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Chapter 1110 - 895: Snatching the Spoils_3

Chapter 1110: Chapter 895: Snatching the Spoils_3

The death of tumor cells is closely linked with this protein, the exact connection and the role of the K factor in this process are still unclear; these are the subjects for further experimental exploration.

Through recent research, Yang Ping found that the role of the K factor in the apoptosis of tumor cells is possibly realized through the concept of Chemical Induced Proximity (CIP). CIP utilizes a core principle of cell biology, which is that cellular regulation often involves the induction mechanisms where two different proteins come close to each other.

This proximity induction is the basis of many forms of biological regulation such as receptor function, post-translational modification, transcriptional regulation, and epigenetic mechanisms. In recent years, researchers have repurposed this principle as a research tool, applied in medical and biological research, whether in clinical studies or basic research.

If the mechanism of tumor apoptosis is indeed related to CIP, and if the mechanism can be deciphered, then it is entirely possible to activate the apoptosis program in cancer cells using the K factor through CIP and eventually kill the cancer cells, allowing doctors to find a way to kill cancer cells and to develop new anti-tumor drugs around this method.

The main reason why cancer cells can grow uncontrolled is that their internal apoptosis programs have been blocked and are in a state of disuse.

It is very likely that some factor intercepts the process by binding to the promoter of the apoptosis gene, preventing the initiation factor from binding to its original targets, thus using epigenetic mechanisms to suppress their expression and effectively shielding the apoptosis mechanism.

According to this core biological theory, cellular regulation often involves the induction mechanism where two different proteins come close to each other; if some factor binds with the promoter, is it possible to employ a tit-for-tat strategy, designing a protein factor that binds with this intercepting factor beforehand, to prevent it from binding with the promoter, leading to all tumor cells committing suicide.

Yang Ping boldly hypothesized this, since the cost of experimenting in the System Space Laboratory is extremely low, particularly the two most important costs—trial and error cost and the time cost—are very inexpensive here.

Yang Ping decided to research the mechanism of tumor cell apoptosis following this line of thought, especially since his current project is at a critical juncture; whether it’s the System Space Laboratory or the real laboratory, he needs to fully immerse himself in research.

Therefore, Yang Ping has no interest in the European Spine Academic Conference right now; those matters are not on the same level as what he is researching.

PS: Around noon yesterday, an elderly person suddenly suffered a heart attack at Wuhan Tianhe Airport in Hubei. Eduard Quintana, a cardiac surgeon from Spain, stepped in to administer emergency aid, and the senior was saved, making the news. This Spanish doctor, Eduard Quintana, has been exchanging and studying at Tongji Hospital affiliated with Huazhong University of Science and Technology for nearly a month, learning Professor Wei Xiang’s new technique—minimally invasive septal myectomy for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, and yesterday just happened to be the day he finished his studies and was set to return home. Minimally invasive septal myectomy for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy—this is the new technique previously written about in the text, and its originator Professor Wei Xiang has also been introduced before. Salute to Professor Wei Xiang! And salute to Doctor Eduard Quintana who saved a life!

All the medical techniques mentioned in this article are not fabricated; the vast majority are entirely real, and only a very few are extensions of some scientific research results. I do not exclude the possibility of limited understanding on my part, which may lead to errors in expression, but this possibility is also very rare. When I have time, I will open a separate Chapter to introduce modern medicine’s "black technology". Because it is termed "black technology", it is because it is still largely unknown to many people.