He hit enter. A spinning wheel appeared for exactly four seconds. Then, a download started automatically: dengue_NS1_solubility_solution.pdf
He didn't sleep. He ordered the synthetic gene at 7:00 AM. It arrived in 48 hours. He built the new plasmid in a day. He transformed the cells, grew them, and at 2:00 PM on a Tuesday, he added the IPTG and put the shaker at 18°C.
The rapid test was built in two weeks. The clinical trial started three months later.
They compared notes. The PDFs were different. The writing styles were different. The solutions were novel. Neither of them had ever published the methods the PDF gave them.