This doctor has a system

Chapter 537 600. Rejection Incident

"Brother, didn't you say that you would bring people in to stop them as soon as they started fighting?" the assistant said aggrievedly, his nose was bleeding.

"I was busy recording the video, so I was a little slow." Lawyer Zhao said with a smile, "Don't worry, this is a work-related injury, and the law firm will not treat you unfairly."

The assistant curled his lips, suspecting that he was being cheated.

"Don't be so sullen. When have I, your master, ever let you suffer any loss?" Lawyer Zhao said, "Make me a regular employee one year in advance."

"Is the video clear? If not, I can have them beat him up again." said the assistant.

After the chain of evidence was complete, the rest of the matter was easy to handle. After all, the law firm was not there to do nothing. All the family members of the old lady who had taken action were arrested.

"You forged it!" Her son was still stubborn in the face of evidence and refused to admit it.

But soon they realized something was wrong. They found a lawyer, who said they would most likely go to jail.

"No way! We didn't extort much money!" A family member panicked. Even if the other party had evidence, they could just pat their butts and say we made a mistake.

How did this lead to jail time?
"is it so serious?"

"It will most likely be considered extortion," the lawyer explained. "You shouldn't have done that."

First there were verbal threats, then there were violent beatings, and then there was deliberate blackmail, the circumstances were quite bad.

"I suggest that you take the initiative to admit your mistakes and actively compensate the other party for their losses. In this way, except for the main culprit, there is a high probability that others will be sentenced to suspended sentences." said the lawyer.

Several family members were furious when they heard this, and soon a quarrel broke out among themselves.

"Ahua, you have to take responsibility!"

The old lady's son Ahua was stunned for a moment, "No, why?"

"Since you are the old lady's son, you must be the main culprit."

"It's not like I was the first one to hit someone."

"Are you still human? We are here to help you for free."

"If you guys hadn't given me such a clue, I wouldn't have wanted to do this." Ah Hua said, "Now it's all my fault!"

But it was useless for him to resist. After discussing for a while, they forced a decision on him.

"In?" The pipette in Gao Feng's hand paused.

"Yes, the old lady's son was sentenced to one year in prison, and the others were given suspended sentences." Li Youliang felt relieved after finishing his report.

"Where is the old lady?" Gao Feng asked.

"She's lying in bed. I don't think she will be held responsible."

It is a bit unpleasant that the culprit, the old lady, escaped legal punishment due to her broken bones.

This is often the case. In countries like India, for major cases, the focus is on overall stability; for medium-sized cases, the focus is on the impact on public opinion; and for minor cases, the focus is on relationships and favors.

Someone may ask, when will we talk about the law?
Law students have to talk about law when taking exams.

"Dear Professor Gao Feng, are you busy recently?" Adam Davis of Nature Medicine Magazine has learned the typical Chinese way of greeting.

"Fortunately."

Adam Davis made a request for Gao Feng to serve as an independent reviewer for Nature Medicine journal.

Gao Feng was somewhat tempted, but also expressed concerns, "I have no experience in this area."

"Work experience can only be gained through accumulation." Adam Davis said with a smile, "With your ability, I think it will be easy for you to achieve it."

The foreigner even used an idiom, so it would be inappropriate to refuse, so Gao Feng agreed.

5 days later
Gao Feng opened the review system and received an email reminder that there was an article that needed his review.

The title of this article is "Aerosols transmit prions to immunocompetent and immunodeficient mice", which means in Chinese: Aerosols can transmit prions to immunocompetent and immunodeficient mice.

Generally speaking, for fairness and other considerations, most journal authors and reviewers keep confidentiality with each other, and Gao Feng cannot see the author's information.

But as mentioned before, this is generally speaking. For top journals, most of the authors they accept are not unknown people, and many of them have a good personal relationship with the editors, so it is easy to guess who the author of the article is.

Another thing is that some research is only done by a few people.

