蔡磊出生于1978年,曾担任京东集团副总裁,是一位成功的企业管理者。
2019年,他被确诊为渐冻症。
这是一种罕见又残酷的疾病,目前在世界范围内仍然没有可以彻底治愈的方法。
确诊之后,他的身体状况一年比一年差,行动能力、语言能力逐渐被疾病夺走。
到现在,蔡磊已经患病超过六年。
他的四肢几乎不能活动,不能说话,只能依靠眼控仪与外界交流。
他的身体功能评分已经降到很低,进入疾病的末期。
每天,他都要忍受疼痛、吞咽困难、呼吸不畅等问题,晚上必须戴呼吸机才能入睡。
尽管身体极度虚弱,蔡磊却没有选择放弃。
他多次表示:不怕死亡,但不愿意什么都不做就离开。
确诊之后,蔡磊把自己几乎所有的时间、精力和金钱都投入到渐冻症研究中。
他建立了一个面向渐冻症患者的医疗数据和科研的平台,目前已经连接了上万名病友,为科学研究提供了大量真实数据。
这个样本库为研究渐冻症的病因、基因类型和药物开发打下了重要基础。
他还投入了数千万元,设立科研奖励和奖学金,鼓励科学家和年轻研究人员进入罕见病研究领域。
蔡磊和中国科学家、医生、药企合作,重点推进部分基因类型渐冻症的治疗药物研究,在临床前和临床试验中取得了领先进展。
在持续的研究和试验中,一些患者的命运开始出现变化。
29岁的小刘就是其中一位。
她是一名渐冻症患者,使用蔡磊团队参与研发的药物已经两年。
令人欣慰的是,她的病情没有继续发展。
现在的小刘可以不用扶东西站起来,能独立生活、照顾自己,还能做兼职工作,自己赚钱。
她说,自己第一次站起来的时候,既开心又害怕。
开心的是终于看到希望,害怕的是不知道这样的状态能不能一直保持。
小刘对蔡磊说,她不知道该怎样感谢他。
蔡磊表示:不需要报答,你们是这两百年来最幸运的一批人,一定要珍惜生命,去过有价值的人生。
像小刘这样的患者不只一个。
虽然目前的药物还不能说“彻底治愈”,但已经让部分患者病情稳定、生活质量明显提高。
这些真实的案例,也让很多病友重新看到了希望。
蔡磊自己正站在生命的边缘,但他用有限的时间,为无数患者争取到了未来的可能。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 蔡磊 | Cài Lěi | Cai Lei / personal name |
| 出生 | chū shēng | to be born |
| 于 | yú | (of time or place) in; at; on / (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for / (indicating a source) from; out of / (used in comparison) than / (used in the passive voice) by |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 曾 | céng | once / already / ever (in the past) / former / previously / (past tense marker used before verb or clause) |
| 担任 | dān rèn | to hold a governmental office or post / to assume office of / to take charge of / to serve as |
| 京东 | Jīng dōng | Jingdong, Chinese e-commerce company |
| 集团 | jí tuán | group / bloc / corporation / conglomerate |
| 副 | fù | secondary / auxiliary / vice- |
| 总裁 | zǒng cái | chairman / director-general (of a company etc) |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 位 | wèi | classifier for people (honorific) |
| 成功 | chéng gōng | successful; fruitful |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 企业 | qǐ yè | company; firm; enterprise; corporation |
| 管理者 | guǎn lǐ zhě | manager; administrator; one who manages or oversees an organization, team, or system |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 被 | bèi | used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes |
| 确诊 | què zhěn | to make a definite diagnosis |
| 为 | wéi | to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do |
| 渐冻症 | jiàn dòng zhèng | amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; ALS |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 种 | zhǒng | classifier for types, kinds, sorts |
| 罕见 | hǎn jiàn | rare / rarely seen |
| 又 | yòu | both... and... |
| 残酷 | cán kù | cruel |
| 疾病 | jí bìng | disease; sickness; ailment |
| 目前 | mù qián | at the present time / currently |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 世界 | shì jiè | world |
| 范围 | fàn wéi | range / scope / limit / extent |
| 内 | nèi | within |
| 仍然 | réng rán | still; as before; yet |
| 没有 | méi yǒu | doesn't exist / to not be |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can / may / possible / able to |
| 彻底 | chè dǐ | thoroughly |
| 治愈 | zhì yù | to cure; to restore to health |
| 方法 | fāng fǎ | method; way; technique; procedure |
| 之后 | zhī hòu | after; behind / (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then |
| 他的 | tā de | his; belonging to him |
| 身体 | shēn tǐ | one's health |
| 状况 | zhuàng kuàng | condition; state; situation |
| 比 | bǐ | (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun} / (in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese) |
| 差 | chà | different / wrong; mistaken / not up to standard; inferior |
| 行动 | xíng dòng | to move about |
| 能力 | néng lì | capability / ability |
| 语言 | yǔ yán | language |
