Surgery Godfather
Chapter 837 - 748: Smash! Smash it hard!

Chapter 837: Chapter 748: Smash! Smash it hard!

Liao Yiyi’s surgery was very successful, and Yang Ping did not pay too much attention to this case.

After all, it was just appendicitis; although he had been creative, it was still just appendicitis.

Yang Ping sat in his office, organizing the papers in his hand, and found that two more could be finalized with a bit more revision, so he decided to simply add two more, aiming to submit a total of eleven papers.

The three top-tier journals—Cell, Nature, Science, or CNS—publishing an article in them signifies that the academic level has reached the world’s top.

More importantly, Yang Ping needed to rely on these papers to accumulate System Points. The stem cell research being conducted in the System Laboratory had entered a critical phase, and the speed at which points were being consumed was incredibly fast. If he did not find a way to accumulate points, sooner or later he would run out, and the experiment would have to be suspended.

The quality of these papers was more than sufficient for publication in CNS; he might even secure a cover article.

Yang Ping had poured over the articles in CNS countless times and knew them by heart.

Stem cell research was still ongoing, relentlessly; the microscopic dissection of muscle had been fully decoded, and the muscle cells cultivated from stem cells were also very mature. The current technical challenge to overcome was to use cells to build a piece of real, complete muscle.

Both biological 3D printing and cultivation technology required overcoming significant challenges.

The current biological 3D printing technology merely stacks cells into the shape of an organ and relies on a biological scaffold to maintain this three-dimensional form, resulting in a "printed organ" where there is no biological connection between cells—merely simple stacking—and completely lacking the attached structures it should have, such as nerve vessels.

To break through the bottleneck of biological 3D printing technology, the cells cultivated must be of the same quality as human muscle cells, and secondly, it is necessary to design an entirely new biological 3D printer. This printer must be able to shape not just the form of an organ using cells but also all the microscopic structures and create biological connections between the cells.

This kind of biological 3D printer represents a completely different level of technology than existing products, and the difficulty is immense.

Ex vivo organ cultivation technology faces similar problems. Organs cultivated using animal parasitic techniques are also merely accumulations of cells, and the connections between cells are problematic, lacking attached structures as well.

To solve this problem, one must decipher the genetic information related to these cells, understand how they differentiate automatically, how they develop and grow, and how cells self-connect to form three-dimensional spatial structures, ultimately transforming stem cells into a complex organ.

Is it easier to cultivate an apple detached from an apple tree, or to artificially create an apple?

Yang Ping was still unsure which of the two technological paths was superior or which would reach the shore first.

Currently, Yang Ping was working on experiments in both directions. Once a wrong path is chosen on the Tech Tree, it’s difficult to turn back, but Yang Ping didn’t want to choose one over the other; he wanted both technological paths, lighting up both branches of the Tech Tree. When the time came, he would choose whichever grew better.

Designing a biological 3D printer was clearly his weak spot, but it wasn’t unfeasible; at least any equipment in the System Laboratory could be purchased with points and obtained instantly, and then he could carry out the ultimate dissection and research. The library in the system also had all relevant books, providing the possibility of designing a new generation of biological 3D printers.

Cultivating organs ex vivo, a process that does not involve non-biological technology, was Yang Ping’s strength, but deciphering genetic coding was a very difficult task. Deciphering is not just knowing what gene fragments there are, but also understanding their functions and how they’re expressed.

Yang Ping checked the points in the System Space; they had dropped to just over eight million. Continuing the experiment this way would be difficult, and it wouldn’t last much longer.

To gain points, Yang Ping had no choice but to tirelessly publish papers.

The rules of the system are as follows: earn points based on actions in the real world, such as performing surgeries, improving surgical techniques, inventing new techniques, creating new theories—

And following this order, performing surgeries yielded the fewest points, while creating new theories offered the most.

The reason is simple: no matter how well you perform an existing technique, its effectiveness has a ceiling; but if you can invent a new technique to address the shortcomings of the current one, the surgical effect will undoubtedly improve significantly.

For example, in the treatment of the cranial base and upper cervical spine, previously, no matter how highly skilled the doctors were, it was difficult to achieve good results. Either the patient died or got paralyzed, and only a few successful cases were enough to classify the surgeon as top.

Later, thanks to the doctors’ efforts and the continuous improvement of surgical techniques, this type of surgery has become very mature. Basically, there are no longer instances of death or paralysis. This is the huge benefit that innovation brings to humanity.

Even the best horse can’t match the speed of an airplane.

Even the best vision can’t compare to radar detection.

This is why the system rewards innovation. The system also believes that if Yang Ping has innovative achievements, these must be recognized by the rules of reality. If you don’t publish a paper or if the journal you publish in is of low prestige, the points you receive will be low. If you publish in a top-tier journal and gain global recognition, the points will be very high.

To earn a substantial number of points and push his research topics forward, the fastest way for Yang Ping is to bomb these top journals with his papers.

This time he decided to smash 11 papers on them, to burst out a large number of points, just like farming gold coins in a video game.

No, 12 papers. As Yang Ping thought, he took out another manuscript from his drawer. This manuscript needed significant revisions, and he decided to do a good job on it.

Smash! Smash them hard! For the points, Yang Ping had no choice but to hit CNS, since they are the world’s top and have the most gold coins.

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Liang Fatty knocked on the door and entered Yang Ping’s office.

Yang Ping asked him what’s the matter. Fatty closed the door and said with difficulty, "Professor, I need a favor. Don’t charge Liao Yiyi for the emergency helicopter service; I’ll cover that expense. Is that okay?"

"Just this?" Yang Ping asked Fatty.

Liang Fatty hesitated again, "Professor, one more favor, could you talk to them and get a discounted price?"

After all, this expense would be tens of thousands, and for a penny-pincher like Liang Fatty, it was like cutting his own flesh.

"Anything else?" Yang Ping asked.

Liang Fatty thought for a moment. "That’s all."

"You don’t have to pay for it; the helicopter service is free for you this time. Dr. Liang has that much influence. No need to do ward rounds in the next few days; I won’t be doing them. Cover for me and visit Liao Yiyi more often," Yang Ping said with a smile.

Free?

How could that be?

The emergency helicopter belonged to the hospital, not personally to Professor Yang. How could it be free just like that?

Liang Fatty was completely baffled.

Yang Ping explained, "Don’t worry. Boss Huang has already paid the fee for you. As I said, Dr. Liang has that much influence. Go do your rounds now. We, as doctors, must have a sense of responsibility—check on the patients more often throughout the day, communicate more with them, and regard them as family, understand?"

Liang Fatty immediately understood, quickly left the office, and said, "Thank you, Professor, thank you!"