Every article in Nature Medicine must be reviewed by at least three independent reviewers. Gao Feng is the third reviewer of this article, and the first two reviewers both gave approval.

The first time is always new. He read the article carefully and thought it was very well written. The author used detailed data to prove his opinion. The most important thing was that the experimental design was very unique. Gao Feng felt that he could learn from it in the future.

People have been studying prions for a long time, and he had been interested in them before.

Prion is the old name for protein. Prion means protein virus. Strictly speaking, prion is not a virus. It is a type of infectious factor that does not contain nucleic acid but is only composed of protein.

It can infect animals and contains no immunogenic hydrophobic proteins within host cells.

Prions are the pathogens of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in animals and humans. Scrapie in sheep, discovered as early as the 15th century, was caused by prions. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, commonly known as "mad cow disease", which occurred in the UK in 1986, was also caused by prions.

American scholar SB Prusiner won the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in recognition of his groundbreaking progress in studying the properties of prions and their pathogenic mechanisms.

After reading this article, Gao Feng felt a little unsatisfied, so he simply ran to the system space and searched for a few more related articles.

But what he didn't expect was that he actually discovered some problems.

As I said before, the article is very well written and the experiment is very ingeniously designed. The only problem is with three of my illustrations.

Gao Feng found that this picture was highly similar to the illustration in an article he retrieved 8 years ago.

He examined it carefully and confirmed that it was the same picture. The author had obviously put a lot of thought into it. He did not simply copy and paste it, but instead carefully spliced ​​it together.

There are no two identical leaves in the world, so theoretically the stained sections should not be exactly the same. Moreover, there are subtle faults on these pictures, which are defects left over after splicing.

To be on the safe side, Gao Feng processed and enlarged the image on the computer and ultimately confirmed his judgment.

“The images generated by the sections stained for HE, SAF54, Iba-1, and GFAP were incorrect.” He wrote the final review opinion: “Not approved.”

Gao Feng didn't know yet that because of this behavior, he was about to get himself into trouble.

Aliu Bentley is a prion researcher and director of the Institute of Neuropathology at the Geneva University Hospital in Switzerland, and a self-described champion of publication ethics. Bernardo Cummins is a professor at the University of Edinburgh in the UK.

Three weeks ago, Bernardo Cummins, as the first author, and Aliu Bentley, as the corresponding author, published a paper titled "Aerosols transmit prions to immunocompetent and immunodeficient mice" in the journal Nature Medicine.

In the minds of both of them, this article could definitely be published and there were no obstacles.

The reason is simple. Aliu Bentley is an internationally recognized authority on prions, and Bernardo Cummins, his former disciple, is also committed to research in this area.

Adam Davis, editor of the Nature Medicine journal, felt the pressure and was in a dilemma. According to the normal process, if the independent reviewers gave a negative opinion, the manuscript would be returned to the author for revision.

Of course, if the editor is willing to take the risk, he or she can continue to publish it.

But the question is, this is the first article reviewed by Gao Feng as an independent reviewer. Should we not follow his opinion?
In Adam Davis's impression, Chinese people attach great importance to face, especially those who have ability and status.

Doing so would certainly offend the winner of this year's Lasker Award for Medical Research.

“It’s so difficult!”

"What's the problem?" Dean Hodgson, a colleague who had forgotten his work, came over and said, "Tell me about it."

After listening to Adam Davis's story, Dean Hodgson also felt that it was not easy to deal with.

"It's not a wise choice to offend the Chinese," he said. "I think he will achieve greater success in the future."

But it is not appropriate to offend Professor Aliu Bentley. He is well-known in the field of prion research and is not someone who can be easily dealt with.

After careful consideration, Adam Davis decided to follow the procedure and returned the article.

The first author, Bernardo Cummins, was the first to receive the rejection notice. He was a little bit unbelievable at first, but when he saw the rejection opinion, he broke out in a cold sweat and immediately contacted his teacher.

"Why?!" Professor Aliu Bentley was very angry because he had reviewed the article before it was published.

