Chapter 342 An Incurable Disease? (2/2)
Doubt and disbelief immediately clouded Wang Zeyu's face. How was it possible to cure AIDS? This was an incurable disease! There was practically no cure.
In reality, medical institutions had explored dozens of treatment programs since the birth of the AIDS disease. However, most treatment options could only offer effective relief; they could not completely cure the disease itself.
HIV was very fragile. There were many ways to kill it. For example, there was a kind of red wine that could kill up to 70% of HIV in the body after ingestion. Also, AIDs medications like Tivicay, Truvada, etc could kill HIV in the human body. However, the power of HIV was in its ability to make a comeback. Even if 99.9% of the virus was killed, as long as there was one cell remaining, the disease would return.
HIV was very smart. After experiencing danger, it would hide in T cells and go into a dormant state. It would erupt again after a while. It was very difficult to remove its roots.
Also, due to the virus' increasing resistance to medication, many drugs would gradually become ineffective against HIV. Patients would eventually die from various complications flaring up. AIDS was one of the most difficult diseases to overcome.
Of course, the most terrible thing about AIDS was the various social and ethical issues it brought on. Besides, the patient had to face public criticism, alienation by family and friends, intangible isolation, etc. These mental wounds were far worse than the physical symptoms of the illness.
However, in Chen Jin's book, AIDS was not even worth mentioning. Based on Haierfa's level of medical technology, there were at least five or six ways to cure AIDs. There was genetic engineering, nano-robot removal, drug blocking, etc. It was as easy as dealing with a cold.
”Brother Chen, are those only words of comfort? I've checked a lot of information. AIDs is difficult to cure!” Wang Zeyu said.
”Little Brother Ze, this is a surprise that I want to give you,” Chen Jin explained. ”Even I have just learned about this. A biological research center under Xing Hai Technologies has developed a brand new drug that cuts off a certain gene on human T cell DNA. This would prevent the disease from identifying a target for invasion. After the virus has been cleared out, another drug can be used to repair the gene. This will achieve a perfect cure for AIDS.”
Chen Jin had done his homework beforehand.
Wang Zeyu's eyes finally lit up, his face was filled with hope.
That's great! Really great!” he exclaimed with great emotion.
Chen Jin's professional tone comforted Wang Zeyu. He was probably not lying, there was a cure!
”Little Brother Ze, I can give you the cure. However, you have to pay a little treatment fee by giving me something,” Chen Jin said.
”Ah, what do you want, Brother Chen? If I have it, I will give it to you right away!”
Wang Zeyu was a little nervous. He was only left with a few thousand dollars as spare change. His family had frozen several of his bank accounts and he could not withdraw much money.
Chen Jin smiled.
”Give me the watch on your left hand. I've always wanted to collect this watch,” he said.
”Ok, Brother Chen, I will give you this watch!”
Wang Zeyu took off the watch on his wrist. Compared with his own life, what was the value of a mere watch? Chen Jin reached out to receive the watch and gave a silent sigh. The last atomic watch had come back to him.
”Little Brother Ze, please believe in the technology of my company. The next few weeks will be your journey of resurrection! You will get a new life.”
”Ok!” Wang Zeyu nodded.
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In Junting Grand Court, Wang Zeyu actively cooperated with the various treatments that Chen Jin had arranged for him.
On another side of the country, chaos was occurring. Nobody knew who it was, but someone had exposed the news that Wang Zeyu (Young Master Wang) had contracted AIDS. They shared the medical report, which was akin to a fatal blow.
In an instant, a bomb had been dropped on the entire entertainment industry!