professor Li, is our Chinese Human Genome Project about to start?" Huaguo's genome project has just been approved, and the Huaguo media has not reported much, but Huaqingyan University, as the highest university in Huaguo, is a member of the Department of Biology. The students seemed to have heard the wind.