Can, Cannot

After careful consideration, Shen Qi respected the ethics committee's decision. All participants in the Phase I Clinical Trial of Triazatrisiloxanes would be patients with R-type Anemia.

Next came the recruitment of patients with R-type Anemia. Professor Qu had some connections, and soon he had recruited a group of patients. Then came another round of informed consent forms and ethics committee reviews.

Ou Ye basically knew the general details of Shen Qi's research projects.

That night, before they went to sleep, Ou Ye said to Shen Qi in bed, "Qi, sign me up for the Phase I Clinical Trial of Triazatrisiloxanes too."

Shen Qi objected. "You can take it after the drug is successfully approved and hits the market."

"That'll be years from now, won't it?" Ou Ye displayed a resolute determination to seize the day and face death without fear. "I'm a patient too. I want to take part in the clinical trial."

"Triazatrisiloxanes is a new drug. It comes with risks." Shen Qi didn't need to explain further. He figured Ou Ye understood the risks of a new drug.

A drug clinical trial was a trial. The new drug being used was experimental.

And experimental drugs carried more or less some risk.

Ou Ye stuck to her position. "Qi, use me as a test subject. I'm a suitable candidate. I've been taking medication for twenty years, so I'm especially qualified for a tolerability test."

"No way! I can't use my wife as a human test subject!"

"Come on."

"No!"

"Yes!"

"Little Yezi, don't make me resort to domestic violence."

"Come on."

"I... mwah."

"Mwah... So, Qi, you agree?"

"Little Yezi, I understand how you feel. You want to get better as soon as possible. But let me explain the purpose of a Phase I clinical trial..."

A Phase I