"We need more evidence," Yang Ping said. "Immunohistochemistry, in situ hybridization, single-cell sequencing. We need to see what type of these newly emerged cells are. Are they neurons or glial cells? Excitatory or inhibitory? Are the synaptic connections they form functional or random? These questions need answering."
"I know."
"How long do you need?"
"If all the technical platforms are in place, two months."
"Go ahead."
Manstein looked up at Yang Ping, "Alright."
For the next two months, Manstein practically lived in the laboratory.
He cut the spinal cord tissue of M8 into thousands of tissue sections, staining each with different antibodies. He scanned each one using a confocal microscope, stacking the images into three-dimensional reconstruction models. He extracted tissues from the damaged area for single-cell sequencing, finding hundreds of cells with transcriptional profiles completely different from normal tissue out of tens of thousands of cells.
