Chapter 1444: Chapter 1077: Turning Point Chapter 1444: Chapter 1077: Turning Point After Professor Chang’s rabies virus was completely eliminated, he was transferred from the ICU to the general ward for recovery treatment.

Other than bilateral lower limb spasticity, he has no other sequelae; the treatment was very successful. Yang Ping didn’t have time to summarize the rabies treatment, so he handed over the summarization of this new method to the Infectious Diseases Department and ICU of Nandu Affiliated Hospital No. 1, as a small gift to his father-in-law.

The Infectious Diseases Department and ICU of Nandu Affiliated Hospital No. 1 can certainly establish a project based on this new method and then conduct further research. So far, this method only has successful individual cases, but regardless of the success rate in larger samples, it has achieved a breakthrough from zero.

Not long after Sisi was discharged, she returned to Sanbo Hospital for K-virus treatment, which now requires a treatment every four weeks, that is, treatment once, with a three-week interval, and each treatment necessitates a one-week hospital stay. For Sisi, she has gotten used to switching between the hospital and school, and compared to before, this transition is now relaxed and regular; moreover, each treatment brings more hope.

The K-virus treatment has already formed a set of standard procedures, and this time it was completely carried out according to the standard process: injection of K-virus treatment, then immediately after the injection, 6 hours later, 12 hours later, 24 hours later, 48 hours later, 72 hours later… blood samples were taken for viral concentration tests, and on the third and seventh days, tumor biopsies were performed twice to obtain live tissue for cytological examination.

The experiments were not as tense and worrisome as before. Now, after several mutations, the impact of the K-virus on the human body is negligible, except for low-grade fever for three to five days, and there are no other more severe adverse reactions. Other than drinking more water and monitoring the temperature, no medical intervention is needed.

More than twelve hours after the blood draw, Yang Ping had not received a call from Professor Zhang Zhiwei; usually, he would receive the first data report from Professor Zhang about three hours after the blood draw. Why is there no response for so long this time? Yang Ping checked his mobile phone, which wasn’t out of credit, and the network was normal.

Perhaps there was a difficulty in the experiment, such as a bug in the image recognition software. As recently released software, it needs continuous upgrades and improvements, and it’s not surprising to encounter a bug from time to time. Yang Ping continued to wait patiently for the data.

During the waiting period, he continued to ponder the next steps, and he analyzed the many directions of tumor treatment development worldwide, trying to find some valuable new clues.

Professor Zhang Zhiwei’s call came, and his tone was anxious, “Professor Yang, is there any problem with this sample? Why can’t a single tumor cell infected by the K virus be found?”

“Not a single one?” Yang Ping wanted to confirm again.

For a rigorous researcher, any question must not be dismissed lightly. Any anomaly that occurs must first be considered as existing, followed by serious contemplation.

A gastroenterology specialist from a domestic university missed the chance to win the Nobel Prize during his doctoral study because he rashly negated an anomaly in the experiment. While researching the pathogenesis of gastric cancer during his doctorate, he found an unfamiliar bacterium in the stomach contents of a patient, so he told his mentor, who laughed and said, “Are you silly? The human digestive system is an open pipe structure that takes in food and water from the outside world daily. There are plenty of bacteria in food and water, so isn’t it very normal to have bacteria in the stomach? The intestinal tract is also a bacterial hub of the human body, with countless bacteria gathered there.” Ashamed, the doctoral student bowed his head, agreeing with the mentor, thinking how naive he was to believe he had discovered significant new information. Later, a doctor from Australia also discovered this bacterium in the stomach. He did not easily negate this anomaly and continued to study and analyze the isolated bacterium, eventually finding it to be Helicobacter pylori, which is closely related to gastric cancer. For this achievement, the doctor and another colleague who researched together later received the Nobel Prize.

This phenomenon is very strange. It was all good before, with the experiment succeeding more with each attempt. How could something like this happen all of a sudden?

“At first, I thought there was a problem with the image recognition software, but all our researchers manually checked many images, and the result was the same; no tumor cells were infected, let alone having the K virus trigger the apoptosis program,” said Professor Zhang Zhiwei, increasingly agitated.

Yang Ping immediately said, “We need to do a two-sided analysis, considering this as a fact and potentially a mistake. We can’t just do one-sided analysis, as it’s easy to overlook real issues. I will come over immediately to analyze the anomalies with you.”

If this is fact, it indicates the experiment encountered a completely unexpected new problem. Yang Ping rushed to the Virology Laboratory at Nandu Medical University; he needed to see what was happening firsthand. How could this happen? It was too unexpected, and a thorough and careful analysis was necessary to determine the cause.

Upon arrival at Nandu Medical University, Professor Zhang and the laboratory researchers were discussing the unexpected situation of this trial. Seeing Yang Ping walk in, everyone stopped their discussion.

Yang Ping sat down, “Continue the discussion, I’m also here to join, to analyze the underlying reasons with everyone.”

Professor Zhang Zhiwei said, “Professor Yang, why don’t you take a look at some cellular images under the electron microscope yourself before we discuss?”