"There was a problem with the pictures..." the disciple stammered, "I spliced ​​a few pictures together and was discovered..."

"madness!"

Professor Aliu Bentley read his disciple's article again, and looking at the problematic illustrations in it, he was a little bit unbelievable.

How did you tell it was spliced ​​together?

He even found the original picture for comparison and discovered that only when part of it was magnified more than 120 times could some inconspicuous clues be discovered.

This is outrageous! Could it be that the reviewers have sharp eyes?

No, that's not right!

It is impossible for a reviewer to be so idle.

So the question is, what is going on?

"You must have been reported." He said to his disciple Bernardo Cummins, "Who have you offended recently?"

"Ah?" Bernardo Cummins was stunned for a moment. He felt that the teacher's guess was a bit far-fetched.

"No one knew about the submission except my two assistants."

"I'll ask the reviewers first to see if I can find out some information." Thanks to some special relationships, Professor Aliu Bentley soon learned Gao Feng's name.

"Are they Chinese?!" He frowned immediately. Deep down in his heart, Professor Aliu Bentley looked down on China. In his impression, that country was a desert of scientific research.

A yellow monkey who got lucky by some unknown means!
The prejudice in people’s minds is like an unfathomable mountain. Even if you are good enough, you cannot climb over it.

"One of my assistants is from China." Bernardo Cummins said suddenly.

"what?!"

Luo Shengde is quite satisfied with his life. Born in China, he has been yearning for the Western world since he was a child.

During his university years, he studied hard, achieved excellent results in all his majors, and successfully applied for an offer from the University of Edinburgh in the UK. Before coming here, he had decided that he would stay after graduation and contribute to the great rejuvenation of England.

The moment the plane door opened, Luo Shengde breathed in the sweet air of freedom and couldn't help but burst into tears.

Six years passed in a flash, and he finally became a "Runren" as he wished and got a green card.

At this time, Luo Shengde was hurriedly walking towards Professor Bernardo Cummins' office. He felt a little nervous because the professor's tone on the phone was a little harsh, which he had never encountered before.

After entering the door, what caught his eyes was the gloomy old face of Professor Bernardo Cummins and the gloating expression of Adili Bru, the latter of whom was an Indian and the two were considered competitors.

Adili Bru had always wanted to kick him out of the laboratory.

Abroad, there are huge differences between Chinese and Indians. When a Chinese comes to a new working environment and the benefits are good, he will keep it strictly confidential and try to prevent his compatriots from entering.

But Indians are different. Once an Indian has established a foothold in a new environment, it won’t be long before more Indians appear in this environment.

Adili Bru has recently been recommending his compatriots to the laboratory, and he has reported them to Professor Bernardo Cummins many times.

"The Chinese guy is sneaking around in the lab late at night. I suspect he's stealing lab supplies."

"I was working overtime!"

Overtime culture is not very popular in the UK, and it may even be seen as an anomaly. Luo Shengde is a little bit unable to get used to it.

"Luo! You need to give me an explanation!" Professor Bernardo Cummings said with a bad look.

"Professor, I don't quite understand what you mean. Is there something wrong?" Luo Shengde asked nervously.

"Professor, I'm reporting this. Luo Shengde has been acting a little strange recently." Holmes Adili Blue added fuel to the fire. "He has been arguing with someone on the phone. It's probably because of an uneven distribution of the spoils!"

"You're talking nonsense!" Luo Shengde wanted to stab him twice. "I had some arguments with my parents."

The reason for the dispute was simple. He hadn't been back to China for several years, and his parents asked him to go back and visit.

But Luo Shengde was unwilling to leave the free country and refused on the spot, which made his parents unbelievable and a fierce quarrel broke out between the two sides.

"Lie! He's lying!" Adili Blue had a look of certainty on his face. "As far as I know, Chinese people are the most filial. They respect their parents' opinions very much!"

Now Professor Bernardo Cummins's look became even more unfriendly.

(End of this chapter)