After a rigorous disinfection process, Chen Chen finally entered the highest-level biological gene core laboratory in the hive.
Although seven years have passed, the laboratory has always been sealed and is a Class 100 clean area, so the entire laboratory has not been contaminated.
It was as if time had stopped passing in this laboratory.
Strictly speaking, this laboratory is a suite, which is divided into seven or eight laboratories with different functions according to various classifications, such as sterilization room, quality inspection room, operation room, etc.
Not only that, what really moved Chen Chen's heart were the high-end instruments that Chen Chen had never seen before.
"Centrifuge, nucleic acid extraction equipment, real-time polymerase chain reaction equipment..."
Chen Chen was wrapped in a bloated protective suit. He looked at the machines one by one. With his instinctive understanding of the equipment in the biological laboratory and his intuition, he quickly recognized some of the instruments.
Because the laboratory also has surveillance, Chen Chen can get an explanation from X-112 every time he passes an instrument and doesn't recognize it.
"this is… "
Suddenly, Chen Chen was attracted by a special device in front of him.
This is a device like a large printer, with a white casing and a deep groove in the middle. There seems to be some very small components in the groove, which are too small to be seen clearly.
"Is this a micromanipulator?" Chen Chen raised his eyebrows.
"No, this is the adenine base editor."
X-112 said, "This editor can precisely manipulate a single base pair on DNA. It is a new technology developed on CRISPR genetic scissors technology. It uses artificial AI to lock and edit the genome more effectively. "
Chen Chen was immediately surprised when he heard this, "Being able to control a single base pair means there is almost no miss-the-target phenomenon?"
"That seems to be the case so far." X-112 replied.
"It seems that it is not a fluke that the world can develop the T virus. Has the biotechnology of this umbrella company reached this level?"
Chen Chen murmured softly.
In the real world, there are currently three mainstream gene editing technologies in humans, namely: ZFN gene editing technology, TALEN gene editing technology and CRISPRCas9 genome editing technology.
Among the three technologies, only CRISPR Cas9 technology has the lowest failure rate and is the most reliable. It is also the only technology that can edit RNA, so it is also the most widely used gene editing technology.
However, CRISPRCas9 technology currently has many problems, such as difficulty in complex gene editing, low transfection efficiency, etc.
However, it seems that this umbrella company has already embarked on a new path a long time ago, and the gene editing technology alone exceeds the gap of thirty or forty years in reality.
Continuing to check, Chen Chen soon found a large number of biological equipment that exceeded real-life technology. With these equipment, Chen Chen could even easily observe DNA nucleic acid chains, and other technologies were simpler and more accurate than in reality.
This is simply a paradise for biological dogs...
Chen Chen sighed secretly.
"By the way," Chen Chen seemed to have thought of something and asked excitedly, "Are there any T virus samples in this hive?"
"No, by checking the monitoring records, all the T-virus and T-virus antidote were lost 7 years ago, and now only some samples of the ancestor virus exist."
"Ancestor virus?"
Chen Chen's heart moved. Most people may have never heard of this virus, but Chen Chen has long investigated all the settings of Resident Evil and is already familiar with this virus.
The so-called ancestor virus, according to the game settings, is actually the predecessor of the T virus.
The founder of Resident Evil discovered a flower called "Ladder of the Sun" in Africa, and extracted the initial RNA fragment from this flower. This RNA is the ancestor virus.
The Ancestral Virus has the power to change human genes, so after several unsatisfactory experiments, the founder chimeric a leech gene fragment with the Ancestral Virus gene to generate the original T-virus.
"Where is the Ancestor Virus?" Chen Chen asked quickly.
"The Progenitor Virus is frozen in the hive's freezer." X-112 replied, "Do you need to defrost it now?"
"Wait a minute." Chen Chen thought for a while and waved his hand quickly, "Give me a copy of the information on the ancestor virus, and I will look it up first."
"clear."
X-112 agreed, and then Chen Chen saw the computer on the side automatically turned on, and pages of information were sent over.
But as he went deeper into the information about the Ancestral Virus, Chen Chen suddenly narrowed his eyes.
According to the information, the Ancestral Virus comes from the Dibai tribe in western Africa. The "Ladder of the Sun" flowers contain a viral substance in the form of RNA, which can enhance the human body's abilities and extend human lifespan.
From a biological point of view, the RNA properties of the ancestor virus can promote the evolution of human DNA, but the toxins contained in the virus will kill the human immune system, leading to systemic inflammation, necrosis of skin and other outer tissues, and a large amount of body fluids. Loss and secondary infection of various diseases, leading to sepsis and severe shock, eventually leading to death.
Only a very small number of individuals have immune receptors that mutate after infection, allowing them to survive, and the survival rate does not exceed 10%.
This disease is exactly the same as Ebola hemorrhagic fever
When Chen Chen saw this, he quickly pulled down and immediately saw the electron microscope photo of the ancestor virus, which looked like a worm-like filamentous virus.
It also comes from West Africa, it is also a filovirus, and even the symptoms of the progenitor virus are that infection causes systemic inflammation, necrosis of skin and other outer tissues, etc. These symptoms are almost identical to Ebola hemorrhagic fever.
Is there such a coincidence
Chen Chen checked the genetic sequence of the Ancestral Virus again, only to find that, as expected, the genetic similarity between the Ancestral Virus and the Ebola virus reached 98%!
It can be said that they have the same origin.
Chen Chen looked thoughtful.
This situation is not surprising. After all, in the eyes of any ordinary person, Resident Evil was originally written by a real-life screenwriter, and it makes sense to use the Progenitor virus to pay tribute to the Ebola virus in the real world.
However, it is just a setting tribute, but it happens to promise that the designed virus has the power to change human DNA and accelerate human evolution. This is a bit strange...
If the screenwriter just fabricated a virus that can make human beings evolve out of thin air, Chen Chen would still be able to accept it. After all, the USB flash drive seems to have the power to complete the rules. Even super-powerful beings who can out-of-control can exist and have the ability to allow people to evolve. Aren’t viruses normal
But what Chen Chen couldn't accept was that this virus actually had 98% of the same genetic sequence as the Ebola virus. Doesn't it mean that the Ebola virus also has the potential to evolve humans as long as it is slightly modified
So, is it that Ebola itself has this potential, and that the Resident Evil story is just self-defeating
Or is it because of the existence of a parallel time and space like the Resident Evil that a virus like the Ebola virus that is very similar to the Progenitor virus appears
To put it simply, Chen Chen’s question is: Which came first, the Resident Evil movie, or the Resident Evil plane
Chen Chen kept looking at the documents sent by X-112, but his mind was already flying out of the sky.
If this problem can be clarified, then Chen Chen can also figure out why some movies can be recognized through the USB flash drive while others are not.