Lou Gehrig's disease, also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, was scientifically known as "sclerosis." After suffering from this disease, there was still hope of treatment in the early stages, but once it entered the late stages, the probability of recovery through clinical treatment was almost zero. In the face of Hawking's condition, all modern medicine could do was to control the patient's condition.
However, with the technology of the 22nd century, treating this disease was not a big problem.
Medical technology in the timeline of the apocalypse was quite advanced. Before the war, almost 90% of incurable diseases had been solved. And Lou Gehrig's disease was one of the diseases solved.
The simplest way to treat Lou Gehrig's disease was to use the smart medical cabin that Jiang Chen brought to the modern world to cure Ayesha. No matter how serious the muscle tissue necrosis, atrophy, and other symptoms, as long as enough time and culture fluid were spent, it could be effectively treated. As for the accumulation of neurotoxic substances and glutamate between nerve cells, it could be cured by injecting special drugs.
There were medical experts in the apocalypse, and it was not difficult to prepare these drugs.
With mixed emotions, the British Prime Minister left Xin and ended his three-day diplomatic visit.
Before receiving treatment, Hawking asked Jiang Chen a very interesting question.
"Before I start the treatment, may I take the liberty of asking a question?"
"If you plan to ask me if the surgery will be painful, my answer is no," Jiang Chen replied in a humorous tone.
"It has nothing to do with me. I want to ask about the homework you assigned to the students half a month ago. "
"What? You're also interested in the master of cosmology? "Jiang Chen looked at the old man in surprise.
"I'm just curious. Did you discover something?"
The turbid eyes seemed to have the penetrating power to see through the universe as he stared directly into Jiang Chen's eyes.
"Why do you think so?" Jiang Chen asked with a smile.
"Because the number of rockets you launched in the past few years is equivalent to the total number launched by NASA in the past decade." Hawking typed on the keyboard with trembling fingers. "With such frequent space activities, you must have discovered something."
"What has NASA discovered in the past few decades?" Jiang Chen asked back.
Hawking was silent for a long time and typed out a paragraph with his fingers.
"They never answered this question directly, but I'm sure they discovered something. You should keep an eye on Area 51. It's not just a federal military base. "
Hawking didn't elaborate on the details of Area 51. Obviously, as a scholar, it was impossible for him to know too much information.
At the end of the meeting, Jiang Chen asked abruptly.
"If there is an extraterrestrial civilization, and they know we are here, do you think they will be hostile?"
Hawking replied while tapping on the keyboard on the armrest.
"If you have seen my lectures, then you should know very well that I have never doubted this."
Jiang Chen smiled and extended his hand.
"I'm honored that we have the same opinion."
"… Sorry, I can't shake your hand right now."
In mid-October, in Coro City Hospital under Future Biology, accompanied by his three children from the UK, Hawking entered the operating room and lay down in the medical cabin with the help of medical staff.
Considering that all the muscles in his body had atrophied to a rather serious degree, the recovery time might be quite long. The international community also paid extensive attention to Future Biology's solution to the medical problem of LVD.
Conquering any incurable disease was an immeasurable progress in the field of medical research.
Even if the prevalence rate of LVD was not high, the international medical organization still had a strong interest.
However, like the previous few times, Future Biology did not disclose how to treat this incurable disease. It only summarized the treatment process as "muscle tissue repair and neuron repair". The international medical organization also had no way to deal with Future Biology's "stinginess". After all, Future Group was a company, not a scholar. Even if they discovered something, it was impossible to publish a paper on SCI.
In fact, this time it was not that Jiang Chen was stingy, but he couldn't explain it clearly.
The culture fluid used in the medical cabin could accelerate the repair of necrotic cells under the special electromagnetic effect. If medical experts in the apocalypse explained it, they might be able to explain it clearly, but for a layman like Jiang Chen, he could only use this general explanation to fool around.
Anyway, the treatment process was stupid enough. Two nurses put the patient in and remember to change the culture fluid regularly. If he had to describe it, it was almost the same as a washing machine.
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Shortly after the news of Hawking becoming a citizen of Xin spread, countries also made subtle adjustments to their policies on the Moon.
The first was the UA. As the first and only country to send a living person to the Moon, Celestial Trade established a colony on the Moon first, which obviously made them unhappy.
After many rounds of discussion, NASA finally convinced Congress and received a budget of tens of billions of US dollars. The Capitol announced the restart of the Apollo program, and NASA would work with SpaceX to restart the exploration of the Moon. It was reported that many high-tech companies, including Google, would also participate in this national project with a budget of tens of billions of US dollars.
The European Space Agency also announced that it would hold a meeting in Darmstadt to discuss the development of a moon landing plan as soon as possible. However, on the issue of who would pay, countries had not yet reached an agreement. Although ESA was not linked to the European Union, the United Kingdom was obviously quite indifferent to this project after Brexit. Without their rich brother, it was difficult to squeeze out tens of billions of euros to invest in aerospace projects with the finances of France and Germany alone.
The director of ESA called on private companies to invest in the project, but in the case of uncertain commercial prospects, it was unknown whether anyone would invest.
Then there was Hua. The success of the Chang 'e series rockets also made them quite confident in the field of moon landing. Shortly after the meeting at ESA, the mysterious relevant department announced a new space white paper, which included the manned moon landing program as a part of the national space strategy, and the first manned moon landing spacecraft was expected to be launched in 2030.
On the Russian side, due to lack of funds and other reasons, there was no response. However, the Kremlin said that if conditions permitted, they would change the existing space plan and include the moon landing as a part of Russian space activities.
Jiang Chen did not feel threatened by the countries that were provoked.
Even with Celestial Trade's technology, he spent a lot of money on the moon to get to where he was today. Perhaps the UA was the most promising country to achieve moon colonization, but by that day, the moon would already be full of Celestial Trade colonies and mines.
Even if they wanted to colonize, would there be a place for them to settle?
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