Chapter 1274 Spinal Muscular Atrophy
At around 11 o'clock at noon, Chen Tianlin finished the work at hand and planned to go to the hospital canteen for lunch. As a result, when he was almost walking to the hospital canteen, he saw a young woman rushing out from the side path, and then stopped him.
In front of Director Liu of the Department of Neurology, he begged Director Liu with red eyes: "Director Liu! My child is not even one year old yet. Please save him, please?"
Director Liu saw the young woman standing in front of him and thought of the condition of the young woman's child. An apologetic expression appeared on his face and he said, "Li Shuqin! Your child has spinal muscular atrophy. This disease is very rare. According to our hospital,
The current teaching staff is simply not capable of treating this disease, so I still suggest you take your child to a large hospital in Yanjing or Shanghai to try your luck."
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) refers to a type of disease that causes muscle weakness and muscle atrophy due to the degeneration of the anterior horn cells of the spinal cord. Half of the patients develop the disease within 1 month of birth, and the incidence is equal in men and women. SMA-II type is more common.
SMA-Ⅰ type is slightly later, usually onset within 1 year of age, rarely onset between 1 and 2 years old.
When Chen Tianlin was working in the United States in his previous life, a scientific research institution in the United States successfully developed a drug to treat this disease. The price of this drug in the United States was only more than two hundred dollars per injection. However, after it was introduced to China, due to some illegal
Due to the malicious monopoly of businessmen, the price of a shot has soared from more than two hundred dollars to hundreds of thousands. To completely cure this disease, tens of millions of treatment fees will be needed.
Such a high cost of treatment may not be a big deal to wealthy families, but to ordinary families, it is simply an unaffordable cost of treatment, so this disease is called a child killer by the Chinese medical community.
In his previous life, when Chen Tianlin was studying in the United States, his graduate tutor was involved in the development of this medicine. Because his tutor admired Chen Tianlin, he took Chen Tianlin with him as an assistant. Chen Tianlin was involved in the research of this medicine in disguise.
job, so he is also very clear about the formula of this medicine.
After Chen Tianlin was reborn, he ignored this matter because he had the assistance of the medical assistance system. If he hadn't encountered the scene that just happened, Chen Tianlin would not have remembered that he had the formula to cure spinal muscular atrophy.
Thinking of the formula of the potion, Chen Tianlin turned around and walked up to Director Liu and asked, "Director Liu! What happened?"
Director Liu saw Chen Tianlin's arrival and thought of Chen Tianlin's medical achievements, so he introduced: "Director Chen! The situation is like this. This lady's child was sent to our hospital for examination the day before yesterday. When the baby was lying flat, his lower limbs
She had a frog-legged posture, the chest showed a characteristic bell-shaped deformity, and her respiratory muscle weakness was very prominent. After a series of examinations, we found that her child had spinal muscular atrophy."
"There is currently no effective treatment for this disease not only in our country, but also abroad, let alone our hospital, so I suggested that this lady take her child to a hospital in a big city to try it.
luck."
When Chen Tianlin heard the situation introduced by Director Liu, he thought of the pharmaceutical formula in his mind and said to Director Liu: "Director Liu! I was engaged in research on this disease a few years ago, and I just made some progress not long ago. I am about to go away.
We were looking for patients there to conduct clinical experiments, but I didn’t expect that your department would accept such a patient.”
"Director Chen! What did you say? You have developed a drug that can treat spinal muscular atrophy. Is this true?" When Director Liu heard Chen Tianlin's answer, an extremely shocked expression appeared on his face, and he excitedly asked
Chen Tianlin confirmed the news.
Chen Tianlin heard Director Liu's inquiry and felt Director Liu's excitement. He nodded subconsciously and replied: "Director Liu! This is absolutely true, but does the drug I developed have any effect on spinal muscular atrophy?"
If it is effective, clinical trials are needed before the results can be determined."
Although this drug was not developed by Director Liu, the fact that their neurology department can have this drug means that their neurology department will be as famous in the international medical community as the oncology department.
After confirming that Chen Tianlin had really developed this drug, Director Liu quickly said to the young woman standing in front of him: "Li Shuqin! Did you hear the conversation I had with Director Chen just now? Your child's illness will not be affected by our country.
Even in big hospitals abroad, there is no medicine that can cure it."
"Although the drug developed by Director Chen has not gone through clinical trials, it has great promise in curing your child's disease. Now it's up to you and your family, are you willing to give it a try?"
When Li Shuqin heard what Director Liu said, a tangled expression appeared on her face, and she replied: "Director Liu! I need to discuss this matter with my husband and family before I can give you an answer!"
Director Liu heard Li Shuqin's answer and saw Li Shuqin's troubled expression. He immediately understood what Li Shuqin was worried about, and then introduced to Li Shuqin: "Li Shuqin! I guess you don't know how powerful our Director Chen is. Currently, our hospital is
The two drugs used, Zhiai Ling and Zhiwei Ling, were developed by our Director Chen."
The reason why Li Shuqin is entangled is that on the one hand, the medicine Chen Tianlin mentioned has not gone through clinical trials. If it is given to her son, it means that her child will become a guinea pig in clinical trials. On the other hand, Chen Tianlin is very young.
, she simply did not believe that Chen Tianlin could develop this kind of drug, so she rejected Director Liu's suggestion on the pretext of going home to discuss it with her family.
Now when she learned that the young man in front of her was Director Chen, who was well-known in Jiangcheng City, Li Shuqin's face suddenly showed a shocked expression, and she quickly confirmed to Director Liu: "Director Liu! You are talking about this doctor, who is
Director Chen from the oncology department of your hospital?"
When Director Liu heard Li Shuqin's inquiry, he immediately realized that Li Shuqin rejected his proposal because of Chen Tianlin's age. Seeing the shocked expression on Li Shuqin's face, Director Liu nodded subconsciously and replied: "Li Shuqin
! Let me make a grand introduction to you. This is Director Chen of the Oncology Department of our Jiangcheng Affiliated Hospital,"
"With Director Chen's reputation in the international medical community, if he publicly says that he has developed a drug to treat spinal muscular atrophy and now needs to recruit clinical trial candidates, it is estimated that many parents of patients will rush to sign up. Now is the opportunity
It's right in front of you, and it's up to you how you choose."
Li Shuqin had heard of Chen Tianlin a long time ago and knew that Chen Tianlin was very young, but she never imagined that the legendary Director Chen could be so young. When Li Shuqin heard what Director Liu said, she quickly replied: "Director Liu! I
Chapter completed!