| 逐渐 | zhú jiàn | gradually |
| 夺走 | duó zǒu | to snatch away |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 现在 | xiàn zài | now; at present; currently |
| 已经 | yǐ jīng | already |
| 患病 | huàn bìng | to fall ill |
| 超过 | chāo guò | to surpass / to exceed / to outstrip |
| 六 | liù | six / 6 |
| 四肢 | sì zhī | the four limbs of the body |
| 几乎 | jī hū | almost; nearly; practically |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 能 | néng | can / to be able to / might possibly |
| 活动 | huó dòng | to exercise; to move about; to work out |
| 说话 | shuō huà | to speak / to say / to talk / to gossip / to tell stories |
| 只 | zhǐ | only; merely; just |
| 依靠 | yī kào | to rely on sth (for support etc); to depend on |
| 眼控仪 | yǎn kòng yí | eye-tracking device / eye-control device |
| 与 | yǔ | (formal) with; from (marking the other participant in an interaction, comparison, or contrast) |
| 外界 | wài jiè | the outside world |
| 交流 | jiāo liú | communication / interaction / to have social contact (with sb) |
| 功能 | gōng néng | function; capability |
| 评分 | píng fēn | grade / score (of student's work) |
| 降 | jiàng | to drop / to fall / to come down / to descend |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 低 | dī | low |
| 进入 | jìn rù | to enter / to join / to go into |
| 末 | mò | tip / end / final stage / latter part / inessential detail / powder / dust / opera role of old man |
| 期 | qī | a period of time / phase / stage / time / term / period |
| 每 | měi | each / every |
| 天 | tiān | day |
| 都 | dōu | (used for emphasis) even |
| 要 | yào | will; shall; about to / need to; should / if |
| 忍受 | rěn shòu | to bear; to endure |
| 疼痛 | téng tòng | pain |
| 吞咽 | tūn yàn | to swallow / to gulp |
| 困难 | kùn nan | difficult / challenging |
| 呼吸 | hū xī | to breathe |
| 畅 | chàng | free / unimpeded / smooth / at ease / free from worry / fluent |
| 等 | děng | and so on; etc.; et al. / (used to end an enumeration) |
| 问题 | wèn tí | question / problem / issue / topic |
| 晚上 | wǎn shang | in the evening |
| 必须 | bì xū | to have to / must / compulsory / necessarily |
| 戴 | dài | to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc) / to respect / to bear / to support |
| 机 | jī | (bound form) machine; mechanism / (bound form) aircraft / (bound form) an opportunity / (bound form) crucial point; pivot |
| 才 | cái | then and only then |
| 入 | rù | to enter; to go into / to join; to become a member of / (bound form) to conform to |
| 睡 | shuì | to sleep / to lie down |
| 尽管 | jǐn guǎn | despite / although / even though / in spite of |
| 极度 | jí dù | extremely |
| 虚弱 | xū ruò | weak / in poor health |
| 却 | què | but / yet / however / while / nevertheless / even though |
| 选择 | xuǎn zé | to select; to pick |
| 放弃 | fàng qì | to renounce; to abandon; to give up |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of |
| 次 | cì | classifier for enumerated events: time |
| 表示 | biǎo shì | (of sb) to express; to state; to show / (of sth) to indicate; to signify; to show |
| 怕 | pà | to be afraid / to fear / to dread / to be unable to endure |
| 死亡 | sǐ wáng | death |
| 但 | dàn | but; yet; however; still |
| 愿意 | yuàn yì | to wish / to want / ready / willing (to do sth) |
| 什么 | shén me | something; anything |
| 做 | zuò | to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) |
| 就 | jiù | as soon as; immediately after |
| 离开 | lí kāi | to depart; to leave |
| 把 | bǎ | (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb}) |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 所有 | suǒ yǒu | all |
| 时间 | shí jiān | time |
| 精力 | jīng lì | energy |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 金钱 | jīn qián | money / currency |
