Surgery Godfather
Chapter 760 - 678: Small Experiment

Chapter 760: Chapter 678: Small Experiment

Yang Ping refused Langnaife’s surgical invitation, leaving Robert and August quite upset.

However, they worshipped Yang Ping as a god. The god-like professor must have his own plans, having no interest in Langnaife and its high-end technology.

The two men quickly put this matter behind them and went to Yu Shuilian’s bakery for a few cups of coffee and some bread.

They also showed Shuilian how to use the braces shipped from Boston Dynamics. Robert had used his personal resources to customize these braces for her.

Once Shuilian put on the braces, the remnants of her body could sit stably in the comfortable base. Then, the two props under her armpits shared the weight, supporting her entire body which fused with the brace.

As long as Shuilian wanted to walk, her brain’s electric signals would be picked up by the brace. This intention would cause subtle changes in the bioelectric signals of the upper limbs and body, which the brace could also collect.

The computer chip would determine from the collected information that the wearer wishes to walk, and the brace would immediately respond, taking a step forward. The longer the brace is used, the better it coordinates with the user, as the brace is always collecting data to optimize its calculations.

Once the advanced powered brace technology matures, it will be a boon for paralysis patients. This breakthrough is a result of the combined application of brain-computer interface technology, bioelectric technology, and robotics.

In a corner of the bakery, two foreigners sit together, whispering quietly.

The doctors and nurses purchasing bread have grown accustomed to these two, aware they are fellows from the Comprehensive Surgery Department and, as the rumor goes, two top international orthopedic surgeons.

"Have you noticed that the professor often shuts his office door for a rest?"

"That’s not rest, that’s quiet contemplation. All geniuses are like that, they like being alone."

"Before each major surgery, he also retreats to the changing room to rest his mind."

"I’ve also noticed this detail about the professor, so now I also spend a few minutes in the changing room before each major surgery."

"What do you think about when you’re resting your mind? The details of the surgery?"

"No, I’m wondering what Chinese food I haven’t tried yet."

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The following morning.

In the Comprehensive Surgery Department Director’s office, Yang Ping is leisurely drinking tea.

In the system space laboratory, after several months of hard work, Yang Ping has finally unlocked a secret to skin expansion in vitro. According to his induction theory, he has explored the induction formula for skin expansion technology, which is more advanced and complete than the formulas of Manstein and Langnaife.

Since Yang Ping has mastered several core principles of induction theory, he conducts experiments guided by these principles to figure out the specific sub formulas.

When Yang Ping was in high school, his math teacher forcefully recommended Euclid’s "Elements" to the students. The teacher highly praised the book, considering it the forefather of scientific history. With only twenty-three definitions, five axioms, and five postulates, the book established an entire geometric system.

Back then, every student in the class had a copy of "Elements," their math grades outshining those of other classes. In each major and minor exam, everyone scored high, with perfect scores everywhere.

In recent years, Yang Ping has been reading the popular internet book "Principles of Everything". After studying it several times, he found that its thinking model was similar to that of the "Elements."

Both look through the phenomena and see the essence, analyzing things and firmly capturing the basic principles behind them. Making use of these principles to understand objects, build theories, guide practice, and finally achieve great innovation.

Following this mode of thinking, Yang Ping discovered the basic principles of stem cell differentiation: 1, the induction is carried out by some special substances, which can be proteins or other factors; 2, various different inducing substances form the inducing formula in different quantities, which are extremely precise; 3, different directions and periods of differentiation call for different induction formulas; 4, factors besides inducing substances, such as temperature and internal environment, affect the process; 5, there is an inherent logical relationship in the induction formula that can turn on and off genetic information in cells, which forms the basis of differentiation; 6, the induction formulae present similarities during both embryonic development and teratoma formation.

Guided by these basic principles, Yang Ping further discovered the basic logic of the induction formula. With the guidance of this basic logic, doing experiments was as natural as fish swimming in water.

Song Zimo knocked on the director’s office door, bringing Tang Shun to report in.

Having finally sorted out his PhD graduation at Tokyo University, Tang Shun officially reported to Sanbo Hospital’s stem cell laboratory as the lab director.

The graduating affairs wouldn’t have taken that long to handle, but Teacher Tang had too many girlfriends in Japan. From undergraduate, to master’s, to doctorate, and even those already working, he had covered all bases.

Before parting, he had to spend time comforting each girlfriend. After taking care of all of them, Teacher Tang was finally able to return to China at ease.

With permission, Song Zimo pushed open the door, the tea on the table was steaming and fragrant. The esteemed professor was half-closing his eyes, his fingers gently tapping the table in rhythm.

"Doctor Tang!"

Yang Ping immediately stood up, holding Tang Shun’s hand.

