Surgery Godfather
Chapter 1077 - 881 K-factor

Chapter 1077: Chapter 881 K-factor

After several lectures at New York Special Surgery Hospital, Robert unexpectedly ignited a fad for China.

This forced American doctors to rethink China. They realized their former perceptions were completely wrong and outdated. Many even wanted to visit China to see for themselves what it was truly like.

Especially the older pathology doctor, who had never been to China before, his knowledge of Chinese people was still stuck on men’s queues and women’s bound feet, which is simply preposterous.

The doctor decided to take his wife to China for a trip after he retired, to witness the beautiful country Robert spoke of.

They didn’t doubt the skill level of Chinese surgeons at all. It was just that they hadn’t paid attention before. With over a billion people in China, there are relatively few surgeons, which means surgeons perform an astounding number of surgeries. With such extensive surgical training, it’s easy to cultivate top-notch surgeons.

Robert’s lectures created a certain fantasy about China in many doctors, filling them with a mysterious longing for the country.

This mystique surrounding China was not only due to Robert’s lectures, but also because his medical skill level had improved by leaps and bounds after returning from China.

Especially with surgeries for multiple ligament ruptures in shoulder and knee joints, which Robert had been powerless against before. Now, he confronted them with ease, performing many such surgeries with very good postoperative recoveries.

Currently in North America, only Robert could perform these surgeries well, which was quite remarkable. Although he was highly skilled before, it was never to this extent.

Ordinarily dressed in a Tang suit and always carrying a folding fan, regardless of the weather, the red-nosed man himself became a puzzle; his superb surgical skills were like magic.

"Mr. Robert, I’m really curious, do Chinese doctors usually dress up like you do for work?"

A doctor asked curiously.

Because at that moment, Robert was wearing a Tang suit, skillfully opening and closing his folding fan, displaying a particular kind of grace and poise.

"No, ordinary doctors can’t dress like this, nor would they. Only those with extremely high skill, known as miracle doctors, would dress up like this when they appear on TV programs. This is the attire of miracle doctors invited for TV health shows," Robert explained his attire.

In reality, this outfit was something Robert had imitated from TV. When he was learning at China Sanbo Hospital, he often saw "miracle doctors" dressed like this, speaking confidently on TV. Robert thought this attire was very Chinese, so he bought over a dozen sets and took them back to the United States to wear in rotation.

Especially when he was consulting in his own clinic, this attire was standard.

"Does a miracle doctor mean the most skilled doctor?" another doctor asked.

Robert nodded, "Yes! They have the appearance of vigor despite old age, rosy complexions, and often accept invites to educate the public about medicine on TV during prime time. Many TV stations have these types of programs."

So that’s how it is!

Several doctors, like Ron from Joint Surgery, were already feeling tempted to buy a set of these clothes and a paper fan for themselves.

This was because a TV station in New York had invited him to participate in a health program to talk to elderly viewers about protecting their knees.

If he could wear such magical clothes, the program would surely be more effective. He decided right there to borrow a set of "Chinese miracle doctor attire" from Robert.

"Seems like there are some big characters on your fan?" Ron inquired.

Robert said with pride, "These are four Chinese characters — ’Da Yi Jing Cheng’ (Great Doctor’s Sincere Devotion)."

So cool!

The doctors felt the fan was very cool, and the characters on it even cooler, though they did not understand their meaning.

"Gentlemen, my lecture will continue next week. Everyone is welcome. See you next week."

Robert, with his elegant demeanor, flicked his fan, snapping it closed instantaneously.

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Sanbo Hospital.

After work, Yang Ping strolled through the hospital with Xiao Su. Together, they went to check out the club at Sanbo Hotel, a recreational spot for hospital staff. The club boasted numerous entertainment and sports facilities, such as table tennis, badminton, tennis, an indoor basketball court, billiards, a yoga studio, a gym, and more.

As her pregnancy progressed, Xiao Su could only jog slowly. She no longer suited vigorous bouncing and jumping activities, like tennis, for example. Occasionally, if she got the urge, it was just Yang Ping accompanying her to play a few gentle strokes, merely to get the circulation going throughout her body.

This time was the club’s busiest, with the wrestling area gathering a lot of people.

Yang Ping saw that they were all familiar faces, almost all the old experts from Sanbo Hospital were present. It turned out that Professor Zhang was training in Tai Chi push hands, as his century fight with Su Butong from Nandu Affiliated Hospital No. 1 was scheduled for the end of this month.

