The Technology Tree of Xueba

Chapter 244: Research Ethics and Achievements

Zhou Yu learned that Director Wang Xiaoxiao's urgent needs, of course, to do a good job of logistics services for them.

After a long-term use test, Zhang Wei has determined the optimal device composition of a quantum computer.

The quantum computer was officially handed over to Xinghuo Precision Manufacturing to begin production.

In the process of quantum computer production and debugging, Wang Xiaoxiao did not wait for the quantum computer to be put into use, but continued to study the cell's genetic code.

Although it is a simple single-celled organism, it can be said that it is the simplest life.

Viruses cannot complete their own survival and reproduction work. Strictly speaking, they are far from real life, and the genes of viruses do not have the reference for studying life activities.

Director Xiaoxiao Wang compared the genes of other cyanobacteria with other microbial genes.

Verify which genes are universal and rank genes.

Most of life has three kinds of genes: universal genes for life, species genes for life in the same category, and personality genes for individuals.

Wang Xiaoxiao mainly studies common genes. First, he studies the common characteristics of life, and then studies the differences of life.

Zhou Yu personally paid close attention to the high investment of Xinghuo Technology, and the quantum computer server of the scientific research center was quickly established.

It is a server composed of 12 quantum computers. It can easily perform research on human genes or the Big Bang.

Wang Xiaoxiao's expectation of a high-computing quantum computer was finally successfully deployed, and they began to study the genetic code of higher life.

Research materials are generally peas, dogtail grass, mice, chickens, catfish, grass snakes, and monkeys.

Higher plants and fish, reptiles, birds, mammals.

They are all highly differentiated cells, which make up organs, and also have corresponding synergistic effects.

Wang Xiaoxiao studied the DNA composition of these organisms in batches by using the experience of purpura algae to find the genes that control their physiological activity.

Genetically sequence these organisms and write what each gene segment can do.

This was completely ridiculous before, and it was impossible to complete such a project.

However, with the universal genes of cyanobacteria as a ruler and the powerful calculation capabilities of quantum computers, the project is progressing very fast.

Wang Xiaoxiao began to study the embryonic cells of these organisms. The bases that make up DNA were labeled with isotopes.

Explore the specific ribonucleic acid fragments it generates during transcription to find the protein expressed by this gene.

It is possible to speculate about the specific function of this gene fragment, and then through repeated verification, the ability of this gene is finally locked.

A month later, the Genetic Research Institute completely turned into a slaughterhouse, and the number of animals killed was so long that the waste processing plant equipment of the scientific research center was queued for processing.

Because of environmental problems, no one works here at the scientific research center's waste treatment plant, and robots are responsible for it.

From June 10, a very horrible phenomenon appeared in it.

Hundreds of corpses, which look like human embryos, are poured directly into a blender to be crushed into meat slurry, and placed in a fermentation tank for the microorganisms to clean up.

The scene detected by the intelligent robot immediately alerted Xianghua and secretly notified Zhou Yu of this information.

Zhou Yu was not surprised when he saw the information sent by Xianghua Daily, but was very surprised.

Director Wang Xiaoxiao They study the genetic makeup of the human body and must have basic experimental materials.

In addition to cultivating human fertilized eggs on a large scale, they also obtained aborted human embryos from hospitals.

They are not engaged in shady transactions, but have obtained scientific research certificates approved by relevant departments, obtained the approval of embryo mothers, and given relevant personnel financial compensation.

However, according to the information provided by Xianghua, these human embryos are obviously mature embryos, and their age should be within one month of birth.

Zhou Yu did not believe that this was a human embryo obtained by illegal means. Now in the 21st century, hundreds of human embryos are missing every day, even in Africa, enough to cause world shocks.

The only thing he can think of to achieve this effect is the cloning technology. The Gene Research Institute has been studying human fertilized eggs, and through embryo cutting, it has no problem to make some clones, not to mention somatic cell cloning technology.

