Surgery Godfather
Chapter 1382 - 1046: Treating a Dead Horse as if Alive_2

Chapter 1382: Chapter 1046: Treating a Dead Horse as if Alive_2

Professor Zhang didn’t speak again. He just quietly stared at the MRI image on the electronic screen, squinting his eyes.

In his decades of practicing medicine, he had encountered this kind of helpless situation countless times. This was neither the first nor would it be the last.

"Do your best, try to improve the quality of life as much as possible, let the child suffer less. This can be done, right?"

Professor Zhang stood up, stretched his back, and then, hands clasped behind him, walked out of the doctor’s office. Yang Ping watched his retreating figure, feeling somewhat heavy-hearted.

Actually, every doctor wishes to cure their patients, but often, they just can’t.

After walking a few steps, Professor Zhang turned his head to glance back at the doctor’s office and saw Zhang Lin instructing intern doctors on how to properly write medical records.

"Xiao Zhang, gather everyone, to the duty room for overtime!" Professor Zhang called out.

Zhang Lin was currently busy, his explanation to the interns on medical records unfinished, so he responded, "I’m quite busy today, how about tomorrow?"

"What are you busying yourself with? Hurry up, get the team over here, let’s have an intense session today," Professor Zhang said with an irrefutable tone.

Zhang Lin immediately put down what he was doing and began summoning people with his phone. What’s with the old man today, why does he seem so irritable, something was off about the way he spoke.

Sisi was very relaxed. She no longer cared what her illness would turn into, so this time Yang Ping didn’t explain her condition to her, nor did she ask, nor did she inquire about it from her parents. Perhaps she had gotten used to these matters over time and again.

At this moment, Yang Ping couldn’t help but think of Luo Jin, who was playing football in Europe. He heard that after surgery, Luo Jin could only save his life but would not be able to play football again. He forwent the surgery, preferring to spend his remaining time galloping across the green fields rather than undergoing surgery.

Having experienced many hardships from a young age, perhaps Luo Jin had glimpsed the true essence of life. His thoughts were unlike those of ordinary people.

From the medical images sent back by Luo Jin, it seemed he didn’t have much time left, but he didn’t care at all.

Now, Sisi’s mood was similar; she was unexpectedly tranquil, without any anxiety or impatience, as if nothing had happened.

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While Yang Ping was worried, good news came from Professor He. The preliminary simple model of artificial intelligence designed by their team could now be used.

This model was just a small, lightweight one, and they planned to develop a larger artificial intelligence model.

Before the large model was developed, Sanbo Hospital’s laboratory could temporarily use this small one for transitioning.

This was good news. Yang Ping decided to immediately use this artificial intelligence model for virus screening and modification. If they relied on manual labor for this process, finding a suitable virus carrier would take years. Now, with artificial intelligence assistance, this time could be greatly reduced.

Even though the model introduced by Professor He was a rough and simple one, it was still a thousand times stronger than manual effort.

Previously, with the System Space to assist, Yang Ping could conduct the entire screening process within the System Space, which saved a lot of time. Now that the System Space was temporarily out of order, Yang Ping had to find a way himself. The best method was to use a computer, especially artificial intelligence.

But artificial intelligence models cannot be developed overnight; they require a period of technological accumulation.

However, money talks, and to develop this artificial intelligence model, Ruixing Group had already invested a lot to acquire several outstanding startups worldwide. This could save time, much better than starting from scratch.

As Yang Ping’s partner, Professor He could share the technology acquired by Ruixing Group. Professor He’s team used the acquired technology to reorganize and improve, quickly producing an immediately usable artificial intelligence model.

For the next steps, they planned to take the best aspects of these models, combine them, and then build their brand new large model.

Upon hearing the news, Lu Xiaolu immediately led a team to Professor He’s Digital Medical Laboratory at Nandu Medical University, utilizing their model for virus screening and modification.

About two hours later, it proposed hundreds of thousands of plans for virus screening and modification, then sorted these proposals and ultimately selected a dozen of the most optimal schemes.

Yang Ping decided to immediately proceed with laboratory cultivation after completing the virus screening and modification.

He planned to apply these specially cultivated viruses directly to Sisi.

Taking such an action was indeed too risky and violates ethical norms, but he had no better solution and time was of the essence.

When virologist Beata Halasi used oncolytic virus therapy to treat her own triple-negative breast cancer, she experimented on her own body. Historically, many scientists conducted experiments on themselves to save time.

But the situation with Sisi was different. If she were to be directly subjected to clinical experiments, she and her family would surely agree and fully cooperate.

However, society would certainly not consent. Yang Ping would later face ethical scrutiny, social doubt, and a storm of public opinion.

Should it fail and result in Sisi’s death, he could become entrapped in societal ethical condemnation, ultimately becoming discredited; societal condemnation often lacks rationality and fails to reflect deeply.

Screw it, what is the value of reputation? When compared to a human life, reputation is worthless!

Yang Ping sat in his office thinking about this. When he himself was just an ordinary young doctor, despite his hard work, it would have been impossible to achieve today’s success without the help of the system. Didn’t he undergo so much learning and training just to heal and save lives? If he were to be hesitant because of his reputation, then he wouldn’t deserve to own this system.

He could no longer afford to care so much. What he needed was speed; Sisi did not have the time to wait.

When Yang Ping proposed to use the special virus directly on Sisi, Dean Xia, Director Han, Song Zimo, Xu Zhiliang, and others all looked at him in astonishment.

"This is a completely new and special virus. Using it directly on a human without any ethical review could lead to Sisi’s death with severe consequences in public opinion. You need to think this through!" Dean Xia said.

"I have thought it through, I must do this," Yang Ping said firmly.

Dean Xia paced back and forth in the office. If something were to go wrong with this, public opinion would be overwhelming, and if exploited by certain forces, it would turn into an overwhelming deluge.

By then, Yang Ping would be inevitably discredited!

"Do you want to reconsider? Are there any other options?"

"I have considered it thoroughly, there are no other options."

"Must you do this?"

"Definitely!"

"Well then, I’ll be the first to support you. If you are not afraid, why should I be! I’ve been a dean for many years and haven’t done anything crazy. Now I’ll join you in this madness. I’ll call a meeting, and if things go south, Xia Changjiang will take the fall."

To this end, Yang Ping gathered everyone to initiate his plan.

A 3D animated model of the modified virus floated on the electronic screen, with K factor embedded in the virus, forming a complex protein structure—it was a brand-new virus.

This miraculous virus had already undergone virtual experiments in Professor He’s digital medical laboratory virtual environment. It can carry the K factor, travel through the blood circulation to reach the tumor, infect the tumor cells, and then trigger the apoptosis program of the tumor cells, leading to death of the tumor cells without affecting the normal cells at all.

According to standard procedures, the ethical approval for such experiments is extremely strict. After sample fabrication, the next step would be animal experiments, and, after passing those, a variety of approvals are required to enter clinical trials.

Yang Ping estimated, the whole process would take about 5-10 years. How could Sisi possibly wait ten years? Even surviving tomorrow is a question.

Right now, regardless of whether the plan would work, it was the only possible effective method; it was a case of trying to bring a dying horse back to life.