Hughes Medical Institute.
Led by world-famous immunologists such as Qiu Xiang and Judson, everyone is waiting for the status of medication in the isolation room.
Now that the epidemic situation of Ridman virus is serious and the situation is special, the WHO and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of various countries have issued notices that the medical team researching the specific drug of Ridman can seek the consent of the families of conscious patients and directly use it on patients who have lost consciousness. Tested non-toxic and slightly toxic drugs.
This notice is very important because it eliminates the need for them to test new drugs on animals and can greatly shorten the drug development cycle.
Now all their drugs are administered directly to patients who have lost consciousness. Without treatment, death is certain. Let them use new drugs to treat them, and there is still a chance of recovery.
This is the 32nd attempt and all members are praying that it will pass. They were divided into eight groups and conducted drug exploration research from nine different directions. Until now, there has still not been much progress.
Reedman virus is too overbearing.
During the illness, in addition to mental hallucinations, all other body functions of the patient are much stronger than those of healthy people. After half a month, the patient will suffer from internal bleeding and eventually die.
Apart from the improved HX3 potion, no other method has been found yet.
As for the improved HX3 agent, they continued to conduct in-depth research. After a month, they could no longer suppress the virus.
After seeing the doctors in the isolation room injecting new drugs into the patients, the hearts of all the researchers were lifted. Ten minutes later, everyone looked disappointed when they saw the patient who was still struggling in the isolation room, terrified and talking nonsense.
"Failed again."
Another failure made all medical scientists feel sad. The eyes of several old medical scientists were already red. In the face of this disaster, they felt their powerlessness.
"According to incomplete statistics from the WHO, the current number of direct and indirect deaths caused by the 'Reaper Virus' has exceeded 50,000, the number of infected and confirmed cases has exceeded 90,000, and the number of people in quarantine worldwide is close to 2.5 million. In the next month, if Without a cure, the death toll is expected to exceed 100,000. This is the largest man-made biological disaster in human history."
"Los Angeles reported that yesterday, a medical staff in Los Angeles was accidentally infected with the 'Reaper Virus' while handling corpses. Due to excessive stress, he committed suicide by jumping off a building in an isolation area."
"Reuters reported that in a centralized isolation area in France, a patient broke away from the fixed rope, killed a medical staff and escaped from the isolation room, and released 60 virus-infected people, causing a riot in the isolation area and trying to escape from the isolation area.
The riot resulted in the death of 3 medical staff, 7 medical staff and 1 chemical defense soldier were infected with the Death virus, and 9 infected people died. The French military's chemical defense force has arrested all patients, and no infected person has escaped from the isolation area. "
In the past two months, news from the worst-hit areas around the world has put a heavy weight on the hearts of the international community. People must be cautious when doing any activities when going out for fear of being infected with the 'Reaper Virus'. The global economic losses are even more immeasurable. .
Capital Tangshan Hospital.
Chen Mo, Wu Bing, and other team members were wearing protective clothing and walking quickly to the isolation room in the test area.
The expressions on everyone's faces were different, either anxious or expecting. Only Chen Mo and Wu Bing's expressions were relatively calm. They were conducting research and were notified that one of their patients who received the experimental vaccine had an unusual reaction today.
With the support of Chen Mo's complete technical information and the help of team members, the research and development of the vaccine is developing in the direction expected by Chen Mo, and the accuracy is very fast.
Wu Bing's team successfully found the protective antigen gene of the virus, and Chen Mo led the team members to also find a suitable mRNA as a vaccine system platform.
The drug has been tested several times, but all ended in failure. The vaccine system platform has been re-improved several times. This is the eighth test of their customized vaccine.
If you react, that's a good thing.
At this time, the most terrifying thing is that the medicine does not respond.
So after receiving the news, everyone gave up their research and rushed to the experimental area.
"pain."
"it hurts."
"Doctor, I feel so much pain, so uncomfortable."
When Chen Mo and Wu Bing entered the isolation room, they heard the patient's voice mixed with pain. The sound was not loud, but to the two of them, it was like the sound of nature.
When Reedman virus occurs, the patient acts like a lunatic and does not have such a clear voice at all.
This shows that their vaccine has begun to have some effect.
"Sir, what's wrong with you?" Wu Bing leaned down and asked.
