"Boss, this is the information we found..."
The next day, while Victor Investment suffered a series of setbacks, Xia Xu also went outside the school after finishing a day's classes.
Yang Bowen and He Qing had moved to this area a few days ago, and had recently been investigating the situation at Cui Xinghua and Gardner Psychiatric Hospital according to his instructions.
"Did Cui Xinghua's last patient also receive treatment at Gardner?"
Looking through some of the information that the few people had investigated and interviewed, Xia Xu frowned slightly, as if thinking about something.
The reason why Cui Xinghua was admitted to Gardner Psychiatric Hospital was the medical dispute during his last operation.
But he himself was actually a little skeptical about this matter. Although nothing is absolute, a five-star surgeon should not easily get into an accident.
The operation being performed at that time was a brain tumor removal operation, which was not easy, but it was definitely not an extremely difficult operation. There were a lot of surgeons in China who could perform the operation, so it should be a piece of cake for Cui Xinghua.
"Yes, but I was just hospitalized for a few months due to depression a long time ago."
Yang Bowen answered Xia Xu's question and nodded, "If it weren't for you, the boss, mentioning Gardner, we might have ignored it."
He went to Gardner and finally died on Cui Xinghua's operating table. Then Cui Xinghua was admitted to Gardner Psychiatric Hospital. Xia Xu didn't believe that there was no connection between the two.
"Are there any data on the deceased's height and body shape? Or did he have symptoms such as obesity?"
Xia Xu's heart moved.
"have."
Yang Bowen quickly pointed out the location of the information to Xia Xu.
Sure enough, Xia Xu's eyes quickly focused.
Attached to it was a very professional set of physical examination data, which seemed to be the work of a hospital, and there was also a diagnosis report attached to it.
It shows that the deceased's height was just normal, about 1.7 meters, and there was nothing abnormal.
However, the body shape of the deceased looked very strange.
It seems to be growing sideways, and its body becomes very fat in appearance, with swollen limbs, but it is not fat accumulation and fluid accumulation, but relatively normal body tissue.
"After consultation, the expert group unanimously agreed that the patient had GH adenoma and acromegaly caused by abnormal secretion of growth hormone..."
In the diagnosis report attached at the end, Xia Xu saw the diagnosis of the deceased's condition made by the hospital where Cui Xinghua worked at the time.
Biology is a vast field with many branches, and medicine is the most prosperous of them all. Xia Xu didn't know much about it, so he could only cram at the last minute. He took out his smart glasses and put them on, flipping through the books while searching for some keywords on the Internet.
GH adenoma, formally known as growth hormone adenoma.
Because of pituitary gland lesions, the patient's tumor cells abnormally secrete a large amount of growth hormone, which leads to abnormal development of the body, usually swelling of the limbs, hypertrophy of the body and internal organs, which is called acromegaly.
But this type of acromegaly comes for adults.
There is a term called epiphysis, which refers to the ossification points at both ends of the bones during bone development. The epiphysis of minors has not closed, so the bones can grow, thereby increasing height, arm span, etc.
But usually around the teenage years, or at most around 18 or 19 years old, a person's epiphysis will completely close, and height will no longer increase from then on.
However, if a minor suffers from GH adenoma, or abnormal secretion of growth hormone caused by other reasons, what occurs is not acromegaly, but another symptom that looks familiar to Xia Xu.
Gigantism!
Growth hormone, as the name suggests, is used to promote the growth of bones, internal organs and other organs and tissues throughout the body.
The failure of the epiphysis to close, coupled with the massive secretion of growth hormone, results in an increase in height and body size. Patients can usually grow to over two meters tall, with the highest recorded height being two meters and seventy-two.
It is close to three meters. The number does not sound exaggerated, but it is actually the height of a normal floor, or even twice the height of some petite girls.
This is a real "giant". You should know that even the Hulk in Marvel movies is only about 2.56 meters tall. In the comics, he was even only about 1.9 meters tall at the beginning, less than 2 meters.
"Giant, is this what you mean?"
Xia Xu felt that he had already vaguely grasped the plot of "Attack on Titan".
Was the Gardner Asylum trying to artificially create gigantism in a way that resembled a pituitary adenoma, or was it trying to create a true giant
In reality, it is impossible for a person to grow in size while maintaining strength. On the contrary, it is true that a person with great strength can fly bricks, and quantitative change will lead to qualitative change.
If a person's body really grows to two or three meters in height and all body functions remain stable, then his strength will inevitably increase exponentially.
Of course, this is just an ideal state.
In fact, gigantism is not as good as imagined, otherwise it would not become a disease.
It's just like hyperthymesia, the imagination and theory are beautiful, but the actual situation is often not as we wish.
After all, the height and body development of gigantism is caused by abnormal pathology. The human body is extremely delicate and a slight change can affect the entire body. This abnormality can bring about a series of possible complications such as diabetes, joint diseases, and infertility.
Moreover, the physical performance will not be satisfactory. The excessive enlargement of internal organs may affect their functions, and cardiopulmonary breathing, weight and other aspects will also become a burden.
At the beginning, the patient may be really strong and physically fit, but basically they will gradually decline, and finally become extremely weak due to various reasons, and the immunity and other aspects will also become extremely low.
"If we want to create a truly stable and strong giant human, we must first find a stable and controllable benign pituitary gland mutation. Secondly, if we are performing the operation on an adult, we also need to solve the problem of epiphyseal closure..."
Xia Xu's eyes narrowed slightly.
The two conditions sound simple, but in reality they are impossible and as difficult as climbing to the sky.
But was Gardner Asylum a success
The answer is yes.
They succeeded, or at least they were half successful, otherwise there wouldn't be this "Attack on Titan" plot.
"First of all, it is certain that they have mastered the technology to artificially create or transplant this GH adenoma..."
"Secondly, Gardner is probably experimenting on patients right now, trying to find the most perfect diseased gland..."
"It is not certain whether the problem of epiphyseal closure has been solved, but the patients I saw last time were all overweight and none of them were particularly tall. It is very likely that there is no..."
Xia Xu's thoughts were flying, and he quickly sorted out the plot of "Attack on Titan".
However, in this case, there is no need to rush Cui Xinghua's affairs. If he wants to stably obtain the technology of this giant gland, perhaps the best way is to follow the original plot.