On July 17, "Wuhan Association for Science and Technology Recognized the Research Results of 2 Primary School Students" was on the hot search list.
In this regard, the staff of the relevant departments of the Wuhan Association for Science and Technology (hereinafter referred to as the "Wuhan Association for Science and Technology") responded to the surging news (www.thepaper.cn) and said that the notification shall prevail.
On the morning of the 17th, the official website of the Wuhan Association for Science and Technology (hereinafter referred to as the "Wuhan Association for Science and Technology") released a statement saying that the award-winning work "Experimental Research on the Anti-Tumor Of Tea Polyphenols" was a comparative experimental observation report completed by Li Mouyi and Li Mouqing, students of the affiliated primary school of Huazhong University of Science and Technology. The expert group unanimously recognized the work and recommended its participation in the provincial competition.
The award-winning projects were announced in the National Youth Science and Technology Innovation Competition. Source: National Youth Science and Technology Innovation Competition
But there are also experts who express different opinions.
In this regard, on the 17th, experts in related fields of a university in Hunan told the surging news (www.thepaper.cn) that there have been reports on tea polyphenols and anti-cancer, and there are a large number of literature at home and abroad. From a professional point of view, the innovation of the research project is very general. Judging from the only public information, its substantive value is also very general.
The expert said that based on the social background of the students involved and their parents, the experimental design of the above-mentioned project should not be a problem, but the declaration form was not published, and it was not known what the dose of the experimental design was. As far as the content of the experiment is concerned, the difficulty and innovation of the experiment are not great. If the instructor brings a primary school student who has not undergone systematic training, he often needs to personally demonstrate, accompany the experiment, or even do the work. The research object of the project involved is mice, and the verification conclusion should also be that mice drink more tea to prevent cancer and fight cancer, rather than people drinking tea to prevent cancer and fight cancer.
The winning projects are publicly available in the National Youth Science and Technology Innovation Competition. Source: The official website of the National Youth Science and Technology Innovation Competition
The expert believes that if from the beginning of the selection of topics, primary school students lead the completion of experimental design and accumulate basic experimental skills, while adults only provide conditions, then such projects can reflect the innovation of students. However, in reality, if parents or their friends do not work in universities or research institutes, they basically cannot provide this help. "The fact that the Youth Innovation Competition has caused so much buzz now is related to the fact that schools attach too much importance to this award when selecting students."
The surging news previously reported that the introduction of the above-mentioned award-winning project "Anti-tumor Experimental Research on Tea Polyphenols" said, "This project studies the in vivo efficacy of egcg in the naked mouse liver tumor disease model by establishing a nude mouse cancer model and using egcg, the main component of tea polyphenols in green tea extract, as the subject drug." 25 days after drug treatment, it was found that the tumor volume of mice in the egcg group was smaller than that in the saline group and the doxorubicin group, and this experiment showed that the green tea extract catechol egcg had a certain anti-tumor effect. Therefore, experiments have verified that drinking more tea can prevent cancer and fight cancer, which makes sense. Everyone should drink more tea, oh, good for health! ”
The two primary school students in the announcement are from the third and fifth grades of primary school. In August 2018, the project won the third prize of the 33rd National Youth Science and Technology Innovation Competition. The tutors of the project are Wang Qian and Xiong Yu.
Photographs taken during the experiments of the elementary school students involved. Source: Authority figure
The wuhan association for science and technology reported that the experimental idea was proposed by Li Mouyi to the science teacher in the small topic research activities of the school's science and technology festival, and the experimental ideas were clarified under the guidance of the experimental technician guidance teacher.
Previously, some netizens questioned that the project requires researchers to conduct mouse experiments and extract nude mouse liver tumors, and the experiments have high requirements for logic, which is difficult for primary school students to complete.
Earlier, at about 16:00 on the 16th, the staff of the Organization and Personnel Department of the Wuhan Association for Science and Technology responded to the surging news that the Wuhan Association for Science and Technology held a meeting on this matter, arranged a special class, and went to the school of the students involved to investigate the situation. After that, it is necessary to make the next step of treatment in combination with the investigation situation, and will also actively respond to the public's concern about this matter, and timely release the investigation situation and handling results.
On the same day, The Paper repeatedly called the office of the primary school affiliated to Huazhong University of Science and Technology, where the primary school students involved were studying, but no one answered for the time being.