"Hey! Bat!" Lucius contacted Bruce through a secret communication device. He hid in the bathroom, put the computer on the toilet, and faced Bruce Wayne wearing a mask. Of course, he is now Batman.
Lucius managed to use undetectable signals, in pajamas, with messy hair, and only communicated with bats when he woke up in the morning.
"The boy you sent is very unusual!" Lucius whispered, "I have some clues about what you asked me to investigate."
"There are many illegal projects in the secret laboratory of the Lex Group. Although they hide some documents and some research avoids us, the scientific research is coherent, so I can still see something. Luthor at the same time There are many projects, but the core project of the entire secret laboratory is a complete somatic cell clone."
"And it is a specific clone, they are copying a special existence."
"Of course their progress is very slow now... As far as I can see, they are still stuck in the step of pluripotent cells, complete somatic cell cloning, the first thing is to restore the pluripotency of cells, and restore ordinary cells to an undifferentiated stem cell state. At the same time, it is also related to the technology of lossless replication of specific somatic cells."
"This is also the reason why I found that the target of their cloning is specific. Generally speaking, a broad sample is selected for the study of somatic cell cloning, but I have observed that their samples are very scarce, which greatly delays their research progress. "
"Lucius..." Batman on the opposite side of the video said, "Are you sure this is the biggest secret of the Lex Group laboratory!"
"My judgment is not reliable... Batman. Both you and Luthor have more than ten circles in their minds than mine. It's too easy for you to hide it from me. If Luthor has a secret, I can't guarantee It can be found... I can only say that in my professional judgment, this is the biggest project of the Lex Group laboratory!" Lucius replied.
Batman on the opposite side is silent!
He thought about countless things instantly in his mind... Whether the 'origin' is true or not, whether the prophet and the spider deceived himself. Is this project related to 'Origins'? What is 'origin'? And how to get involved with the mysterious First Prophet? Is it the weakness of the First Prophet
In an instant, the bat rethought these questions from countless angles.
He said hoarsely: "Lucius, I need you to get in touch with this project more deeply. It is best to find out the source of the sample cells!"
There was an indescribable embarrassment on Lucius' face, he hesitated and said: "Bat... You know my strengths are precision machinery and electronics, and biology is not my specialty. Interfering in other people's projects in a direction that I am not good at... This will greatly lower my reputation, and lead to rejection by the researchers of the Lex Group... If you need, I can of course become a little more difficult, interfering with them under the pretext of reviewing funds, and when Luthor doesn't respond, I can definitely kick him out. Get something before the project."
"But right off the bat...it's not the best move."
"Didn't you already send a professional over?"
"Professional?" Bruce was taken aback for a moment, and then began to recall quickly in his mind. He quickly realized: "You mean Peter? You have been in contact with him for a while, what kind of young man do you think he is?"
Bat didn't answer the question directly. He always avoided revealing information. If information is compared to wealth, Batman is a complete Grandet. If he had run the Wayne family business with this attitude, he would have acquired the entire Gotham a long time ago. !
Lucius smiled bitterly and said, "Old friend, you really made a fool of me, now in the Lex Group laboratory, I am just a dispensable role sent by Wayne Enterprises, and He...he's almost become the god here...he knows far more about this place than I do, he's got into the heart of this project!"
… … … In the core laboratory of Lex Group … … …
"Use retroviruses to implant gene fragments, activate cell differentiation, and obtain 'totipotent cells' with stem cell characteristics. Yes, your thinking is not wrong in this step. But you expect to use the same thinking to obtain stem cells, and you can Cells that develop into various tissues and organs with complete individual potential. That is, "totipotent stem cells" are only one word apart, but these are two completely different concepts. Totipotent stem cells only exist before fertilized eggs reach 32 cells in the cleavage stage."
"This is also the ethical limitation of researching totipotent stem cells. Every time a totipotent stem cell is obtained...an embryo must be killed."
"What is the concept of expecting to implant gene fragments in somatic cells to differentiate them into embryonic stem cells? If you succeed. Then human life span will be unlimited, and everyone will live forever, because as long as the same technology is adopted, the A cell in our body returns to the state of an embryonic stem cell. It can differentiate into a brand new me, and only needs to complete the induced differentiation technology, and our body cells will have no physiological limit, which is the technology for longevity.”
"I'm not saying it's impossible. I've seen many more sensational and incredible technologies than this, but... this is not something you can research."
The little spider stood on the podium and then scolded the researcher who was taking notes: "You are not even sure about inserting a gene to make it differentiate into a 'totipotent cell'. Irreversible damage to the world, if the success lies on the earth, then you are still wandering in the Sirius galaxy!"
"The reason why I extracted the gene compiler reverse transcriptase from the retrovirus, and created this brand new gene editing tool, so that you can restore the partial totipotent type of cells without damage, and extract non-destructive totipotent cells. It's just Because I need a success that will convince you, not expect anything from this path."
"If I had, I would send this paper to "Science" and blow it up on the potential of this technology, including step by step from unipotent stem cells, to pluripotent stem cells, to totipotent stem cells, which are embryos The cultivation potential of stem cells, including the possibility of human immortality... Do you believe it? Those who were willing to provide me with research funding at that time could be ranked from Metropolis to Gotham!"
"The ultimate goal of this project is to re-clon some cell samples and ensure the genetic integrity of the cells."
"What kind of concept is this? Even in sci-fi movies, we want to clone dinosaurs..."
"It's more realistic than this, because we can induce the creatures evolved from dinosaurs step by step by reconstructing the genes of dinosaurs and inserting gene fragments. I personally prefer large birds such as ostriches to induce them to return to their ancestors, because there is no We were asked to make a copy of a particular dinosaur that was genetically identical eons ago."
"But the owner of this lab doesn't even allow us to use the fertilized eggs of orangutans... (whispers) or some kind of great upright apes (whispers: you know) to reconstruct the genes of the samples step by step. As we all know, the samples Although the gene of this animal looks quite similar to that of a human being, it is so different that one even doubts whether it is a creature on Earth."
The scientists below whispered, whispered, and nodded frequently.
"Everyone, we are like lame dancers who challenge the world's dancing king with shackles. What is impossible in the first place is not allowed to try!"
The little spider spread his hands and sighed, and he suddenly raised a finger calmly: "So now, I have some crazy ideas, and I need everyone's support..."
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"What are you going to do? What are you going to do? Peter!" A few hours ago, the little spider looked at himself in the mirror and said with some obsession: "Give up this crazy idea! This is simply evil..."
"But the truth is right in front of me... this is the charm of science!" said the little spider in the mirror to himself.
"Science has no good or evil...it has only true and false!"
"But scientists have good and evil! We still have a conscience..." Little Spider struggled while touching his chest.
"Try it? Anyway, it may not succeed!" Peter in the mirror showed a blackened smile and encouraged him in a low voice.