"Is it really useful?" Zhou Litao had only heard various rumors in the past, saying that an old man in a certain place did experiments and performed blood transfusions regularly to make money. Later, I discovered that I rarely get sick, and I look younger than my peers.
Rumor has it that the experiment is over, and the old man is still chasing the blood of young people regularly to maintain this state.
When Zhou Litao heard about it at that time, he just laughed it off and thought it was basically folklore and romance.
But Boss Zheng said that it would be interesting if the relevant experimental results were published in a top journal like Nature.
"Tony Wyss-Coray collected blood from young mice and transfused it into old mice. Five weeks later, the brains of these old mice had significant changes. Their learning ability and environmental adaptability, and memory have improved, and even physical strength has improved.”
"He later did human experiments, which caused a lot of controversy. I don't know whether he gave up or did it secretly." Zheng Rendao, "But Tony Wyss-Coray finally believed that a certain component in the blood is related to the aging of the body. Together. In the future, we may be able to extract these substances from the blood and develop anti-aging drugs to extend human lifespan."
"Boss Zheng, you can do this... well!" Zhou Litao's eyes changed.
Zheng Ren shook his head slightly, "I can only say that it is not recommended for the time being without complete verification. At present, in addition to blood transfusion and so-called clean blood, it is not recommended because the project is immature and the risk is high."
"ah?"
"Are you limited? Every period, dynasty, and person will have certain limitations." Zheng Ren said with a smile.
"Just tell him directly that many emperors have died while refining alchemy. It's so troublesome to say it." Su Yundao said.
"That's pretty much what it means." Zheng Rendao, "Without long-term and large-scale experimental samples, we can't be sure whether it will be effective. Moreover, it is not certain whether the blood transfusion has any side effects or whether the personality will change."
"Change personality?" Zhou Litao was shocked.
"Don't listen to his nonsense. There are similar cases of bone marrow transplantation, which proves that DNA has changed. I have never heard of blood transfusion causing personality changes," Su Yundao said.
"That's because there is not enough research now, or it is kept secret. Similar to the Berta Laboratory, not all results must be published in top journals first." Zheng Rendao.
"It has nothing to do with what you said. Mr. Zhou, don't listen to the boss's nonsense. At least the limited samples now show no side effects." Su Yun argued.
Zhou Litao gulped. If this is feasible, will human life expectancy be greatly extended in the future
"As for the theoretical basis, it has to do with a very old experiment, almost 200 years old." Zheng Rendao, "Have you ever heard of heterogeneous symbiosis?"
Zhou Litao shook his head.
Su Yundao said, "I wanted to give it a try when I was performing a heart transplant on a mouse, but before I could do it, I went back to Haicheng."
"Alien species? Symbiosis?" Zhou Litao was a little confused. Is there no rejection reaction
"Parabiosis is to connect two animals with different characteristics and in different states, allowing them to share a common blood flow, so as to study which substances in the blood affect health."
"This matter is almost 200 years old, and there is no conclusion. It was first developed in 1864 by the French zoologist Paul Bert as a model to study the shared circulatory system: cut the sides of two mice, and then Skin and muscle walls were stitched together to study the interactions between different animals through blood circulation."
Cut open, different mice share blood... Zhou Litao suddenly felt that this thing was done by those Frankensteins.
Black technology, world domination, these scenes from goofy movies and TV series filled Zhou Litao's mind.
"Parabiosis once provided a theoretical basis for the discovery of leptin." Zheng Rendao, "When two mice are connected together, the fat one quickly becomes thinner. This is how the chemical substance leptin was discovered."
"Boss Zheng, wasn't that little white rat starved to death?" Zhou Litao asked.
"Hahaha, Mr. Zhou, your question is really sharp." Su Yun laughed.
Zhou Litao reacted immediately. Boss Zheng said that this experiment provided a theoretical basis for finding leptin, and he would definitely not be hungry.
"The discovery of leptin allowed An and Friedman to jointly win the 2010 Lasker Award." Zheng Rendao, "But it has no way to play a role in humans. Nowadays, many people claim that leptin can lose weight, but there is no theoretical basis."
Su Yun raised his eyebrows slightly, and his boss talked a lot, but finally returned to a topic - the results of animal research cannot be realized in humans at all, and leptin is a typical example of this theory.
This person is so small-minded, Su Yun thought to himself as he glanced at his boss with disdain.
"Using basic experimental splitting methods, scientists have mainly identified four protein molecules with very different functions: CCL11, GDF11, TIMP2 and VCAM1. However, there is still a lot of controversy about their roles."
"Some substances not only fail to bring benefits to people, but also bring greater harm."
"Boss, if I want to be as conservative as you are, penicillin is gone. Hurry up and live in the cave and go hunting every day." Su Yun said disdainfully.
"I just said that blood transfusion is not certain, and it does not involve what you said." Zheng Rendao, "Speaking of which, glutathione is an interesting drug. There are many drug trials that have proved that it is indeed effective in delaying aging. "
"Really!" Zhou Litao's eyes lit up.
"Who knows." Zheng Ren became irresponsible and said casually: "No matter what, it is just a guess, and the relevant pharmacological experiments are still being studied in depth. Teacher Tu spent many years of research before extracting the drug from Artemisia annua. Artemisinin."
"I think glutathione has limited effects. If you really want to stay young forever, you should start researching it from the blood of young people." Su Yun said with a clear stance: "The experiment on mice has achieved certain results, and the next step is to It’s time to do human trials.”
"Stop talking nonsense." Zheng Ren put out his cigarette and said with a smile: "Go and see Mr. Cui and go home for dinner."
Su Yun seemed to have a lot to say, but no matter how much he said about this kind of thing, it was just speculation. The ancient emperors had the most high-end resources at their disposal, but they did not expect that each elixir would turn into a life-threatening poison.
Heavy metal poisoning is something that seems to be unavoidable now, but emperors and generals are rushing to take it. Thinking about it, it feels a bit like committing suicide.