Doctor Zhao, help!

Chapter 340 Telomerase or extending lifespan?

After sitting down, Jin Dong suddenly asked Zhao Sheng a question: "Junior, what do you think is the way out for doctors in the current severe medical environment?"

"what?"

"That's not a problem at all."

Zhao Sheng was a little surprised when he heard Jin Dong suddenly ask this, but he still answered.

"How should I put it? Junior, I want to hear your thoughts."

Jin Dong nodded and continued, Zhao Sheng always has some unexpected ideas and some unique perspectives. This is why he, a high-minded person, can have such a good relationship with Zhao Sheng. .

"It's not so much about the future of the medical profession, but rather the future as an individual doctor."

"I think there are many options, such as taking the public examination, engaging in Internet medical care, and private hospitals. There are many choices."

Zhao Sheng thought for a while and said seriously.

To use an inappropriate metaphor, where are the options for those who pick up rags and sleep in parks, the Internet cafe masters of emerging forces in the city, those who work on sewing machines, left-behind children, and rural elderly people?

In this comparison, doctors are actually not special at all.

In the final analysis, when it comes to an individual, it depends on where your personal way out is. Should you continue to hibernate and endure, waiting for the dawn to come, or should you bravely jump out of this vicious circle and find a new world of your own.

"If you can think like this, I feel relieved."

Jin Dong was very satisfied with Zhao Sheng's answer, nodded and said.

"Professor Yu and I met at a meeting, and I have already told him about this matter."

After a pause, Jin Dong said again.

In the past, Yu Zhongbo would not have agreed to Zhao Sheng going to any high-end medical center. Of course, in the past, there was no need to go from a large tertiary hospital like the First Affiliated Hospital.

"From now on, the clinical affairs of the stem cell treatment center will be left to you. In addition to the resource quota that the center must use for stem cell research and development, the rest is up to you if you want to do some research and development."

Jin Dong said casually that he actually felt that Zhao Sheng, a junior, was also very talented in scientific research, so this time might be an opportunity for Zhao Sheng to switch from clinical practice to scientific research.

"I want to delve deeper into the application of artificial intelligence in the medical field, as well as brain-computer interfaces."

Zhao Sheng nodded and said.

Scientific research in the medical field, in addition to the research and development of various drugs to treat diseases, is also about hardware facilities.

Not only does it take a long time to develop a drug, but it is even more difficult to develop it and put it on the market.

For example, when developing artificial intelligence diagnostic software, brain-computer interfaces, or even stem cell treatments developed by Jindong, there are no problems in putting drugs into the market.

"This is a good direction, just like stem cell therapy. I originally chose this direction for research because this kind of treatment is extremely individualized. This has a great advantage. In the same field, even if there are researchers in this field We are all working together to delve into this market, and there will not be the extremely fierce competition like traditional medicines."

Jin Dong said with deep sympathy. The choice of research direction is indeed very important.

For example, no matter how talented you are, you will always be inspired to develop a drug specifically for a certain disease.

At first glance, it seems that if this kind of drug is developed, it can be put into the market to benefit patients.

But is it really that simple?

You must know that the potential patient population of each disease is of a very large order of magnitude. Specific drugs to treat this disease correspond to extremely exaggerated economic benefits.

It is very likely that if you develop the front foot, the result of the back foot will be owned by someone else.

Even if you have some background and strength and are lucky enough to keep this result, the subsequent entry into the market, channels, sales, pricing, and bidding will be more difficult to handle.

However, stem cell therapy, a personalized treatment method, does not have this problem.

Even with the investment of BL Group, the stem cell treatment center established by Jindong can only meet the medical needs of a small number of people, so to a certain extent, there is no competition.

You have your market, and I have mine. This market will not be saturated for a long, long time, because stem cell therapy is not something that can be done by just a few people and a small team.

"Actually, what I want to study most is telomerase, but at present, it is difficult to meet the conditions for such research."

Zhao Sheng nodded and said.

Telomerase is a ribonucleoprotein complex composed of telomere reverse transcriptase (hTERT), telomerase RNA component (hTR) and telomerase-related proteins. Telomerase uses the RNA carried by its own hTR as a template, and under the reverse transcription catalysis of hTERT, synthesizes telomeric repeat sequences to the ends of chromosomes, lengthening or stabilizing telomeres that are progressively shortened with cell division. It plays an important role in immortalization and the occurrence and development of malignant tumors.

We all know that the reason why people age is actually due to the excessive number of dead cells. If the number of new cells in the human body is less than the number of dead cells, aging will occur. The insufficient number of new cells is related to telomerase.

If the human body is supplemented with telomerase factor, after the human body absorbs it, it can effectively activate the cellular telomerase in the body, enhance the activity of telomerase, gradually nourish the growth of telomerase, promote cell division, and thereby delay aging.

On the other hand, many people experience memory decline as they age. In fact, the human body's memory function is borne by memory proteins in the brain. The synthesis of memory proteins is also affected by telomerase activity, so supplementing telomerase factors can promote brain development, improve neural tissue, and enhance memory by stimulating telomerase activity.

Extending lifespan, enhancing memory, and promoting brain development. Just the effects of these three telomerase enzymes have great research value.

"Junior, your ideals are quite lofty. Nowadays, many people place their hopes of extending life span or even immortality on the study of telomerase. However, even if we establish a laboratory that does not conduct preliminary research on telomerase, it will not be possible. It’s not something we can achieve under our current conditions.”

"But, we can do it step by step. Let's finish the stem cell treatment center first."

Jin Dong smiled and said.

He has always believed that Zhao Sheng could achieve greater achievements if he switched from clinical practice to scientific research. Such achievements cannot be compared with curing one or two patients.

Listening to the chat between Jin Dong and Zhao Sheng, Teacher Tang and Tang Wen couldn't help but look at each other.

The two chatted incessantly and were engrossed in it, and seemed to have completely forgotten about their respective girlfriends.

(End of this chapter)