While Zhao Yi was busy writing basic artificial intelligence, his medical and pharmaceutical companies were not idle either. Instead, they organized and launched the National Human Genome Project domestically.
Organize scientific research institutions and experts and scholars in the field of biological genes across the country to begin research on human genes.
To say that the most in-depth genetic research in China and even internationally is the Qingnong Biological Laboratory.
In order to allow them to quickly develop new fruit tree varieties, Zhao Yi specially gave them a lot of theoretical and technical information related to genes to speed up their research in this area.
In fact, over the past year or so, Qingnong Biological Laboratory has made remarkable achievements in developing new varieties of fruit trees after digesting Zhao Yiji's theoretical and technical information.
More than 100 common fruits have been genetically modified beneficially, and new varieties have begun to be grown experimentally.
Moreover, each fruit has several types of sub-genetic modifications, in order to compare the various sub-varieties after the planting results.
The first is to conduct practical research on genetic modification.
The second is to avoid wasting time due to failure to achieve the expected goals after the transformation.
You know, it takes several years for most fruits to mature and bear fruit. If the modified fruit varieties are not as good as expected, then you have to start from scratch again, and time is wasted.
Of course, most of the Qinnong Biological Laboratory's research focuses on plant genes, and there is little research on animal and human genes. However, the genetic research equipment they need to study plant genes can indeed be used in other fields.
The company responsible for the R&D and manufacturing of genetic research equipment is Tiangong Precision Instrument Company. This company under Zhao Yi focuses on the R&D and manufacturing of high-precision instruments and equipment. It can be said to have the most advanced R&D and production capabilities of instruments and equipment in the world.
It is precisely with the complete genetic theory and the required research equipment that the Qingnong Biological Laboratory can smoothly carry out genetic research and genetic modification experiments, and achieve a large number of research results in a short period of time.
The genetic theory and technical information provided by Zhao Yi not only greatly benefited Qingnong Biological Laboratory, but also benefited Pusi Chemical Company, which was not originally related to genes.
Because Pulse Chemical Company, in addition to continuing to deepen its efforts in the chemical industry, also devotes part of its energy to the research and development of agricultural chemicals. Agricultural chemicals have now become a major source of income for Pulse Chemical.
With in-depth research, Pusi Chemical Company has reached a certain level of strength in agrochemicals and can compete with international giants.
But it is becoming increasingly difficult to go further and form an absolute technological advantage over the established giants.
In order to solve this problem, new agrochemical research ideas are necessary.
In 1983, Pusi Chemical Company made outstanding achievements in the research and development of organic agricultural chemical products, and also began to distance itself from the established chemical companies in this field.
In order to further expand its advantages in this field and reduce the harm of agricultural chemicals, Pusi Chemical Company has targeted genetic research.
Therefore, Pusi Chemical needs to conduct related research on plant genes and pest genes, and the research strength in plants lies in the Qingnong Biological Laboratory.
Therefore, Pusi Chemical Company and Qingnong Biological Laboratory reached a research cooperation plan in the field of plant genes.
As the research time with Qingnong Biological Laboratory lengthened, they discovered that Qingnong Biological Laboratory actually had a set of technologies and theories that were different from existing biological genetic research, which was an eye-opener for them.
Since they are all industries under Zhao Yi, Pusi Chemical Company hopes to obtain the theoretical and technical information on genes from Qingnong Biological Laboratory.
Of course, Qingnong Biological Laboratory could not make the decision without authorization, so it reported the situation to Zhao Yi.
After Zhao Yi agreed, Pusi Chemical Company obtained these genetic theories and technical data as expected, and applied them to the field of pest gene research.
Through research on the genes of plants and pests that need to be protected, Pusi Chemical develops new agricultural chemical products in a more targeted manner, greatly reducing the degree and scope of harm of agricultural chemical products, and completely leaving its opponents behind in international competition. .
Now, Chinese medical companies and Chinese pharmaceutical companies have begun to include human genetic research into their work schedule in order to explore new treatments for human diseases and develop new drugs to treat diseases.
It’s just that human genetic research is different from plant and pest genetic research. It involves more issues and requires the consent and cooperation of the government and other relevant parties, and you cannot conduct research on your own.
Therefore, a research and analysis report on the Human Genome Project was formed and submitted to the National Ministry of Health, explaining the necessity and feasibility of the plan, hoping that the country would come forward to organize the implementation of the plan.
It was through this report that the country discovered that our country had accumulated so much technology and theory in the field of genetic research, which they never expected.
This is due to the fact that Qingnong Biological Laboratory and Pusi Chemical Company are very low-key in their research in this area.
After all, the mention of genes makes people inexplicably worried, and this is even more true when it comes to directly using genetic technology to modify plants and precisely attack the genetic weaknesses of animals.
Just like the Qingnong Biological Laboratory, they originally planned to conduct research and development work in a low-key manner until the new fruit varieties were fully successful.
This low-key attitude and new fruit varieties were not completely successful, nor were they promoted on a large scale, so no one paid attention to them.
