When Chen Chen was in Africa, across the Mediterranean Sea in the European District, Samuel was standing in a cold and smooth laboratory, quietly looking at a culture warehouse full of science fiction.
This culture chamber is cylindrical in shape, about thirty centimeters in diameter, and is made of tempered glass. Only the base and top are made of metal.
In the culture chamber, there is a light yellow liquid.
If you look through the turbid liquid, you can vaguely see a life form the size of a fist and beginning to take on a human shape, quietly suspended in the solution.
It was a chimpanzee in fetal form.
On the belly button of the embryo, an artificial umbilical cord made of biological materials is connected to one end, while the other end passes through the culture chamber and is connected to the nutrition machine nearby.
This is how the laboratory delivers nutrients to the embryo by simulating the maternal environment.
As if he was tired of looking at it, Samuel turned around slightly. Suddenly, a row of cultivation warehouses were exposed, with the same scene in each cultivation warehouse...
This was the experimental plan Chen Chen made before he left. Each cloned embryo here corresponds to an old chimpanzee in the institute.
You must know that in the history of cloning, the most difficult thing is always the cloning of primates. The cloning technologies of other animals can often be used as a reference. For example, the sheep cloning technology can be used on Kunming mice with slight modifications.
However, all mammalian cloning techniques so far cannot be used on primates.
Some theologians assert that this is because humans are primates, and humans are God’s designated darlings, so God will not allow technology to blaspheme primates.
From the birth of Dolly the cloned sheep until 2013, this period is known as the darkest sixteen years in the cloning world, because during these sixteen years, the world continued to try to control primates with extremely limited theoretical support. clone.
Try, fail; try again, fail again…
Many people give up, but every failed attempt eliminates a wrong option for future generations, and every step of progress paves the way to victory...
This situation lasted until 2013, when God’s authority was once again broken by humans.
In 2013, after making thousands of attempts, the American Kazakh scientist Mitalipov used caffeine for the first time in the process of human somatic cell nuclear transplantation. As a result, this time, he saw the miracle that countless scientists have dreamed of -
After being treated with caffeine, human cloned embryos can not only fuse easily, but also have unprecedented perfect shapes!
As for the reason, it is because caffeine is a protein phosphatase inhibitor, which can temporarily inhibit the signaling pathway of egg cells and keep the egg cells stable, thus greatly improving the efficiency of cloning.
Let’s use the Western fable as an analogy:
The purpose of cloning is to expel the original "egg cell nucleus" king from the egg cell and support a new king called the "somatic cell nucleus" to take over.
However, regime change is, after all, a major event. If the people's sentiments are turbulent when the regime changes, it can easily trigger a coup and even lead to the destruction of the country and the family.
Therefore, the role of caffeine is highlighted. Its role in it is like a "minister who cares about life" to maintain the normal operation of the country during the transfer of power. In such turbulent times, it can constantly calm the people's hearts and ultimately ensure the "somatic cell nucleus" Successfully ascended to the throne...
There is an old saying in Zhongzhou that the predecessors planted trees for the next generation to enjoy the shade. It was the contribution of the scientist named Mitalipov that prevented the cloning technology of all mankind from completely stagnating, and that led to the current situation of Samuel. Everything before your eyes.
Looking at the life-changing scene in front of him, Samuel showed a sigh.
This batch of cloned chimpanzees has differentiated enough hematopoietic stem cells and mesenchymal stem cells to be able to repeat Chen Chen's original experiment.
As long as this experiment can proceed smoothly, aging will soon no longer be an irreversible phenomenon, and the average life span of humans is expected to increase by another 20 to 30 years.
Of course, this technology is not mature yet, and there are still many difficulties that need to be overcome, such as the damage to the body caused by chemotherapy, the high failure rate of immune system reconstruction, etc., which all need to be overcome in the future.
Until the risk of this technology is reduced to less than one percent, then the technology will be mature and ready for the public.
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At this time, on the other side, just as the front foot sent Cheng Chao away, Chen Chen received the news of Samuel's successful cloning.
"It only took less than two months to clone a chimpanzee. Samuel really has great potential..."
After seeing the content of the message, Chen Chen thought for a moment.
As long as the next chimpanzee experiment can be successful, then the rest will be human clinical trials.
Of course, if you want to conduct clinical trials in Switzerland, you must pass the ATP (Therapeutic Products Agency) and FOPH (Federal Office of Public Health) review, just like you need to pass the FDA review in North America and the CFDA review in Central Asia. .
But it is precisely because of this that the pain in the balls occurred -
Sometimes, the time the state spends on review is even longer than the time spent on drug and technology research and development, and may even be so long that it may completely drag the company to death.
Therefore, Chen Chen will definitely not conduct the third phase of clinical trials in Switzerland, which has a well-established medical system.
He plans to move the third phase of the experiment to Namibia.
Now that I am in the honeymoon period with the Namibian authorities, it is relatively easy to get approval from the Ministry of Health of this country.
If that doesn't work, you can also conduct secret clinical experiments first...
So, Chen Chen thought about what he wanted to do next, and then called Wen En, the general manager of the Swiss branch.
"Mr. Winn, I have something to ask you to do..."
"I want to buy the most advanced bioelectronic equipment on the market today... Yes, price and tariffs are not an issue, and political donations are not an issue... "
"I know this requires a lot of effort and connections. I heard that your son is getting married recently. It just so happened that I recently bought a luxury apartment next to the Zurich Opera House, so I gave it to him."
"Okay, it'd better be faster. You also know what the company is researching recently. If it succeeds, you will definitely be the first batch of beneficiaries."
After hanging up the phone, Chen Chen couldn't help but shook his head.
At this rate, the $4 billion that was defrauded from Facebook has been spent. It seems that it is time to commit another round of fraud.
Chen Chen couldn't help but touch his chin.
After Samuel's experiment yields results, he can indeed search the world again.
And this time, it’s not just four billion...