Zhou Yu also felt that this is not cloning technology, and cloning also needs to talk about basic laws.

Director Wang Xiaoxiao, they only started the project for one month. The normal growth time of human embryos is about 10 months. Time will not allow them to obtain a huge number of human embryos.

Zhou Yu knew he didn't understand what was going on. He took two robot bodyguards and rushed to the Genetic Research Institute.

If these human embryos were obtained from illegal sources, Zhou Yu would be really disappointed with Wang Xiaoxiao and they must be subject to legal sanctions.

Zhou Yu came to the affiliated laboratory of the Genetic Research Institute and saw Wang Xiaoxiao leading a scientist, and then observed a human embryo through experimental equipment.

The human embryo is full of equipment and is watching his hematopoietic stem cell differentiation process.

Zhou Yu was furious at that time, his voice was a little trembling, and he rebuked loudly: "What are you doing?"

When Wang Xiaoxiao saw Zhou Yu full of anger and human embryos on the experimental bench, he immediately understood why Zhou Yu was angry.

Wang Xiaoxiao immediately explained: "This experimental body has only the embryonic form of a human embryo. He is not a true 'human', but an experimental material that we have produced through cell proliferation technology."

Zhou Yu heard Wang Xiaoxiao's words, he calmed down, waiting for Wang Xiaoxiao's explanation.

If it is an isolated phenomenon, he will not hesitate to deal with Wang Xiaoxiao, but hundreds of them every day, this is really abnormal.

"We used human fertilized eggs as an experiment, and we bought aborted human embryos from the hospital to see the process of cell differentiation," Wang Xiaoxiao pointed at.

Fertilized eggs cannot see the specific cell differentiation process, aborted embryos are too rare, or stillbirth is not easy to observe.

We want to cultivate human embryos by laboratory methods and explore the expression of human genes in the process of life growth.

But a true human embryo culture process takes 10 months. Successful cultivation is a real person, and it is also illegal to experiment with him.

It is just that we have made a breakthrough in studying the genes that control the life span of human cells, and found a way to make the fertilized eggs rapidly increase in value.

It takes only five days for a fertilized egg to rapidly proliferate and differentiate into a human embryo similar to a baby.

But with such rapid proliferation and differentiation, the most critical nervous system cannot mature at all, and this human embryo can not live for 1 day. From fertilized eggs to human embryos, it has a life expectancy of 6 days.

Its nervous system organs are also very fragile, but through a large number of experiments, genes that control various physiological activities can be found, except for genes that control the nervous system. "

After listening to Wang Xiaoxiao's remarks, Zhou Yu said that he was relaxed in his heart. This was indeed a cloned embryo, but it was not a clone.

Because this embryonic nervous system is not generated, it cannot sense the external environment at all, nor can it be called a person. Such embryos are worse than aborted embryos.

He can only persuade: "You study this kind of embryo that looks like a human baby, which is not good in ethics and law, especially if it is shot by others, which affects the reputation of our company.

Wang Xiaoxiao said with a serious expression: "I have thought about using this kind of embryo that was cloned through rapid value-added.

Chinese law stipulates that UU reading www.uukanshu.com can use human embryos for 15 days and must be destroyed afterwards.

We have only been here for 6 days and we have not even reached half of the legal requirements.

We just need a lot of data on cell differentiation, corresponding to the genes we found.

As long as this project is successfully researched, this need not be done in the future.

We do this without contaminating the human gene pool, and we also use cloned embryos without perception.

In terms of law and ethics, I don't think it has any extraordinary performance. At most, it is testing on the edge of ethics.

Fearing everything, it is impossible to engage in scientific research. The world still speaks with results. "

Zhou Yu looked at Wang Xiaoxiao's firm and clear eyes, and he took back what he wanted to say.

Stepped forward and patted Wang Xiaoxiao's shoulder, solemnly instructed: "To complete the experiment as soon as possible, we have a clear conscience, but we can not let others misunderstand, try not to let others misunderstand."

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