Technological Supremacy Chapter 562: The only way forward for life science is genetic modification
There is a saying in the art of war, one vigorous effort, then decline, and three exhaustion.
The same is true for the refugee influx in the West. The first wave of refugees came fiercely, and the impact was the most violent. By the time this storm ended and the West spent a lot of manpower and material resources to reduce the refugee influx, the time had come to late August.
At this time, Xingchen Technology, which has been silent for more than a month, suddenly announced that it will show its metabolism control technology to the world on August 25th, which immediately attracted the attention of the whole world.
"Good job!"
"Let's go! Go! Fight Cold Spring Harbor head-on! For more than a month, I've had enough of Western cynicism!"
In this way, the world will be lively. After a long time, it turns out that Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is not unique. Star Technology has caught up. The Chinese people are extremely excited. With great enthusiasm and curiosity.
Although he was mentally prepared, when Luo Jia arrived at the Hudu Sports Center, he was startled by the huge crowds outside. The enthusiasm of the people was high. Although most of them did not have an invitation letter, they still came. At the scene, hundreds of thousands of people gathered outside the stadium, shouting inspiring slogans.
"It's life science after all." An Ran shrugged and joked, "No black technology can compare with life. Only life is the most important thing. Believe me, if the gene channel technology is realized, the common people will see it in the civil society. I will set up a memorial tablet for you, and I will burn incense and bow to you every holiday."
"Bah! How can a living person set up a memorial tablet?" Luo Jia pouted, "Thank you for your good words, but as a believer in Scientology, I am not interested in ghosts and gods. If you like , I don’t mind setting up a tablet for you.”
"Bastard, you treat my good intentions like a donkey's liver and lungs." An Ran said.
"You **** has a good heart, and you are more or less a wolf-hearted dog." Luo Jia said.
Xu Chunbiao, who was in charge of driving, couldn't help laughing. Luo Jia and An Ran were rivals at chess, and they cherished each other. The relationship has already surpassed the boss and employees, and reached the peak of friendship. kid.
A moment later, Luo Jia appeared backstage on time. Although the Wen family brothers are the directors of the Life Science Department, they insisted on refusing to give a speech on stage. Listening to Luo Jia's speech, many times, the people listened to Luo Jia's speech as a stand-up comedy.
Wow~
As soon as Luo Jia appeared, the spotlights shone on his head, and immediately there were enthusiastic cheers from the audience, the sound was fiercer than before.
"Liar! Thief! Xingchen Technology will definitely imitate Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and pirate fullerene technology!"
"The first person to eat crabs is called a pioneer. If you watch others eat crabs and learn to eat them yourself, you are shameless!"
Western audiences send out bullet screens. They think with limited brain capacity. They never imagined that Star Technology would attack the origin of genes. They thought it would only use fullerenes to scavenge free radicals like Cold Spring Harbor, and follow the Cold Spring Harbor experiment. The technical route of the room.
"Bullshit! Fullerene technology has not applied for a patent, so why can't Star Technology be used?"
"That is, major black technologies do not apply for patents. This is the practice in the scientific community. Star Technology has a lot of scientific and technological achievements that have not applied for patents. If you have the ability, you can imitate them, and no one stops you."
"Fullerene was invented by the scientist Harold in 1985. Cold Spring Harbor just purified and optimized it on the basis of this invention, so as to achieve the effect of entering the human body to scavenge free radicals. Since it is based on other people's invention Why can you do innovative research, but we can't?"
Huaxia netizens were quickly led to a wrong angle. It is really unwise to put the argument on patent ownership, but there is no way, because the secrecy work is too good, and Huaxia netizens don't know that Xingchen Technology is going to move genes. The knife thing.
Luo Jia stood on the stage with the usual smile on his face, looked around, and said lightly, "Sorry for keeping everyone waiting."
"In this world, there are two forces that can transform human beings. One is external forces. For example, the Forbidden City is composed of nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine and a half houses, and half of the houses are the legendary eunuchs. In the clean room, a man goes in, half a man comes out, with a knife in his hand, the transformation is complete, simple and rude."
When the voice fell, there was laughter from the audience. This is also the characteristic of every time Luo Jia takes the stage. It is not serious, but very interesting. People will feel tired, and there is a feeling of unfinished business.
"The second force is called genes. For example, there is a gene called FTO, Fatmassandobesity associated. Studies have shown that the FTO gene is related to satiety, and is also called the obesity gene."
"All people with mutations in the FTO gene have a common feature, that is, they have eaten a lot, but they still feel a little hungry, so they eat far more than they consume in the absence of a sense of fullness. food, and eventually became a fat man.”
"A considerable number of people, as long as they hear gene mutations, they tend to think about it very seriously, and their minds are full of aliens and zombies, but this is not the case. Gene mutations are very common. I can say responsibly, There are more or less genetic mutations in each of us."
"Take the FTO gene as an example. It has three major mutations that can lead to a loss of satiety. They are code-named RS1421085, RS1121980 and RS17817449. Anyone who carries these three mutations is potentially obese group."
"Then the question is, how many are the carriers of the three major obesity gene mutations?"
