406: Chapter 856 Professor Ross! He harbors malicious intentions!

Zhao Yang looked at Professor Ross's article coldly.

The core points were exactly the same as before, with almost no difference.

He simply added one point: he had conducted the experiment, and there was an effect, but the effect was not as good as in Zhao Yang's paper.

In other words, either Zhao Yang had concealed something regarding the material processing.

Or, the results of Zhao Yang's paper were not nearly as good as he claimed, which would also fall under the category of data fabrication.

The words sounded very sincere, and he even brought in the entire Biology community to apply pressure.

The goal was clear: to force Zhao Yang to bring out his hidden trump cards, and to make Zhao Yang reveal the sources and replication details of this paper in their entirety.

How interesting.

Zhao Yang sneered for a moment.

This Professor Ross really didn't know when to quit.

His words were polite, but in reality, there were many traps in that statement. If not handled well, it would greatly damage the academic reputation and academic value of the Spark Biology Journal.

Even though he never mentioned the Spark Biology Journal from beginning to end.

This matter was indeed a bit troublesome.

A look of disgust appeared on Zhao Yang's face.

What an annoying person!

After a moment of silence.

Zhao Yang began editing a Weibo post.

"I stake my academic reputation on the data in the paper; it is absolutely problem-free. I am certain of this.

Regarding Professor Ross's questions, I am providing the following response. This is the last time I will respond, and I will not elaborate further in the future.

First, I did indeed hide the source of the materials for the cell response speed. Ordinary materials can indeed only achieve about one-third of the speed.

Second, I naturally have my reasons for hiding the source of the materials. This material relates to a very important patent of mine that I cannot disclose. If I must disclose it, then I suggest that Westerners should also disclose all their advanced technologies! Otherwise, get lost!

Third, this Professor Ross harbors evil intentions! That is all! Whether you believe it or not, I will not respond to any further public opinion!"

After finishing, Zhao Yang clicked send on Weibo.

After posting on Weibo, he opened his Twitter account, translated the text into English, and posted it directly.

The reaction from domestic netizens was, as always, the fastest, and Zhao Yang's Weibo comment section began to be flooded with posts.

"God Zhao is so tough this time! Believe it or not, this is real strength!"

"Awesome! God Zhao! Calling Professor Ross out for harboring evil intentions directly! 6666!"

"Although he is right, isn't his phrasing a bit too aggressive? Professor Ross is an authority, after all..."

"To be honest, this Professor Ross really does harbor evil intentions. He already responded once before, and if I remember correctly, the content was about the same.

And this time, after repeating the experiment, he gave a similar response. This is not just questioning God Zhao anymore!

It's even more about questioning the authority of Chinese journals! His intentions are sinister! How disgusting!"

"Exactly! He's just being unreasonable; such a person is truly disgusting!"

Meanwhile, on the international web, the comment section of Zhao Yang's Twitter post was quickly flooded with comments and soon climbed to the trending list.

"It looks like Zhao Yang is really angry. Normally, he would only give this kind of response once. I didn't expect him to respond consecutively this time!"

"To be honest, this is the first time I've seen a scientist dare to speak like this. Every response is so tough! That's awesome! I like it!"

"I don't understand why some people think he's arrogant. Isn't it normal to keep some data confidential? It's impossible to publish everything, right? These people are really going too far! I've been fed up with them for a long time!"

"Zhao Yang's style of flipping the table makes many people uncomfortable, but it doesn't matter. I think it's pretty good!"

"The academic community had better get used to it quickly; Zhao Yang probably won't change his way of speaking."

The internet was in an uproar.

But the parties involved remained strangely silent.

Professor Ross also didn't expect Zhao Yang to be so tough.

Those who were pressuring Zhao Yang had no effect at all. They wanted to continue stirring up trouble online but were mercilessly rebutted by Zhao Yang.

This left Professor Ross feeling somewhat stifled.

He was truly interested in the source of Zhao Yang's materials!

Only he understood how high the research value of that thing was!

What a pity!

Yet there was absolutely nothing he could do!

Helpless, Professor Ross could only remain silent.

Terence Tao, Professor Wang, President Wang, and others also remained silent. They did not contact Zhao Yang like last time because there was no need to.

After responding online, Zhao Yang no longer paid attention to the changes in public opinion on the internet.

He devoted all his energy to writing his second paper.

The core content of this paper was the secondary effects he discovered in the first batch of Directed Evolution mouse models.

During the long-term expression process, in addition to the known improvement in antioxidant capacity, the SOD2 Mutant also had a mild promoting effect on mitochondrial biosynthesis.

The increase in mitochondrial copy number in turn accelerated the overall energy metabolism efficiency of the cells, forming a positive cycle.

The biological significance of this discovery was more profound than the previous one because it pointed directly to a previously unreported intracellular homeostasis regulation mechanism.

Over half a month, public opinion on the internet gradually began to subside.

After all, this kind of public opinion could not last very long itself.

And during this period of over half a month, Zhao Yang finished writing the paper.

Zhao Yang sent the manuscript to Professor Gu Ming.

Not long after the email was sent, Professor Gu Ming called.

"Zhao Yang, you wrote another one?"

Professor Gu Ming's tone was full of disbelief.

"Yes."

"You found this positive feedback node in the mitochondrial biosynthesis pathway... How on earth did you manage that??"

Professor Gu Ming spoke very fast, and his voice revealed an irrepressible shock.

"Actually, it's the same batch of data. These data have been accumulated for several months; I just split them into two papers."

Zhao Yang smiled and said indifferently.

Professor Gu Ming was silent for a moment, then said in a somewhat complicated tone: "Zhao Yang, this one is even more powerful than the last one... It's so powerful that, to be honest, I don't know who to ask to review your manuscript now."

He paused and asked Zhao Yang.

"Can the reviewers of the previous paper review it again?"

"If they refuse to take it, where do you expect me to find these three experts again?"

Zhao Yang smiled: "Then find some younger ones who dare to speak up. The older experts have weak hearts and really aren't suitable for reading my manuscripts."

Professor Gu Ming on the other end of the phone didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Stop joking. How would young people be qualified to review your manuscript?

After the three old academicians reviewed your previous paper last time, one of them specifically called me to say that he had been reviewing manuscripts for most of his life, and it was the first time he felt unqualified.

This one of yours is even more fierce. If I find a young scholar to review it, they might just be too afraid to accept it."

He paused, sighed, and said, "Forget it, I'll think of a way myself."