Pusi Chemical Company is even simpler. Even if new agricultural chemical products are born as a result of genetic research results, they will not be promoted as being developed for pest genes.
Rather, it emphasizes that specific chemicals have significant effects on specific pests and have the characteristics of reducing the degree and scope of harm.
Anyway, after this product was developed, it has crushed the effects of similar products from established brands, so there is no need to emphasize the technical details inside.
Moreover, new agricultural chemicals are actually inorganic chemicals or organic chemicals and do not have genetic modification properties.
Because here, genetic research only assists the research of new agricultural chemicals, rather than genetically modifying pests or genetically modifying crops.
China Medical Company and China Pharmaceutical Company have just been established. They are definitely not the ones conducting research in this area, so the technology involved must come from elsewhere.
After inquiry and investigation, it was discovered that the source of these technologies turned out to be the Qingnong Biological Laboratory.
It can be said that Qingnong Biological Laboratory is the economic entity with the least presence under Zhao Yi.
First, it did not generate a large amount of economic benefits.
Second, he did not publish any earth-shattering papers.
In the eyes of outsiders, the laboratory is a complete loser. Its only contribution was the cultivation of a limited number of animals and plants such as pasture, beef cattle, loam grass and dairy cows before its establishment.
To be honest, if Zhao Yi hadn't been named a researcher in the laboratory, even Zhao Yi's companies would have paid little attention to this biological laboratory that had high hopes at the beginning, let alone gained the attention of outsiders. .
This time the Human Genome Project finally made Qingnong Biological Laboratory attract a lot of attention in the domestic scientific research community, and it also made these people understand that even the most obscure unit under Zhao Yi cannot be underestimated in the slightest.
The new genetic testing technology mentioned in the reports of China Medical Company and China Pharmaceutical Company has won many Nobel Prizes in Biology and Chemistry. As a result, Qingnong Biological Laboratory did not publish any technical papers.
This phenomenon really makes them feel incredible, because it is really contrary to common sense.
Which researcher doesn't want to make a name for himself, and the Nobel Prize is an opportunity to make a name for himself. But faced with this opportunity, the researchers at Qingnong Biological Laboratory didn't even care.
It’s just that they don’t know that these technologies are provided by Zhao Yi, and the technologies provided by Zhao Yi will continue to be concealed unless they must be made public.
The final authorship of these results is awarded to the relevant researchers based on their contribution to the laboratory. Zhao Yi himself does not intend to pin these results on himself, there is no need.
Just like this genetic testing technology, because of the Human Genome Project, it needs to be made public, so Qingnong Biological Experiment has written and submitted relevant papers, and related patents have also been registered.
If these tasks are not completed, it is impossible for China Medical Company and China Pharmaceuticals to disclose it casually. This is not in the interest of Qingnong Biological Laboratory, nor is it in the interest of Zhao Yi.
Faced with such a dark horse in the field of domestic genetic research, senior officials inspected Qingnong Biolab, expressed concern about the laboratory from the top, and invited Qingnong Biolab to join the Human Genome Project.
Unfortunately, although the Qingnong Biological Laboratory has many researchers, it has also launched many research projects, and all of them are related to the plant field. There is very little genetic research in the animal field, let alone human genes.
Participating in the Human Genome Project certainly gives you relevant experience, but it’s actually not a big deal.
Under the new genetic testing technology, in fact, it is more of a brick-moving job, which requires a lot of hard work. The creative work has to be done after the human genetic testing is completed, and the genes are studied in detail.
Therefore, Wang Ergou, who was working in the Qingnong Biological Laboratory, categorically rejected the invitation from the upper management, and even declined the proposal of joint research by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and continued to plan to delve deeper into plant genetic research.
After Zhao Yi heard the news, he felt helpless. This Wang Ergou was even more stunned than him. He actually refused to give face to the senior officials and refused to participate even if he said he would not participate.
Fortunately, Qingnong Biological Laboratory is a private institution, so there is no need to worry about being stuck in research and funding. However, Zhao Yi is worried that when the time comes to promote new varieties, someone will come out to make things difficult, causing delays in the plan.
Therefore, as the boss, Zhao Yi could only go and explain the situation to the relevant leaders in person, saying that the Human Genome Project has sufficient participation from China Medical Company and China Pharmaceutical Company, and that when encountering difficulties, he can also participate appropriately.
In fact, this is just an attitude. They don't really care whether Zhao Yi is involved or not.
Because Zhao Yi's performance in this area is not satisfactory to outsiders. Although he obtained a master's degree in biology in one year, he did not produce any significant research results.
Even in the field of mathematics, which had achieved great results before, no papers have been published anymore. It seems that Jiang has exhausted his talents, or has completely shifted his attention to other places. Anyway, few people know what Zhao Yi is doing now.
Zhao Yi was also happy that this way not many people would pay attention to him, allowing him to live his own life freely.
In this way, the National Genome Project, organized by the state, jointly initiated by China Medical Corporation and China Pharmaceutical Company, and jointly implemented by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, was passed. (End of chapter)