That night, Tao Enhai suffered from insomnia.
He tossed and turned, unable to sleep, his mind filled with images of the trembling white mouse from the video.
That little mouse began to show signs of recovery the day after being injected with XHD126, and it started moving again after seven days.
Though it moved with the unsteady tumbling akin to late-stage Parkinson's, it was indeed moving.
"XHD126, a biochemical agent that, in theory, could reverse the life cycle of nerve cells, causing them to revert and regrow—of course, the specific components and approach are confidential," the somewhat flippant man had described it as, "If used correctly, it might even heal neurological trauma previously thought beyond repair."