"Sixty-five point six percent, that is to say, if there is no accident, two-thirds of human beings will be plagued by obesity. In this world, obesity is a common phenomenon. If you If you have a thinner girlfriend or boyfriend, cherish it, because thin people are scarce resources, and fat is the main theme. In the past, people were thinner, not because of genetic problems, but because of lack of food."
"We all know that losing weight is difficult, because we have to fight against our nature, but we can easily control our appetite and then our body by modifying the FTO gene."
"Now comes the question, the body can be controlled through genetic technology, but what about life?"
"Of course, we can control or even cut off the release of aging signals by regulating the MTOR gene channel. This technology has largely surpassed our assumption of life extension, that is, metabolic adjustment."
"MTOR gene channel technology is a typical gene control, and the delay and decline of metabolism are just side effects of gene control..."
Luo Jia talked eloquently, showing the world the gene channel technology of Xingchen Technology to the world in a flat tone, and everyone was surprised to find that Xingchen Technology's plan turned out to be a knife to the bottom layer, directly changing Gene.
Leaving aside the issue of genetics, it is easy to cause controversy. How to make ordinary people understand the complex genetic technology itself is extremely difficult. Now, several big Vs said that the students all regard genetic technology as a scourge, but they forget that in this world, if life science wants to make progress, the only way is to attack genes.
Luo Jia's speech has achieved the goal of making ordinary people understand, and his method is not complicated, that is, to give more examples that ordinary people can understand, from the difference between fat and thin , to the legend of the vampire.
Modern genetic research shows that the so-called vampire is actually suffering from a rare genetic defect disease, porphyria, porphyria is a blood disease, it has several types, but all porphyria All have a common pathological mechanism, that is, hemoglobin synthesis disorder.
Therefore, porphyria patients have two notable characteristics, anemia and photophobia. When sunlight activates the excessive accumulation of porphyrin substances in the skin, it will cause the patient's skin to blister, ulcerate, and cause unbearable pain. It was a cloudy day, and the dose of ultraviolet light was enough to destroy their skin, so porphyria patients could only go out at night.
At present, the means of alleviating porphyrin symptoms is blood transfusion. Blood transfusion itself can relieve anemia, and it can also bring extra hemoglobin, which can feed back and inhibit the endogenous heme synthesis pathway to a certain extent, thereby reducing porphyrin substances. accumulation.
Interestingly, hemoglobin can be absorbed through the intestines, so in theory, sucking blood can really effectively relieve porphyria symptoms. , took the risk and drank human blood, so there were more vampire legends in this world.
The reason why Luo Jia said these things was not to please the public, but to try to instill in everyone a concept that human genes, the genes in each of us, are actually flawed.
As the saying goes, human beings are not perfect, but where is human beings imperfect, or what causes them to be imperfect?
It's simple, a genetic defect.
Even if you are not obsessed with obesity, you may be lactose intolerant. If you drink two more mouthfuls of milk, you will have a stomachache, or you are born with thin hair and cannot escape the doom of middle-aged failure.
Don't think that genetic technology has nothing to do with you. Humans have a 100% genetic defect rate. If your genetic defect is the worst, although it is ugly, it will not endanger your life. You are considered lucky, but those genes are prone to cancer people, how should they live?
Assuming that it is your child or your parents who have a cancer gene defect, would you accept it?
"Science has always been risky." Luo Jia said frankly: "But the future path is already clear. If life sciences are to develop, they must move towards genetic modification. Only genetic technology can improve human life expectancy and Quality of life."
"To be a human being, you must learn to think, and you must also learn to take risks in your life, not to mention being tempted by those well-intentioned intellectuals."
"In the past, there was a host named Chai Jing who was known as a talented woman of the generation. With the support of North America, she made a documentary. Under the dome, she denounced China's pollution problem."
"Actually, I also hate pollution. No one doesn't like green mountains and green waters. But in the documentary, she proposed to open up the national energy market and let international energy giants in. This is more embarrassing. Energy security, If the lifeline of the country is given to the West, it will pay a heavy price."
"At first I didn't understand, what happened to Chai Jing?"
"Afterwards, two things made me realize. First, her son is from North America. Second, she insisted on forcing Huaxia Environmental Protection, but she said nothing after North America announced its withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement~IndoMTL. com~ After all, she is also the one whose **** decides her head."
"In short, there are many so-called experts in this world who claim that you can't use a knife on genes, but we still do it because we know that there is only one way to move forward. Between going backwards and forwards, we There is no reason to choose to back off."
"Not long ago, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory used fullerene technology to clean up the biggest scourge in the human body, free radicals, to slow down metabolism and prolong life."
"And we directly control the genetic channel. In the past, the body gave orders to the genetic channel, and we will control it in the future."
"Extending lifespan is only the first step. We also want to solve the problem of obesity and reduce the probability of various diseases. Although the current immune activation technology has been able to overcome most diseases, the overexcited immune system is always There are risks involved, and through genetic modification, the occurrence of diseases can be reduced fundamentally, instead of resorting to powerful measures to treat diseases after they occur.”
"If the West likes to be a more imperfect human being, it just likes to be defeated and has body odor. I have no objection, but we in China are already ready to embark on a better and stronger goal. If you do it, you will be more fearless in other things.”