Chapter 8 Lawless Madman Ross_1

The old professor's face was filled with joy.

"Perhaps we can add isoproterenol or atropine-like drugs to the NZT, along with a certain amount of glucose, to address the issue of blood supply and energy to some extent. Combined with NZT, the effect will definitely be better."

"No, Professor Calvin," I think it's better to wrap it in chocolate. Glucose will react with... I believe chocolate is more suitable than glucose."

Qin Ming modified his suggestion and provided his own reasoning and explanation.

"Young man, perhaps the title of Doctor doesn't suit you, as at least in my time as a doctoral supervisor, I've never seen a PhD candidate as intelligent and creative as you."

Other members of the group nodded in agreement with Professor Calvin's words, showing looks of amazement and awe.

In the past few days, they watched as Qin Ming went from having no understanding of biomedical knowledge to being profoundly knowledgeable and even capable of proposing his unique insights and thoughts, which made all the masters and PhD candidates feel ashamed of their learning speed.

Especially Anna, who had been teased by those around her because of that incident, was full of resentment. Reluctantly, she had to admit the terror of the young man's capabilities.

Qin Ming, sensing the vast amount of knowledge in his mind and the astonished looks in the laboratory, suddenly felt that his week of effort had not been wasted.

In less than a week, Qin Ming went from a novice who was not proficient in basic bacterial culture and microscope operation to someone who could confidently handle equipment and complete most experiments on his own.

He even finished reading and learning most of the profound knowledge only encountered at the doctoral stage.

Such subjects included molecular biology, cell biology, biochemistry, pharmacology, genetics, neuroscience, and many others.

This learning speed made all the scientists at the base collectively feel a sense of defeat.

Even with their brains developed, they were not as abnormal as this.

Everyone was taking NZT-48, but why were you so outstanding?

Qin Ming had long known the answer to their thoughts, his IQ and brain development level were somewhat higher.

Each person reacts differently to the drug; those with lower IQs see less effect. This hint was also present in the original story, where the hooligan who took the drug had a completely different effect than Eddie, the protagonist. This drug doesn't grant brain potential; it develops it, and it's closely related to one's genetics and physical constitution.

As for Qin Ming, with a brain that ranked first in his key high school, he naturally stood out among the rest.

Apart from IQ, it seemed that the degree to which each person's brain developed after taking the drug also varied.

No, perhaps it should be called the activation level.

After days of focused learning and research in the laboratory, he had come to understand the mechanism behind NZT-48. It was not about developing the brain but activating it.

Qin Ming's previous idea was incorrect; there's no such thing as developing the brain, which is a false proposition. The so-called brain development should actually be referred to as brain activation.

According to the existing research in the base laboratory, the average person's brain is less than twenty percent active during normal times.

The remaining ten percent or more is controlled by the subconscious, overseeing various physiological activities of the human body, such as the heartbeat in the blood circulation system, erection, and the peristaltic movement of the stomach and intestines in the digestive system, among others.

However, excluding the state of sleep, the brain's energy consumption in ordinary people accounts for at least 20% of the total energy consumption of the body, and it is even more for those who work with their minds.

Qin Ming deduced that this might be the result of an evolutionary period designed to better compete with other species on Earth. To reduce heat consumption, the body provides more heat to the muscles, and the brain actively puts a majority of nerve cells into a dynamic sleep state with low energy consumption.

In other words, the part of the human brain that is currently activated is sufficient. Using more brain cells would be a burden to the body.

And the function of NZT-48 is to activate the dormant brain.

Thus, Qin Ming realized that this might be a protective mechanism of the brain. If you were to fully activate it, the heat generated from 15 billion nerve cells would be terrifying, let alone the problem of brain cooling that arises with increased energy consumption. The high temperatures produced by running at full capacity could cook the brain!

This was the very idea that Professor Calvin had just praised!

Only with a CT scanner and an electroencephalogram (EEG) monitor could one know the current state of brain activation.

Now, the base had only an EEG monitor and lacked other equipment. It could only measure roughly.

Under Calvin's leadership, Group One had a direction for developing stronger medications and was making headway towards stabilizing the active state,

but Group Two, which focused on treating liver cancer, was at an impasse.

Osborne had developed dark circles under his eyes these past few days. Seeing Qin Ming enter the lab, he couldn't help but give a bitter smile.

"We've tried countless drugs and methods, and it's hard to kill them all without harming normal cells," he said.

"Perhaps only the nanobots from sci-fi movies can precisely kill those cunning cancer cells!"

Nanobots? We might encounter them in the future.

Upon hearing this, Qin Ming thought of the nanoworms in Blood Warrior that repaired the human body, the alien nanobots in 'The Day the Earth Stood Still' that devoured steel and divided infinitely, and the liquid nano T3000 robots in Terminator.

Actually, killing cancer cells is simple, whether through radioactive chemotherapy or chemical chemotherapy; both can easily kill cancer cells. The difficulty lies in how to kill all the cancer cells without harming normal body cells.

Therefore, Osborne first abandoned traditional chemotherapy and radiation therapy, turning his research focus to the new international direction of targeted drugs, but he soon found that the molecular-targeted drugs that specifically kill cancer cells can lead to drug resistance, insufficient to cure advanced cancer.

Qin Ming knew that even scientists whose brains had been activated would not find it easy to develop a perfect anti-cancer drug in a short time.

Keep in mind that even international pharma giants, investing billions of dollars and spending more than a decade, might not succeed in cancer drug research.

Indeed, our bodies have their own biological nanobots that can kill cancer cells, such as T cells and NK killer cells.

Immunotherapy is about activating one's own T cells to kill cancer cells.

Qin Ming, based on his memories from 2023, advised them to focus their breakthrough efforts on immunotherapy.

Of course, targeted drugs should not be neglected either; even if they cannot cure, they could provide a delay.

Now that a direction had been set, there remained the issue of equipment and materials.

The base's existing equipment was primarily for developing NZT-48 and exploring the brain; however, many other specialized devices were needed for cancer research.

And those devices were not available in the base, which posed a bit of a problem for Qin Ming.

It seemed that he needed to gather funds to purchase the equipment. Both projects required new devices, in addition to the compensation he had previously promised them.

Qin Ming thought so to himself.

Raising the money leisurely was definitely not an option. With only a little more than twenty days left in this world, the fastest ways to get money were written in the criminal code.

So,

Ross!

Ross, the lawless ruffian, it's up to you now!

What was Ross doing at this moment?