Medal of the Republic 功勋 Episode 39

The new antimalarial drugs have been used for several years, but there is no result, but the 523 research group is about to be relaunched, and Tu Youyou is still the research group leader. Tu Youyou’s mother sent the packaged zongzi. Now that even Qu Yuan is not allowed to mention it, it will not be able to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival. It is still very good that Tu Youyou and Li Tingzhao can eat zongzi today. Tu Youyou said that the 523 research team had restarted work, and Li Tingzhao was really happy for her.

Two new members of the 523 research group are Zhao Dongmei and Li Huizhu. The 523 research group restarted work. Tu Youyou wanted to use fresh Artemisia annua, but everyone was silent. In the previous two years of criticism, an old expert would be criticized for experimenting with fresh herbs from the wild. The herbal medicine is not Chinese medicine. But Tu Youyou thinks it should be bold to try, but they didn't want to get involved with sensitive issues, so they quickly found excuses to go home. Tu Youyou took Liang Xihua and Li Wei to find Qu Guangming to get Artemisia annua. Tu Youyou thought that we should pay attention to the seasonality and took two sacks of Artemisia annua. After that, Tu Youyou took the four team members to pick fresh Artemisia annua. Li Tingzhao made glutinous rice balls for Tu Youyou, and talked about the problem of making fermented rice. The temperature should not be too high or too low. Tu Youyou immediately thought of the issue of Qinghao, and quickly thanked Li Tingzhao. The key to the problem is temperature!

Too high temperature will destroy the efficacy of Artemisia annua, so Tu Youyou decided to extract it at low temperature to see if there is any difference. Several people were working, and Old Xu came to wander around. Tu Youyou led the 523 research group to extract Artemisia annua many times, and a series of subsequent experiments proved her idea. This is a huge breakthrough from zero to one. Tu Youyou took the ether to tell Old Xu and Director Zhou about his achievements. Although this thing looks inconspicuous, the inhibition rate has reached 100% and has been stable. However, the experiments on small animals are very successful, but the next step is to try on large animals.

Tu Youyou’s achievements made old Xu happy, and she was extremely supportive of her work. The research team had to conduct experiments and mass production. The manpower was definitely not enough. Old Xu and Director Zhou had to provide them with more manpower and also provide the research team. Pay overtime pay. Tu Youyou also laughed. Old Xu was very surprised when he saw this scene. He always thought that Tu Youyou would not laugh. Qu Guangming's attitude towards Tu Youyou was much better, and he even specially retrieved the "Huangdi Neijing".

The people in the research group were extracting ether in batches, making it smell like noses all over the body, because Tu Youyou's eyes were red because they didn't have the funds to protect them. Li Tingzhao wanted to fight for a new project. Tu Youyou understood that he had a good foundation, and it was indeed a pity to engage in sports all day long. Qu Guangming, Li Wei and others were itchy all over because of the extraction in the laboratory, and Tu Youyou also had a nosebleed. The ether content in the room was too high, and Tu Youyou and others hurriedly opened the window to let in the wind. Tu Youyou looked for a fan at home and said that the laboratory should be borrowed. She took many things from the house to the laboratory, but Li Tingzhao was not angry.

The experimental report of the monkey malaria model came out. Old Xu and Director Zhou asked Tu Youyou as a representative to make a report at the 523 report meeting. The extract on Qu Guangming's cotton jacket couldn't be removed by brushing, so he secretly ran back to the laboratory to get a lot of organic solution, but he didn't expect it would fall off as soon as he brushed it. Tu Youyou, who was having a meeting in Nanjing, received a call from Old Xu, saying that Director Zhang had arranged for various departments to come to the institute to learn from him, and he kept saying that Tuyou did a good job. Qu Guangming used a hair dryer to ignite the ether in the laboratory. The laboratory exploded and caught fire. Qu Guangming was shocked. After Tu Youyou returned to Beijing, the laboratory was already in a mess. The experimental records were snatched out, and there were no casualties, but almost everything was burned out. Everyone's efforts were wasted for so long, and everyone was sad. Tu Youyou immediately boosted morale. There were loopholes in the safety of the laboratory. Compared with the time it took before, two weeks were nothing at all, and we would not be overwhelmed by the difficulties in front of us.