Seeing Vice President Yuan walking out of the operating room, the air calmed down a little. Director Miao turned around and stepped down, saying: "Boss Zheng, let's go together."
Zheng Ren responded and gave up his position to Mr. Yu Jianshui, letting him watch on the operating table. I tore off the surgical gown, took off the lead gown, and breathed out.
"Boss, is this okay?" Su Yun asked as he followed behind him.
"I don't know, but when there is no other way, you can give it a try." Zheng Ren said.
This kind of situation where you might live if you try, but if you don't try, you will definitely die, is what doctors hate the most.
"That incident in 1954 caused a big sensation in the end." Su Yundao.
"Yeah." Zheng Ren nodded.
On Christmas Eve in 1954, the hospital where Joseph E. Murray was admitted received a pair of identical twin brothers, 23-year-old elder brother Ronald Herrick and younger brother Richard Herrick.
Both are soldiers.
As their service period ended, the two retired from the army together and prepared to start a new life. But at this time, the younger brother was diagnosed with severe nephritis.
Richard Herrick's nephritis was so severe that even if treated, he would soon die.
After summarizing all the cases, Joseph E. Murray decided to perform a kidney transplant between the two brothers.
Prior to this, Joseph E. Murray had only done countless animal experiments. He found that the more closely related animals were, the more likely they were to survive successfully after surgery.
For Joseph E. Murray, human experimentation was a God-given opportunity.
But then he faced huge social pressure, and he was called a butcher, executioner and so on.
Because his brother Richard's nephritis is a chronic disease. Although it is life-threatening, it is different from the patient in front of him.
Joseph E. Murray first performed skin grafting surgery on the two brothers. The results of the surgery were encouraging and confirmed that there was no rejection.
But before the surgery, the surgery really became a huge social problem. Joseph E. Murray withstood tremendous pressure, and finally the operation was carried out under the judgment of the Supreme Court of the United States.
An organ transplant operation requires a judgment by a federal court judge. Doctors are like murderers. This is undoubtedly difficult to accept.
Later, the operation was successful, but Joseph E. Murray's first successful kidney transplant operation did not win the Nobel Prize.
How could Su Yun, who was obsessed with the Nobel Prize, not know about this long-dusted past
In 1990, Joseph E. Murray won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his "research on human organ and cell transplantation".
The award was mainly due to research on organ transplantation rather than new surgical techniques for organ transplantation.
This shows that the Nobel Prize judges are resistant to the new technique.
There was a gap of 46 years between the success of the first operation and the Nobel Prize!
Therefore, almost everyone is not optimistic about the tip surgery project, and there is a reason for this.
"Twins may not be a perfect match." Su Yun started to find faults.
"This is a way to do it. Whether it is done or not depends on the situation."
"Even pre-surgery matching will take at least one day." Su Yun continued.
"If you don't do it, you won't be able to survive a day. If you do it, you still have a chance."
"Boss, I have to praise the wonder of your thinking. Do you really want to cause trouble for yourself?" Su Yun's disdain was palpable.
"The situation is quite special. Besides, I'm just giving my opinion. With all the big bosses here to make the decision, when can I show up?" Zheng Ren threw the lead coat aside and wondered whether he should take the master-level book. The skill book is used.
"I have actually researched kidney transplantation. However, it seems that kidneys are easier to transplant than hearts, but that is for surgical operations. In terms of tissue structure, kidneys are countless times more complex than the heart." Su Yun changed the topic and said.
"It must be like this. Can renal tubules, collecting ducts, etc. be 3D printed? I think the current technology will take at least 20 years."
“According to a report on the MIT Technology Review website on January 1, 2016, the laboratory of Jennifer Lewis, a materials scientist and professor of bioengineering at Harvard University, used printing technology to create proximal tubules in human kidneys.
This is the most important structure that makes up the basic functional unit of the kidney, and its function is almost identical to that of the proximal tubule in a healthy kidney. "Su Yun is well aware of information related to 3D printing and organ transplantation.
"But it only goes so far. No matter how much more it is, there will be no new reports around the world."
"It's already pretty good if you can get the renal tubules out."
The two of them walked upstairs as they talked.
They are all passages in the operating room, laminar flow space, and the temperature is suitable, making people feel very comfortable.
But facing that kind of difficult surgery and facing a dying patient, no one can be happy.
Zheng Ren and Su Yun kept talking, using dialogue to relieve the tension in their hearts.
"There are a lot of nonsense stories on the Internet, but they are very eye-catching." Su Yun said as he walked, "I used to go online to make bricks, but later I was too lazy to do it."
"Everyone likes alarmist gossip." Zheng Ren knew what Su Yun was talking about.
The stories circulating on the Internet usually take place at night. A man cannot resist the temptation and goes to a hotel with a strange girl to discuss life plans.
When the conversation got exciting, he fell asleep after a few glasses of wine. When he woke up, he found himself lying naked in a bathtub full of ice cubes. Just when I regained consciousness, I suddenly felt a sharp pain in my lower back. I saw a note next to the bathtub: Call the police quickly, otherwise you will die! "
This kind of joke was most widely circulated when the kidney machine first appeared. Another thing is that when I was traveling abroad, my wife suddenly disappeared. Then he searched frantically for countless years, and finally found out that he had been turned into a seal man and went begging on the streets.
This kind of lie is not worthy of scrutiny at all, but many people believe it to be true.
Kidney transplantation requires a very strict process before the operation. The matching is done first, and the next step can only be continued after the matching is completed. Many patients waiting for a kidney source have their names listed in several hospitals that can perform kidney transplants. Whichever hospital has news, they will go there first.
"Boss, do you know what my first thought was when I saw the joke about kidney transplantation?" Su Yun asked.
"You still have ideas? You are really full of energy. After I saw it, I just ignored it and had no ideas at all." Zheng Ren was very nervous and started to speak involuntarily.
"Tch!" Su Yun did not argue with Zheng Ren, but said after saying "I think they just want to make a living. But if the medical environment gets worse in the future, I will become a freelance writer." I guarantee that even you won’t be able to tell if I write all kinds of sensational things.”
"you sure?"
"..." Su Yun was silent. When it comes to various fragments of knowledge, Zheng Ren is no worse than himself. But boss, do you know how stressful it is for you? Su Yun thought to himself.