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v15 Chapter 54: Potential Risks of STAR Cells

"How about it, it's as simple as a Band-Aid!"

While speaking, Zhong Xiongtong moved the radish with the tooth marks on his chopsticks towards Lin Xiu, and then smiled at Lin Xiu quite smugly.

"What an amazing technique, no wonder Hideki Calais is so respected!"

"Yeah, this is the proudest part of this technology. The idea that originally needed embryonic stem cells can only be achieved, but now only the technology of star cells can be realized. Whether it is blood, bones, skin, or organs , tissue, and even glands can be regenerated through the technology of star cells, if we continue to study in this direction, maybe in my lifetime, human beings can achieve immortality!"

"This...this is really too sci-fi!"

"Sci-fi? No... It's all being realized little by little! That's why today's symposium is so eye-catching. If the subsequent operations go well, this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, I think it must belong to Professor Calais..."

"It's amazing, this is really... it's amazing!"

"Well... But, I actually didn't expect that the research progress of the Institute of Physics and Chemistry of Imperial City University would suddenly become so fast. After all, the retina regeneration technology alone, Professor Jialai's team has been studying for ten years. !"

"Wait a minute, didn't you just say that Professor Hideki Kalai realized this technology in mice ten years ago? Why wait until ten years later before this technology can be applied to the clinic? Could it be? ...is there any difficulty?"

"That's a guinea pig for experimentation, not a mouse! Moreover, there is actually a huge gap between the theory and clinical application."

"Eh? What's going on here?"

...

Hearing this, Lin Xiuyi suddenly couldn't wait to take out his notebook from the briefcase on the side, and then began to record it seriously.

"If you explain in detail, the experiment that Hideki Calais tried at Harvard University only demonstrated that star cells can differentiate into terminal tissue cells. The significance of this is to open an unprecedented door for the medical community. However, "What happens to the recipient mouse is not something that Professor Calais has to consider."

"You mean that the mouse will be in danger in terms of health after the transplant?"

"Hey, that's what it means! Professor Calais is a pioneer in the field of regenerative medicine. What he has done is to prove that star cells may be feasible, but how can they be safely applied in the field of clinical medicine, and how can star cells still be used? How much potential it has is something his assistants need to study."

"Wait a minute, there's one more thing I don't quite understand. You just said that the mouse would be in danger in terms of health. Excuse me... what kind of danger is it?"

"This... the generation of star cells is actually very complicated, but if you were to explain it to a layman like you, it is actually a virus carrying a transcribed gene to infect cells that are in a differentiated state. If successful, it will be transcribed. The cells will carry the modified genetic material and continue to divide. And star cells use this technology to change some specific transcription factors, so that ordinary somatic cells have the magical ability of embryonic stem cells, but... This effect In fact, there is still a lot of risk in the mechanism, such as... cancerization!"

"Cancerization? Excuse me...does it mean cancer?"

"Hey, some studies have shown that after infecting a cell, some cancer viruses will write their own genetic information into the cell's DNA, thereby turning normal human cells into cancerous cells. Its mechanism of action is related to Calais. The professor's principles of making star cells are very similar, and we still know very little about how cells work, so ... it's really difficult for us to prove that star cells are safe."

"Then... the retinal regeneration surgery to be performed this time is again..."

"Is this? According to the leaked gossip, it seems that the differentiated cells are manually checked one by one to ensure that there are no cancerous and undifferentiated cells, but... there are also studies claiming that star cells become cancerous. The possibility is very small, but unfortunately these specific research contents are too professional, and I don’t know much about this aspect, so…”

"In other words, star cells can't be considered a 100% safe treatment until now, right!"

"The 100% statement is a bit too harsh, but it will take a long time to prove that star cell therapy is a safe medical method."

"So this is ah……"

Lin Xiuyi replied thoughtfully, and then silently collected his notes.

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Lin Xiuyi and Zhongxiongtong didn't come out together until the izakaya was about to close. When Lin Xiu brought his alumni into a taxi, he breathed a long sigh of relief.

"Sure enough, you need answers from people in the industry to understand the way! The risk of canceration! Perhaps it is something that Sumitomo Pharmaceutical and the Institute of Physics and Chemistry of Teito University are trying to deny! Hiccup!"

The breeze was blowing all the time, and Lin Xiuyi couldn't help but burp, and then he took his briefcase and walked towards the subway station.

Half an hour later, when Lin Xiuyi followed the off-duty crowd out of Kichijoji Station, he couldn't help taking a deep breath after a tired day.

"Huh... By the way, it seems that I have to go to the drugstore to buy some daily necessities for Mingmei!"

Lin Xiu muttered in his heart, then looked around the street, and found that there was a Don Quixote drug store not far away, so he walked towards the location of the store.

Speaking of which, most of the purchasing work on weekdays was done by Rena, but now that Rena was not around, Lin Xiuyi naturally had to do these things himself. When he walked into the store, he was surprised at the dazzling array of products in the store, and then he took a leisurely stroll in the store with the purchase box.

"That... I heard that this brand is more popular recently!"

"Hey, and Don Quixote is still on sale recently, and the price is much cheaper than usual!"

Hearing the word "cheap", Lin Xiuyi couldn't help but stop, then turned around and looked towards the place where the voice came from. He rarely comes to drugstores, so he doesn't know what he should buy, but he should not be mistaken by referring to the preferences of other customers!

Although it was far away, Lin Xiuyi still saw the slogan such as happy o.o1 written on the shelf, which made Lin Xiuyi curious.

"Buy a few more boxes, you'll have to use them anyway!"

"Wait a minute, that guy over there is really perverted. He was staring at me just now! Ah... He's still smiling at me, it's disgusting!"

Eh... It's really annoying, to actually stare at others in such a place, wait a minute, I'll teach him a lesson for you!

"Forget it~lightnovelpub.net~ Let's change to another store!"

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The couple who were choosing the happy o.o1 saw Lin Xiuyi standing not far away, and they couldn't help feeling a chill in their hearts, so the two gave Lin Xiu a bad look, and then left in a hurry. here.

Seeing that the other party suddenly left, Lin Xiuyi stepped forward with some doubts and picked up the happy o.o1 to check it. At this moment, Lin Xiuyi suddenly understood why the couple looked at him a little bit strangely. weird.

"What the hell, why are the two letters mm printed so small!"

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