"Professor Yang!"

Tang Shun appeared very excited. His decision to come to Sanbo was well thought out and filled with anticipation.

"Sit and have some tea!"

Yang Ping invited everyone to sit down, and Song Zimo began to pour tea.

It was still early, and with Xu Zhiliang in charge of the shift, everyone could sit down and have a good chat.

"Doctor Tang plans to start work formally today," Song Zimo straightforwardly announced.

Tang Shun arrived at Sanbo Hospital the night before and hurried to meet with Yang Ping the next day, hoping to start work as soon as possible.

"Let’s arrange it!"

Yang Ping, without any redundancy, took a piece of A4 paper from the drawer and handed it to Tang Shun.

"It’s great that you’re here, this is a new experiment idea of mine - skin expansion technique outside the body, you try it out in the experiment."

Tang Shun accepted the A4 paper, which contained densely written information. After quickly reading it, he said:

"Manstein’s skin expansion technique outside the body? Where did you get this induction formula?" Tang Shun was quite puzzled.

Because the formula was not disclosed in the paper published by Manstein, such an induction formula, like a prescription for Chinese medicine, only tells the main ingredients, but doesn’t tell the key information such as dosage, and thus cannot be used.

"This is my own induction formula, which might be better than Manstein’s. Let’s do a small experiment in our own stem cell laboratory, and see if it works. If it does, our next step may be clearer," said Yang Ping.

What Yang Ping said casually left Tang Shun speechless.

His formula is better than Manstein’s?

And this cutting-edge stem cell technology is just a "small experiment" in his eyes?

You’ll know if it works by giving it a try.

No one can judge exactly what the result will be before doing an experiment. But from the knowledge that Tang Shun has, this "induction formula" is very scientific and absolutely not arbitrary.

He had discovered some of the induction factors, but had not published any papers yet, and several of the induction factors were ones he had never seen before.

That means the induction factors in this formula are already ahead of his research, Tang Shun immediately judged.

"Professor, are you suggesting we can actually achieve skin expansion outside the body?" Song Zimo was very surprised.

These past few days, Robert and August have been discussing this skin expansion technology, which Song Zimo also understood. Yang Ping had not done any related research before, but suddenly presented this paper.

Yang Ping nodded: "Usually I’m too busy, and don’t have time to do many things. These days, Robert and August have mentioned the skin expansion technology. Now that Tang Shun has joined, the stem cell laboratory can operate normally. Fish to ask.

We should try this little experiment and remember to invite Robert and August to participate."

Randomly, Yang Ping also instructed Song Zimo: "You go and see if there are any patients with large area scar from burns in the burn department. Take one over, then remove a piece of skin 1 square centimeter from him, use this induction formula for skin expansion outside the body, and see if we can expand the skin with a normal quality."

"If the skin expansion goes well, we will strive to get the muscle expansion method in the next step. Cultivating an organ using the cell’s own genetic information is easier than using 3D printing to print an organ. Of course, if we have enough funds, we should not give up on 3D printing. Until the end, no one can know who is right."

Tang Shun found a kindred spirit and spoke enthusiastically.

"Complex organs, such as the heart, liver, and kidney, require cultivation techniques, while simple organs, such as cartilage, bone, and tendons, are more advantageous for 3D printing. The two paths each have their advantages and disadvantages, just like petrol and diesel cars. Big trucks use diesel, and small cars use petrol. These two don’t contradict each other, they can coexist, it’s not about having one without the other."

Song Zimo also agreed with Tang Shun’s view:

"For example, cartilage printing for plastic surgery can precisely print any shape you want. Cultivation can’t do that."

Tang Shun immediately said:

"Actually, cultivation can also do that, by introducing a shaping mold. However, it’s not as timely as 3D printing. So, both paths can progress side by side. At least in the short term, it’s hard for 3D printing to print complex organs."

"Now that you’re in charge of the stem cell laboratory, I’m relieved. Let’s start with this little experiment of skin expansion outside the body. You’re in charge of the stem cell laboratory in the future, and you have the power to independently recruit people, apply for funds, and purchase equipment. We have ample funds, you can rest assured. Dr. Song, take Dr. Tang to complete the entry procedures."

Yang Ping was very happy that his stem cell laboratory finally had the right person.

Tang Shun read the A4 paper again, and his years of research in the field of stem cells told him that this so-called "small experiment" was actually the world’s most advanced technology currently.

Cell induction differentiation has been promoted to spatial configuration, not scattered individual cells.

In the past, after Manstein had intuitively figured out the induction formula for the skin expansion technique outside the body, he was not able to grasp the principle behind it.

Later, the genius turned to research on spinal cord injuries and gave up this project.

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