Yang Ping and Xiao Su stopped their steps and watched Professor Zhang’s training, as Xiao Su couldn’t help but get nervous for her grandfather.

Professor Zhang’s training was not just for show, but true comprehensive training. Not only had he hired a professional Tai Chi coach, but he also enlisted a fitness coach to specially train strength, endurance, and flexibility.

Now he was practicing push hands with the coach on a thickened mat, quite fiercely—it was definitely not just a demonstration.

The mat wasn’t originally this thick; it was Dean Xia who had urgently requested the club’s manager to replace it. Dean Xia, fearing that Professor Zhang would suffer another fracture, tried to find a way to prevent injuries as the fight could not be stopped.

Yang Ping counted these old experts. Besides members of the Sanbo Hospital expert group, there were several retired experts rehired by the hospital. They were all very excited, as if the battle was not just about Professor Zhang, but a competition between Sanbo Hospital and Nandu Affiliated Hospital No. 1, a duel for honor.

These elders seemed to have a stronger fighting spirit than the young.

Under Professor Zhang’s influence, many of the old experts now engaged in Tai Chi push hands. They paired up and took turns on the mat, practicing earnestly and looking quite professional.

"My dad told me that grandpa is also intensifying his training with a coach at the staff home of Affiliated Hospital No. 1, and grandpa is even working on his muscles and strength in the gym. My dad couldn’t persuade him to stop. I heard they’re going to fight it out here at the end of the month, and after that, they’re going to fight again at Affiliated Hospital No. 1."

"It looks pretty official, dividing the venue into home and away fields."

"Looks like you’ll have to take some time off to be the on-site doctor for them."

"I heard Professor Zhang has even prepared crutches and a wheelchair."

These old experts are ruthless!

A few retired experts resting on the side were sitting on mats in the corner, each holding a phone, clearly playing games.

Professor Zhang Zongshun used to often play games with Zhang Lin, Little Five, and Fatty, but Zhang Lin and Little Five were busy writing books, and Fatty was busy with his love life, so no one heeded Professor Zhang. Left with no choice, Professor Zhang trained this group of old friends, and now they were all seasoned players.

"Su Butong has a stable lower body, but his waist isn’t as agile as yours. Try to wear out his waist as much as you can when you clash with him, and compare waist strength as much as possible."

An old expert who understood Tai Chi push hands had been watching Professor Zhang’s training and advised him.

Su Butong had once suffered a compression fracture of the lumbar spine but had recovered through conservative treatment. Nonetheless, having fractured before, his waist was relatively a weak point, prone to strain injuries due to excessive force or prolonged exertion.

"Hmm, I’ve been doing targeted training for my waist these days," Professor Zhang was thoroughly prepared.

"Let’s all have barbecue and beer tonight."

Professor Zhang called out during the mid-training break, and those old experts immediately responded.

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In the evening when he had some free time, Yang Ping entered the System Space Laboratory again.

Through the second stage of the experiment, Yang Ping discovered a new substance surrounding the dead tumor cells, which he tentatively named the K factor.

Yang Ping highly suspected that this K factor was the trigger for tumor cell apoptosis. Therefore, to verify this, he decided to purify the K factor, analyze its structure, and then introduce it into the internal environment of tumor cells to observe whether it could replicate the process of killing tumor cells.

However, all the cells in the tumor cell bank had died, and Yang Ping had to use the reserved tumor cells, which he had extracted from Sisi, dividing them into several portions for storage. If it had not been for the backup, he would have had to extract new tumor cells, and cells extracted at different times could diminish the experiment’s effectiveness.

The origin of these tumor cells came from specimens extracted at the same time. As they were used as experimental samples, the deviation was very small, hence the results would likely be better.

What exactly was the structure of the K factor, was it truly the initiator of cell apoptosis, and if so, how did it participate in gene regulation to initiate the apoptosis program? The process was very complex.

Following this line of thought, Yang Ping continued the experiment. His intuition told him that he seemed to have found a way to kill cancer cells.

PS: In the previous Chapters about the "penguin disease" surgical treatment, the surgery was real. The prototype for the surgery was the innovative procedure by Professor Chen Jianliang, Director of Neurosurgery at the Eighth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University. According to the case reports at the time, the results of the surgery were very good. It’s unknown whether the procedure has been validated by a large number of surgeries afterward.

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