| 投入 | tóu rù | to throw into / to put into / to throw oneself into / to participate in / to invest in |
| 研究 | yán jiū | research / a study |
| 中 | zhōng | within; among; in |
| 建立 | jiàn lì | to establish / to set up / to found |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 面向 | miàn xiàng | geared towards / catering for / -oriented |
| 患者 | huàn zhě | patient; sufferer |
| 医疗 | yī liáo | medical treatment |
| 数据 | shù jù | data |
| 科研 | kē yán | (scientific) research |
| 平台 | píng tái | platform |
| 连接 | lián jiē | to link; to join; to connect |
| 上 | shàng | (bound form) up; upper; above; previous |
| 万 | wàn | ten thousand / a great number |
| 名 | míng | classifier for people |
| 病友 | bìng yǒu | a friend made in hospital or people who become friends in hospital / wardmate |
| 科学 | kē xué | scientific / rational |
| 提供 | tí gōng | to offer / to supply / to provide / to furnish |
| 大 | dà | big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest |
| 量 | liàng | capacity / quantity / amount |
| 真实 | zhēn shí | true; real |
| 样本 | yàng běn | sample; specimen |
| 库 | kù | warehouse / storehouse / (file) library |
| 病 | bìng | illness / disease / defect |
| 因 | yīn | cause / reason |
| 基因 | jī yīn | gene (loanword) |
| 类型 | lèi xíng | type; kind; category / (computer programming) type |
| 药物 | yào wù | medicaments / pharmaceuticals / medication / medicine / drug |
| 开发 | kāi fā | to exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop |
| 打下 | dǎ xià | to lay (a foundation) / to conquer (a city etc) / to shoot down (a bird etc) |
| 重要 | zhòng yào | important; significant; major |
| 基础 | jī chǔ | base; foundation; basis |
| 还 | hái | in addition, also, else, even |
| 数 | shù | several; a few |
| 千万 | qiān wàn | ten million |
| 元 | yuán | currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan) / era (of a reign) / (geology) eon |
| 设立 | shè lì | to set up; to establish |
| 奖励 | jiǎng lì | reward (as encouragement) |
| 奖学金 | jiǎng xué jīn | scholarship |
| 鼓励 | gǔ lì | to encourage |
| 科学家 | kē xué jiā | scientist |
| 年轻 | nián qīng | young |
| 人员 | rén yuán | staff / crew / personnel |
| 领域 | lǐng yù | domain; sphere; field; territory; area |
| 中国 | Zhōng guó | China |
| 医生 | yī shēng | doctor |
| 药 | yào | medicine / drug / substance used for a specific purpose |
| 企 | qǐ | (bound form) company; firm; enterprise; corporation (abbr. for 企業|企业[qi3 ye4]) |
| 合作 | hé zuò | to cooperate; to collaborate; to work together |
| 重点 | zhòng diǎn | to focus on; to put the emphasis on |
| 推进 | tuī jìn | to impel / to carry forward / to push on / to advance / to drive forward |
| 部分 | bù fen | part; portion; piece |
| 治疗 | zhì liáo | medical treatment / therapy |
| 临床 | lín chuáng | clinical |
| 前 | qián | ago / before / BC / former / formerly |
| 试验 | shì yàn | experiment / test |
| 取得 | qǔ dé | to acquire; to get; to obtain |
| 领先 | lǐng xiān | to lead / to be in front |
| 进展 | jìn zhǎn | to make headway; to make progress |
| 持续 | chí xù | to continue / to persist / to last |
| 一些 | yī xiē | some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er |
| 命运 | mìng yùn | fate; destiny |
| 开始 | kāi shǐ | to begin / to start |
| 出现 | chū xiàn | to appear / to arise / to emerge / to show up |
| 变化 | biàn huà | change; variation |
| 岁 | suì | classifier for years (of age) |
| 小刘 | Xiǎo Liú | Xiao Liu / personal name |
| 其中 | qí zhōng | among / in / included among these |
| 她 | tā | she |
| 使用 | shǐ yòng | to use / to employ / to apply / to make use of |
| 团队 | tuán duì | team |
| 参与 | cān yù | to participate (in sth) |
| 研发 | yán fā | research and development |