"My body hurts so much, and my brain hurts too." The patient seemed to hear Wu Bing's question and began to answer, as if he was talking in his sleep, but there was a cry in his voice, obviously suffering from great pain.
This answer made all the team members ecstatic.
There is an answer, indicating that the patient's consciousness has become somewhat clear, and the injected vaccine may have taken effect.
Wu Bing asked a few more questions, but except for pain, there were no accurate answers to other questions, like a drunkard who was half asleep.
"Examination of the whole body, you draw his blood for examination."
Chen Mo motioned to the team members who were following him and started taking blood tests from the patients on the fixed beds. The other two team members took off the patient's hospital gown, and the bruises on his skin immediately attracted everyone's attention.
This kind of bruise spreads all over the skin of the body.
This was not a symptom of Reedman virus, they had been dealing with it for months, that was for sure.
"It's like an allergy or poisoning," Wu Bing said.
Chen Mo nodded and agreed with Wu Bing's statement: "In addition to the injectable vaccine, has the patient taken any other medicines?"
"No, I strictly check the glucose injected by the patient. No other medical staff has come into contact with the patient." The team member responsible for guarding shook his head.
"Maybe it's related to the vaccine. Let's test the patient's blood first," Wu Bing said.
Twenty minutes later, when no results were found, Chen Mo and Wu Bing came out of the isolation room. As soon as the two of them came out, Shi Hongtu and others outside the isolation room had already impatiently gathered around them.
When they heard that Chen Mo's patients had abnormal reactions, they immediately put down their research and came over. But Chen Mo and Wu Bing were in the isolation room. It was difficult for them to go in, so they were all waiting outside.
"How's it going? Is there any progress in your research?"
Shi Hongtu and other immunology experts looked expectantly under their protective glasses.
The team that Chen Mo and Wu Bing belong to has little hope because they are researching customized vaccines. But after a few times, the group's progress exceeded his imagination.
Now the patient has responded, but other groups, after injecting the experimental new drug, either disappeared, or the patient died directly, with little progress, so they also hope that Chen Mo can create a miracle.
"The vaccine was injected three days ago. Judging from the situation, it should have had some effect. The patient no longer talks nonsense like before." Wu Bing said.
As soon as these words came out, Shi Hongtu and several other immunology experts were ecstatic.
If the patient's mental state improves, it means that the research has made progress. This is definitely the news they want to hear most now.
"However, the patient's body is abnormal. It is not sure whether it is an allergy or poisoning. We need to see the blood test results." Wu Bing added.
"Okay, okay, let's wait for the blood test results." Shi Hongtu said with some surprise.
Chen Mo and Wu Bing said goodbye to Shi Hongtu and others and entered the laboratory.
When the team leaders of several other groups learned that Chen Mo's group had made progress, they no longer wanted to study and came over to wait with them. The waiting time is always very long, more than two hours, which makes several people feel like several months have passed.
When several people could hardly sit still, Wu Bing and Chen Mo came out of the laboratory.
Shi Hongtu's three steps turned into two steps and he immediately walked up.
"The results are out?"
"Tell me what you want." Wu Bing looked at Chen Mo, and there was no hint of joy or sorrow in his voice.
"Viral antibodies have been detected in the patient's blood. These antibodies have an effect on the virus and can clear it."
Chen Mo's words were like heavenly music, making everyone on the scene ecstatic. Shi Hongtu was so excited that the wrinkles on his face were trembling and he almost cried.
“But the vaccine was not successful.”
This sentence made everyone's joy disappear, and they all looked at Chen Mo, waiting for his explanation.
"We detected two toxic proteins in the patient's blood. They should be potential toxic protein genes in the vaccine platform system's mRNA. If this problem is not solved, the toxic proteins will accumulate in the patient's body until a certain concentration reaches a certain concentration, and the patient will die. "
"What's next?" Shi Hongtu asked.
"Next, we need to find these two toxic protein genes in the vaccine system platform mRNA, and find ways to replace these two toxic protein genes to remove the toxicity of the vaccine, so that the vaccine can be considered successful."
"Okay, I will immediately apply to the higher-ups and ask a few more genetic engineering experts to come over and help you find the poisonous protein genes." Shi Hongtu spoke without hesitation, his voice extremely excited.
As long as they find these two toxic proteins and successfully detoxify the vaccine, they will be able to completely end this bioterrorism that threatens the world.
They have seen the dawn of victory.
(End of chapter)