Surgery Godfather-Chapter 617 - 561: The Breakout Plan

Outside, the atmosphere has changed, but Yang Ping remains oblivious.

Leaning back on his office chair, he is as calm and collected.

His routine tasks are delegated to his associates and a doctor on duty attends to the ward. No one dares to disturb him unless there’s a dire situation.

Everyone knows, Professor Yang prefers quiet.

The successful development of the spinal frame brace skyrocketed Yang Ping’s score, currently at thirty million.

This amount of points can already fund the development of a stem cell muscle cultivation project.

The sense of accomplishment from technological innovation cannot be compared to a single surgery.

A single surgery can only save one person.

A good new technology can save countless lives.

Yang Ping is taking inventory of his laboratory equipment- all that’s missing is an electronic microscope.

He decides to buy it!

If not now, then when? There is no time like the present to feel like a high roller.

The range of equipment available in the system mall is dazzling; every medical device present in real life, whether for clinical application or research, is available.

All kinds of electronic microscopes are available. Yang Ping chose a high-end product, selected it, placed an order and paid for it in one shot, the shopping experience was surprisingly delightful.

For the stem cells to differentiate into muscle cells, the essential step is finding an inducing protein.

Under the guidance of the inducing protein, pluripotent stem cells can then progress towards differentiation into muscle cells.

After gaining a batch of muscle cells as raw materials, use the 3D biological printer to print the organ’s 3D structures, with partial functionality.

This is the current mainstream method, which will likely continue to develop.

The cells that make up organs are of many types. Prior to printing, all types of cells have to be cultivated.

For example, when a 3D printer prints a kidney, nephrons use one type of cell while renal tubules use another type, blood cells use yet another few types of cells.

In doing so, all the intricate structures inside are printed out, only then can the complete functionality of the target organ be achieved.

There’s another approach, guiding stem cells to spontaneously differentiate into a living organ, much like a fertilized egg spontaneously developing into a fetus in the mother’s womb.

Yang Ping chooses the second approach, his logic is very clear: natural cultivation method versus man-made, the former is simpler and closer to the real thing than the latter.

This project is somewhat ambitious, its vast scope may make it difficult to manage.

It’s like a recent graduate, looking at the distant sky at a forty-five-degree angle, thinking "How can I achieve a small goal?

The wonders of the human body amount to more than just a small goal.

Yang Ping thought about buying some muscle from the mall to study its structure, to cultivate muscle, one needs to have a thorough understanding of the structure of the muscle.

However, after a long search, he found no muscle. Buying a piece of muscle is illegal; it’s considered as trading human organs.

Since it’s not for sale, he’ll have to use the specimens he has. He took a small sliver of biceps brachii muscle from a specimen and began to study it under the microscope.

That knowledge already exists; anatomical experts have written countless papers and books on it. However, Yang Ping wanted to see it with his own eyes, the structure of this muscle.

Turning stem cells into muscle cells, has already been successfully accomplished by others.

Duke University used pax7 protein as the inducer to successfully cultivate muscle cells. But these cells are scattered and not arranged in any certain order. Hence, they used a 3D printer. Using the muscle cells as raw materials, they printed out the muscle and successfully implanted it into a human body.

However, they only printed the muscle, they have yet to cultivate it.

Yang Ping meticulously observed and recorded the structures of the muscle cells, muscle fibers, and the muscle itself under the microscope in the lab.

By the time he felt worn out and thought to get some fresh air, the tables in the lab were already filled with drawings.

When Yang Ping emerged from the system lab, he took a few sips of tea and opened the door to his office.

At this time it should be afternoon, a doctor on duty was behind a locked door. Yang Ping asked an intern who replied that Professor Zhang had called for a meeting with Fatty, Little Five, and Zhang Lin.

Zhang Lin has resumed work, his elderly parents are busy taking care of things at home.

Professor Zhang Zongshun managed to get hold of a rare cigar and gave it to Fatty.

So Fatty was fully engaged today, and pulled Zhang Lin along to join the meeting with Professor Zhang.

The door to the doctor’s room then swung open.

Zhang Lin was slouched, trailing behind Professor Zhang, who appeared to be giving him a talking-to.

Yang Ping listened in: "As a father of two already, how have your skills not improved? Your aim is always off!"

Does having two children have anything to do with the level of skill in PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds?

Yang Ping didn’t understand the correlation, if any.

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At Ruixing company’s meeting room, the top-tier management team is having a round table meeting.

The expressions of people varied greatly- majority being angry, frustrated, excited.

Huang Jiacai sat at the head of the table, holding a pen, calmly and attentively listening to everyone’s comments while occasionally taking notes.

"We only have 120 million available funds on paper!"

"All raw material and spare part manufacturers have informed us that they will stop supplying from 8 o’clock tomorrow morning. The supplier of high-strength line told us that if needed, they will prepare goods for us overnight until 8 o’clock tomorrow morning."

"These suppliers stated their regret. If they do not do this, they will not be able to survive for a month. They hope for our understanding."