Chen Wei, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and researcher of the Academy of Military Medical Sciences——
Race against time to let the vaccine defend life
Reporter Shao Longfei Special correspondent Zhang Zhenwei
"The hardest success is not to surpass others, but to surpass yourself."
From the fight against SARS, to aid Africa and Egypt, and then to the Wuhan epidemic, in the field of biosafety without smoke, Chen Wei, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and researcher of the Academy of Military Medical Sciences has been working Yourself.
On January 26, Chen Wei was ordered to lead a military medical expert team to Wuhan in an emergency. He led the team to quickly establish joint defense, joint control, and related military and local units around the pathogenic transmission mutation of new coronavirus, rapid detection technology, vaccine antibody development, etc. Joint governance and joint research working mechanism.
Nucleic acid detection is the key technical support for the effective prevention and control of the new coronary pneumonia epidemic. After arriving in Wuhan, Chen Wei led the expert team to complete the construction of the tent-type mobile testing laboratory and testing platform in just one day, using self-developed testing kits, coupled with automatic nucleic acid extraction technology, and quickly forming nucleic acids for 1,000 people per day. Test your ability.
In order to accelerate the effective integration of scientific research and clinical, Chen Wei led scientific researchers to carry out research in the fields of etiology, immunology, aerodynamics, etc., and quickly established the identification chain of "nucleic acid detection-antibody screening-multiple pathogen detection" to accurately diagnose clinical The type of infection of patients was first promoted and applied in 3 hospitals including Huoshenshan Hospital, which effectively improved the accuracy of clinical diagnosis and cure rate.
Vaccines are the most powerful technological weapon to end new pneumonia. In Wuhan, Chen Wei led the team in joint operations with the rear scientific research base, concentrated on emergency scientific research, and raced against the adenovirus vector to recombine the new coronavirus vaccine.
This is a flash moment worth remembering-
On March 16, Chen Wei led the scientific research team to develop a new coronavirus vaccine, which became the first domestic vaccine approved to enter clinical trials.
On April 10th, the 108 volunteers who completed the first phase of the clinical trial of the vaccine all ended their concentrated medical observation and were in good health.
On April 12, the vaccine was launched in phase II clinical trials, becoming the only new coronavirus vaccine that entered the phase II clinical trial in the world at that time.
Talking about vaccine research and development, Chen Wei said: "The successful entry of vaccines with independent intellectual property rights into clinical trials is a manifestation of China's scientific and technological progress, as well as the image of a big country and its role, and it is also a contribution to humanity."
It is Chen Wei's dream to build a national biosafety science and industrial innovation center. As a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, she has been actively making suggestions and calling out loudly.
"It is known that there is a means, but the unknown has the ability." This is Chen Wei's words on his lips. Faced with the known and the unknown, she led the team to stay calm and constantly surpass herself ...
Interview notes
Shao Longfei
In Chen Wei's view, if one's career choices can be combined with the country's major needs, personal value will multiply. In the decades of dedication to the country and solving problems for the people, Chen Wei and his comrades struggled to realize their own value and multiply their value.
As a soldier, she dared to fight and fight hard, showing the bloody nature of the iron warrior; as a party member, she rushed to the critical moment and emerged from the crisis, playing a pioneering role as a party member; As an academician, she led the development of the world's first new coronavirus vaccine that entered Phase II clinical trials, highlighting China's scientific and technological strength and writing a brilliant chapter of struggle with practical action.