"His experint has already been replicated by different individuals..."
The eting room quieted down, and the committee mbers flipped through the materials, their faces gradually revealing expressions of disbelief.
"These data... are astonishing." said one immunologist committee mber, "If verified, this ans we need to change our entire approach to chronic diseases, from suppressing symptoms to restoring the system’s self-regulatory capability."
"But the theory is still young," another mber reminded, "Only three months of follow-up data, lacking long-term safety data. Moreover, the theory itself has philosophical undertones, unlike traditional molecular chanisms that are so clear."
Professor Carlson nodded: "That’s precisely the point of contention. But please recall the paradigm shifts in the history of dicine, from the humoral theory to germ theory, from anatomy to molecular biology. Each shift was initially deed ’too vague’ and ’unscientific’. But what ultimately propelled dicine forward were these fundantal shifts in perspective."
"Moreover, many revolutionary theories were first proposed as hypotheses, like the double helix structure of DNA. Professor Yang Ping’s hypothesis has already been verified; it can be said that this is no longer a hypothesis but can be considered a theory."
She pulled up the final chart: the publication trends of keywords "systemic dicine", "regulatory theory", "holistic dicine" in global dical journals. The curve soared from nearly zero five years ago to now, exceeding three thousand articles.
"Consensus is forming in the academic community, Professor Yang Ping’s work is not an isolated breakthrough, but has ignited a new field of research."
The discussion lasted for three hours, with strong voices of support and opposition.
Ultimately, Professor Carlson concluded: "According to procedure, we need to conduct a more in-depth investigation. I suggest forming a special team to conduct an onsite visit to Sanbo Research Institute, interview Professor Yang Ping and his team, review the original data. At the sa ti, we invite twenty global experts in related fields for independent evaluation."
"What if the verification passes?" soone asked.
"Then," Professor Carlson said slowly, "We could be witnessing a historical mont; the Nobel Prize not only rewards a specific discovery but also the birth of a new dical mindset. This will be the first ti in the century-long history of the award that it recognizes a theoretical frawork and not just a technological breakthrough."
The eting ended, and the committee mbers left with varying expressions.
The news couldn’t remain entirely confidential, and that afternoon, rumors began circulating in Stockholm’s academic circles: "This year’s Nobel Prize might have groundbreaking news."
...
Nandu, Sanbo Research Institute.
Tang Shun was caught in a sweet dilemma; the institute was developing too fast, space was running short, and the new building hadn’t been constructed yet.
"Director Tang, Chu Xiaoxiao’s team is requesting the addition of two biological safety cabinets, their vaccine enhancer research requires processing more clinical samples." Assistant Chen followed behind him with a folder.
"The bioinformatics group wants to upgrade the servers; their multi-omics database has already reached 5PB." Another assistant caught up.
"Also, the United States NIH delegation is visiting this afternoon; they want to discuss international cooperation..."
Tang Shun raised his hand: "One at a ti. First, solve the space issue, hasn’t the administrative building at the hospital side been vacated for a while now? I’ll go ask Dean Xia for another floor, count it as the institute temporarily borrowing from the hospital. The server upgrade is approved, but we need to negotiate the price down. NIH’s delegation... I need to consult Professor Yang; hold on."
"I just saw Professor Yang in the office; wait for ; I’ll go ask him."
"Never mind, I’ll just call."
Tang Shun picked up his phone, and after a few minutes of conversation, he shook his head helplessly: "The professor is very busy this afternoon, can’t make ti. He needs to send Xiao Shu with Mrs. Yang to get a vaccine; I’ll handle receiving the delegation myself."
Xiao Shu is the nickna of Yang Ping’s son.
"Vaccine?" Assistant Chen was taken aback.
"Yes, the regular vaccine for one-year-olds, scheduled for the afternoon." Tang Shun looked at his watch, "The professor is worried that Mrs. Yang might feel overwheld taking Xiao Shu alone; he said he has to help."
Assistant Chen looked puzzled; Professor Yang might be the most important dical figure of our ti, and his primary concern at the mont is his son’s vaccination record and whether he’ll cry.
...
Yang Ping checked the ti; he needed to leave work and head ho, and in the afternoon, he had to take his son to get vaccinated with Xiao Su. Passing through the public office area, he heard Zhang Wei and Wang Cheng arguing.
"I’ve been saying it all along; the data from these comrcial wristbands is inherently unreliable!" Zhang Wei’s voice was louder than usual, though he was still wearing that blue-light wristband on his wrist, "Look at this heart rate monitor; the error can reach ±10 beats/minute!"
Wang Cheng crossed his arms: "Yo, Zhang Bo, changed your tune? Weren’t you boasting about your score of 90 every day before?"
Zhang Bo’s face flushed red, holding his neck stiff: "That... that was a strategic move! I purchased it for deep penetration to collect evidence! Look at my wristband data from the past month, compared with my synchronized dical-grade ECG patch data..."
He pulled up graphs on his laptop, indeed showing significant fluctuations in the comrcial wristband data while the dical device data remained smooth and stable.
"I’ve already collected comparative data on five major products." Zhang Wei lowered his voice, but his tone couldn’t hide his smugness, "When my analysis report cos out, it’ll be a tough pill for those companies to swallow. Aren’t they fond of jumping on the systemic dicine bandwagon? I’ll show them what real intricate analysis by a proper doctor is all about!"
Yang Ping listened, secretly amused. He knew Zhang Wei’s vain personality well; clearly, he had been fooled himself but had to fra it as an undercover investigation. But this was fine; at least it prompted a serious comparative study.
Just then, Chu Xiaoxiao burst out from the lab, the young doctorate graduate wore a hoodie with cartoon antibody illustrations and a high ponytail, waving a report excitedly.
"Professor!" Chu Xiaoxiao’s eyes sparkled, her voice trembled with excitent, "We’ve iterated again on the vaccine enhancer; see the data—"
Yang Ping took the report and browsed it quickly, "Very good, continue the research, keep iterating, optimize the enhancer."
"Yes!" Chu Xiaoxiao nodded excitedly.
"Well done, Xiaoxiao." Yang Ping genuinely praised, "Compile the data, prepare to submit to ’Nature Immunology’. This discovery deserves global visibility, so of our papers need strategic allocation, so core ones in our own journal, others in top journals to raise research visibility, gain discourse power—discourse power is crucial."
"Already drafting!" Chu Xiaoxiao clenched her fists, "The other four doctorate mbers also have progress, we’ve scheduled to hold a joint group eting next week to integrate the results!"
Yang Ping continued walking, almost bumping into Lu Xiaolu at the corridor’s corner, who was busy reading a stack of printed papers while walking.
"Xiao Lu, watch the way."
"Professor! Look at this newly published ’Cell’ paper!" Lu Xiaolu eagerly handed over a paper, "The Cambridge Team independently replicated our finding on the coupling of TIM with cell tabolism, and they’ve expanded it to discover that under hypoxia, the TIM system actively adjusts cell identity status to adapt to the environnt!"
Yang Ping browsed the abstract, smiled: "Good, this shows the theory is being widely accepted. Send an email to the Cambridge Team, invite them to participate in next month’s network seminar on systemic dicine."
"Already sent! They imdiately replied positively!"
Sanbo Research is now very enthusiastic about network seminars; the network is so well-developed, seminars can be held anyti, and even without face-to-face etings, it achieves face-to-face effects.
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