| 两 | liǎng | two / both / some / a few |
| 令 | lìng | to order / to command / to cause / to make sth happen |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 欣慰 | xīn wèi | to be gratified |
| 她的 | tā de | her; hers |
| 病情 | bìng qíng | state of an illness / patient's condition |
| 继续 | jì xù | to continue; to proceed with; to go on with |
| 发展 | fā zhǎn | to develop / to grow / to expand |
| 用 | yòng | to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions) |
| 扶 | fú | to support with the hand / to help sb up / to support oneself by holding onto something / to help |
| 东西 | dōng xi | thing / stuff / person |
| 站 | zhàn | to stand / to halt / to stop |
| 起来 | qǐ lái | to stand up; to get up |
| 独立 | dú lì | independent |
| 生活 | shēng huó | to live |
| 照顾 | zhào gù | to take care of / to show consideration / to attend to / to look after |
| 兼职 | jiān zhí | concurrent job / moonlighting |
| 工作 | gōng zuò | job / work / task |
| 赚 | zhuàn | to earn / to make a profit |
| 钱 | qián | coin / money / unit of weight, one tenth of a tael |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 第一 | dì yī | first |
| 时候 | shí hou | time / length of time / moment / period |
| 既 | jì | both... (and...) |
| 开心 | kāi xīn | to feel happy / to rejoice / to have a great time |
| 害怕 | hài pà | to be afraid; to be scared |
| 终于 | zhōng yú | at last / in the end / finally / eventually |
| 看到 | kàn dào | to see |
| 希望 | xī wàng | a hope; a wish |
| 知道 | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of |
| 这样 | zhè yàng | (before a noun) this kind of; such |
| 状态 | zhuàng tài | condition; state; state of affairs |
| 能不能 | néng bu néng | whether or not one can; if possible |
| 一直 | yī zhí | straight (in a straight line) / continuously; always; all the way through |
| 保持 | bǎo chí | to keep / to maintain / to hold / to preserve |
| 对 | duì | towards; at; for / concerning; regarding |
| 该 | gāi | should / ought to / probably / must be |
| 怎样 | zěn yàng | how |
| 感谢 | gǎn xiè | (express) thanks / gratitude / thanks |
| 需要 | xū yào | to need; to want; to demand; to require |
| 报答 | bào dá | to repay / to requite |
| 你们 | nǐ men | you (plural) |
| 百 | bǎi | hundred |
| 来 | lái | ever since / for the past (amount of time) |
| 最 | zuì | (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est |
| 幸运 | xìng yùn | fortunate; lucky |
| 批 | pī | classifier for batches, lots, military flights |
| 一定 | yī dìng | surely; certainly; definitely |
| 珍惜 | zhēn xī | to treasure / to value / to cherish |
| 生命 | shēng mìng | life (as the characteristic of living beings) / living being; creature |
| 去 | qù | to go, to go to |
| 过 | guo | (experienced action marker) |
| 有价值的 | yǒu jià zhí de | valuable / worthwhile |
| 人生 | rén shēng | life (one's time on earth) |
| 像 | xiàng | such as |
| 虽然 | suī rán | although; even though |
| 让 | ràng | to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) |
| 稳定 | wěn dìng | steady / stable |
| 质量 | zhì liàng | quality / quality and quantity |
| 明显 | míng xiǎn | clear / distinct / obvious |
| 提高 | tí gāo | to raise / to increase / to improve |
| 这些 | zhè xiē | these |
| 案例 | àn lì | case; instance; example |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 很多 | hěn duō | many; a lot of |
| 重新 | chóng xīn | again; once more; re- |
| 正 | zhèng | exactly / just (at that time) / right (in that place) |
| 边缘 | biān yuán | edge; fringe; verge; brink; periphery |
| 有限 | yǒu xiàn | limited; finite |
| 无数 | wú shù | countless / numberless / innumerable |
| 争取 | zhēng qǔ | to fight for / to strive for / to win over |
| 未来 | wèi lái | future / tomorrow |
| 可能 | kě néng | possibility / probability |