Surgery Godfather
Chapter 709 - 631: The Young Are To Be Feared

Chapter 709: Chapter 631: The Young Are To Be Feared

Academician Xiang and Professor He waited for more than an hour before Yang Ping arrived. Traffic jams can sometimes be very time-consuming. During peak hours of commuting, the downtown area is always like this, the car can only move slowly with patience.

"Professor Yang has arrived!"

Upon seeing Yang Ping walk into the office, Professor He immediately stood up to greet him.

"Professor Yang! Hello!"

The old academician followed suit, immediately shook Yang Ping’s hand, and warmly greeted him.

Academician Xiang?

The old academician had never met Yang Ping, but Yang Ping had seen the old academician many times. As far as Yang Ping was concerned, the old academician was a familiar face. The old academician has a very good relationship with the orthopedic community and is often invited to attend the annual orthopedic conference of Nandu Province. Yang Ping had listened many times while sitting under the stage and had even taken a picture with the old academician before.

Taking a photo with a celebrity at an academic conference is similar to an actor walking the red carpet for exposure. Both are done to gain some attention.

So, Yang Ping recognized Academician Xiang as soon as he laid his eyes on him. How could he let the old academician clal him "Professor Yang"? Yang Ping hurriedly helped the old academician to sit down:

"Elder Xiang, just call me Xiao Yang. If you call me Professor Yang, my legs will start shaking."

Professor He originally wanted to make an introduction, but his mentor was so excited that he shook Yang Ping’s hand without waiting for He to introduce him. Since everyone knew each other, they skipped the introduction.

"Professor Yang is indeed Professor Yang. In academia, age does not determine rank. Indeed, heroes come from the youth, very good, very good." This was the first time Elder Xiang had met Yang Ping, and he matched the image he had in mind: serious, confident, cheerful, and even a little humorous. He liked such young people.

Yang Ping stood in front of the old professors, letting the old academician size him up, just like a grandfather sizing up his grandson. The more the old academician looked at him, the more satisfied he seemed.

"Don’t stand! Sit! Talk, sitting down will keep your legs from shaking unnaturally!"

This name, Yang Ping, the old academician had heard it countless times from Professor He’s mouth, and then countless times from Professor Su’s mouth.

The Yang Ping that he himself took the initiative to recommend for promotion to associate professor regardless of his young age.

Today, Academician Xiang finally met him in person.

It was like meeting a long-lost relative. You can imagine just how happy he was.

"We were just discussing your research design - the cultivation of stem cells into muscles. Why incorporate the study of neural injury repair? It seems a bit irrelevant, doesn’t it?" Academician Xiang did not hide his attention to Yang Ping. They quickly switched to discussing his research within a few sentences.

"Because if the cloning of muscles is successful and the muscles are transplanted into the human body, a muscle without neural control will just be a piece of dead meat, without function and hence, no value. It is therefore essential to research neural damage alongside this, so that in the future, muscles can be truly applied to the human body." This was Yang Ping’s simple idea. Since it was a large project, it wouldn’t hurt to include one more piece. Just put it all in one package.

"So you intend to cook everything in one pot? Your research project should be going in two directions, right? There is a study of microscopic printing biological connections in the 3D printing direction, isn’t there?" Elder Xiang wanted to confirm his guess. After all, the bet he had with Professor He was still unconfirmed.

Yang Ping nodded, "This is a crucial part of the study of nerve injury repair. In my opinion, it is only through repair at the cellular level that we may really mend nerve damage. All the other approaches are mere temporary solutions."

This cuts to the chase, only an expert like the old academician who has dedicated his life to clinical anatomy can clearly see this point.

At times, it takes extremely good judgment to predict the future trends of technological developments and to decide the correct path to take.

"See, I told you so! Whether it involves repair at the cellular level, that is what I refer to as biological connection." The academician was full of joy at his victory.

Professor He was deeply impressed by his mentor’s insights while simultaneously feeling that his own vision was narrow and severely limited by his specialized knowledge.

The three stages of surgery: removal, repair, and reconstruction.

The essence of repair lies in restoration, returning to the original structure and function.

As the nerves are made up of cells, nerve damage fundamentally boils down to individual cell damage or loss. If we want the restoration to be like the original, it is impossible to rely on natural abilities alone. Artificial technology, on the other hand, would enable this to come true.

The artificial technology would involve removing the damaged cells one by one, and then replacing the missing cells one by one. The types of cells and their interconnections would also remain the same as before.

It’s like repairing a damaged wall - you would need to find bricks that are exactly the same.

If nerve damage can truly be repaired at the cellular level, then that would be worthy of a Nobel Prize.

Regardless of whether the young man could achieve this or not, the fact that he dared to think about it and act upon it, coming up with an effective plan, is admirable. As for whether or not he can succeed in the future...

All he could do was to keep climbing without worrying about the height!

In the history of world science and technology, there are numerous examples of failure. Successes are still the minority. Nevertheless, failed cases provide valuable lessons for successors. Failure is the mother of success, without failures, there could never be later successes.

However, Academician Xiang believed that Yang Ping’s general direction was correct. Even if he couldn’t achieve complete success, he would still be able to achieve partial success.

For such a project, even a small breakthrough could definitely make a global impact. He was indeed a formidable young man!

"Let’s go and have dinner together. Let’s talk while we eat. I’ll treat."

Academician Xiang was seldom this happy, let alone having a meal outside.

"Elder Xiang seldom eats out, he is doing this today, all for you." Professor He joyfully told Yang Ping.

Yang Ping felt genuinely flattered. The nonagenarian academician waited here for him and even invited him to dinner. This precious care towards young people was truly special.

Academician Xiang was about to get up. After sitting for a long time, his knee joints were not that flexible.

Yang Ping quickly moved to support him, "Elder Xiang, how about letting me treat instead? I have wanted to meet Elder Xiang for a long time, but I was afraid that I would disturb your tranquillity, so I never dared to mention it to Professor He."

With Yang Ping’s support, Academician Xiang stood up and moved around a bit, which made his knee joints more flexible.

"As I said, I will be treating for dinner. I don’t want to hear any further objections. Let’s go! Professor He, take us to the place you’ve booked. Is it of a decent standard? Don’t worry about my money, I have my pension and subsidies." Academician Xiang had asked Professor He to help him book the restaurant. All he needed to do was to pay. He even carried a document bag with him, and he was sure he had brought enough money.

"Why are you also calling me Professor He? Shouldn’t you call me Xiao He?"

Professor He knew that his mentor often made these light-hearted jokes.

"Since everyone is a professor, why should I call you Xiao Yang or Xiao He? Doesn’t that sound right? Both professors, do you want to have a bit of liquor?" Today, the old academician was on a high and even proposed to drink some liquor.

"Don’t worry, we will know when to stop. When it’s time, Professor He will arrange for a driver to drop you off." The old academician had everything arranged clearly.

Today, the tutor was genuinely happy. Normally, he would only drink some liquor when there was a reason to celebrate, such as when the digital human research was successful.

Today, having met Yang Ping and having had such a delightful chat, he even suggested having some wine.

"Sure! Let’s have a little bit of wine." Yang Ping didn’t want to dampen the old academician’s spirits.

"Does your wife approve?" Professor He started to worry.

The old academician was quite manly, "Do I need her approval to have a little drink? But I did mention it to her, so don’t worry."