The mind is stronger than things, transcending the ordinary and becoming holy

Chapter 52 052. Gene Enhancement (Three chapters today, urgent reading!)

That's right, after prosthetics failed, genetic modification was Chen Shibo's method to gain the ability to protect himself.

In his vision, as long as he undergoes genetic modification, his body functions will be far superior to those of ordinary people, so that he can be implanted with the highest-standard subcutaneous bulletproof prostheses.

The combination of the two is more than enough to deal with the threats that may occur next.

In order to achieve this goal, Chen Shibo would not hesitate to spend hundreds of millions. After all, the Nalan family alone actively contributed one billion in liquidity to help him realize his dream.

At this point, money has become a string of numbers. The key lies in whether this string of numbers can achieve its purpose.

So next, in order to improve himself, Chen Shibo entered an extremely busy stage.

In addition to learning G language by himself every day, he also has to go to Nalan's construction site every day to check the construction status of the construction site and give the next order.

At the same time, he also had to communicate with Umbrella to locate the temporary laboratory in the Chen family villa where he once lived.

He still remembered that there was a refuge room in that villa, with a secluded environment and good living conditions, so he designated it as a secret laboratory for genetic modification.

In the next few days, Wang Hydrogen Heli transferred five scientists and a lot of experimental equipment from Umbrella.

Chen Shibo met with the five people, and after promising them some benefits, he let the five people live in a villa in the city center.

By the time Chen Shibo came to the villa, the five people had already set up the research facilities in the refuge room. A large number of scientific instruments, both understandable and incomprehensible, filled the space in the refuge room, and the most eye-catching ones were the ten cylindrical ones in the center. facilities.

These cylindrical devices are about thirty centimeters in diameter and one meter high. They are made of tempered glass, with only the base and top made of metal, just like a large test tube.

"This is the most valuable cultivation warehouse."

Wang Heli was also here. He pointed at the ten glass cylinders, in which yellowish liquid could be seen, as well as a large number of pipes at the top.

These pipes are drilled out of the glass cylinder and extend into various instruments in the refuge room. They are thick and thin, and come in various colors, making them look a bit messy.

"The breeding warehouse is what the federation calls the life incubator."

Wang Heli looked at these devices and explained, "In order to cope with the negative fertility wave among the people, the Federation developed this life incubator. Its function is very simple. It is to simulate the purple palace environment and put fertilized eggs into it. After ten After months of cultivation, a healthy baby will grow inside..."

"Are these cultivated babies so-called unnatural people?"

"That's right."

Wang Heli stepped forward and gently stroked the smooth and delicate wall of the tank. His expression suddenly became complicated, "I was born from it back then, which is why I still don't know who my parents are..."

Chen Shibo's expression changed.

He still remembered that according to the "Unnatural Person Propagation Act", the official purchased high-quality sperm and eggs at a high price, and the unnatural person cultivated had to keep his life experience secret. After all, this was about ethics.

Most of the providers of sperm and eggs are not husband and wife, and they even don’t know each other. So what does it mean to have descendants of two people who are related by blood?

Therefore, every non-natural person will never know who his parents are, unless he can climb to a high position in the future and have the power to investigate.

However, most unnatural people do not have this opportunity. After all, they will be sent into deep space when they reach adulthood and are responsible for opening up a new world for mankind. Only a very small number of outstanding people can stay in the Federation of Terra.

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore."

Wang Heli came back to his senses. He walked behind one of the scientists who was working hard, pointed at a holographic projection device and said, "Mr. Chen, this is your cloned embryonic stem cell."

"So fast?"

Chen Shibo immediately stepped forward and looked at the enlarged translucent spherical cell in the holographic projection.

"Today's cloning is different from the past. It has long passed the process of using 'somatic cell nuclear transfer reprogramming' technology to form clones."

Wang Hydrol said with a smile, "The current method is to extract pluripotent stem cells directly from the blood and transform them into multipotent embryonic stem cells through chemical induction. The DNA of these embryos can be 100% similar to yours, and there will be no error, and safer.”

Chen Shibo nodded. In order to prevent this group of people from fooling him, he had also taken the time to read some information during this period. He knew that the reason why the other party said this was because a cell has cell membrane, cytoplasm, organelles, and nucleus. Dozens of substances exist.

The most important of these is the cell nucleus, an organ that contains 99 percent of genetic material.

Previous cloning technology removed the nucleus of the cloned object and injected it into another egg cell with the nucleus removed. Then scientists would use electric current and chemicals to change the characteristics of the egg cell and allow it to develop into an embryo.

In this way, the cloned embryo contains more than 99% of the genes similar to the original body, which is almost equivalent to a copy of a human being.

The reason why it is not 100% is because although the egg cell has had its nucleus removed, it still carries genetic material. This is a kind of defect, an imperfection.

In this world, cloning has abandoned this traditional cloning method and instead directly uses pluripotent stem cells to induce the formation of embryonic stem cells. The clones formed by this method are 100% genetically similar, more accurate, and more convenient.

Afterwards, by adding stem cells that produce placenta and yolk sac to this embryonic stem cell, the embryonic stem cells can truly develop into a complete embryo.

"By the way, Mr. Li Yu, where are you now?"

Wang Hydrogen asked the working scientist with a hint of respect.

"Ten embryonic stem cells have been induced so far. The next step is to cultivate the embryonic stem cells into fertilized eggs, and then inject the Ouroboros virus."

The scientist named Li Zhen replied without raising his head, "Generally speaking, embryonic stem cells, as the most promising embryonic stem cells in the world, will encode a special viral protein after being exposed to viruses. This protein will encode viral RNA transcripts." After binding, the transcripts are escorted to the cytoplasmic ribosomes to synthesize proteins. Viral proteins can not only affect the expression of viral genes, but also bind to many RNAs transcribed from human genes, stimulate immune responses, and increase human surface binding proteins. The amount of IFITM1, which protects cells from being killed by viruses."

When Chen Shibo heard this, he immediately turned to look at Wang Heli.

Seeing this, Wang Hydrohelium quickly added:

"The meaning of this sentence is that as long as the Ouroboros virus is infected in the state of a fertilized egg, the virus will naturally become a part of the fertilized egg. The human beings born in this way will be the perfect ones that truly merge with the Ouroboros. life……"

“Then, that’s when the research really starts.”

"After obtaining a perfect life, because the egg cell is your clone, the Ouroboros virus in its body will definitely fit you perfectly. This is the so-called tailor-made. At that time, only a part of this chimeric gene will need to be extracted. Customized viruses are injected into your body, and you become a perfect fusion."

Chen Shibo nodded after hearing this. This was indeed the way he provided it.

In fact, this method is not uncommon. It may be difficult to use this kind of reverse technology in your original world, but in this world it is not a problem at all. The only problem is the lack of money.

After all, the combination of fertilized eggs and viruses has variability, and it is difficult to achieve the expected transformation results. Therefore, a large number of clinical experiments are needed to obtain the one with the best experimental results from countless mutated viruses.