Half-immortal civilization

Master Company announced the privatization of a planet for the second time!

The first time was Venus, everyone can understand; but what is the reason this time?Discover Protoplasm!Some people who knew it were immediately envious!

Yes, the Master Company did not keep it secret—in fact, there is no way to keep it secret. There are so many people in the expedition team, and some people even publish information to the Internet regularly—even at ordinary communication speeds, one month is enough!Even if the master company blocks the news, as long as the explorers return to the earth, they don't even have to think about it, they will definitely be exposed and let the whole country know.Rather than covertly passive exposure, it is better to take the initiative to announce, at least to win a good reputation for yourself.Whether it is ancient or modern, Chinese or foreign, reputation is an invisible monument.We can't just kill all the expedition team just for this little thing, if we do this, Zhang Jingyuan's mind will really be flooded.I have practiced myself, and that little thing is not in the eyes of the law at all!
There is still a long way to go for the development of the master company, and the construction of reputation must not be sloppy.Perhaps, just a little carelessness, the credibility carefully built for more than 20 years will collapse in a few days.There is still a long way to go, and the future development will be even more exciting. There are better things in the outer space!

But for the world, it can be said that one stone caused a thousand waves. On the second day, February 2068, 2, the phone of the master company was ringing, and the network was even congested.The most serious thing is that on the state side, all kinds of entrusted relationships are directly linked to Zhang Jingyuan himself and the rest of the high-level and middle-level leaders of the master company.

In order to cope with the madness of the whole world, the master company simply announced.On February 2th, the first science and technology conference after the unification of mankind will be held. The conference will discuss life research and human health; especially the method of prolonging human life—in fact, the last one is the main body.

This is a truly global conference and the first global science and technology conference for mankind. More than 2000 life laboratories, large and small, have all been notified.Some of these life research laboratories are primate research, some are microbiological research, some are reptile research, some are marine biology research, and some are genetic research and human lifespan research.

Whole life research is one of the largest research systems in the world. After simple statistics, Master Company issued 2176 invitations.Got all the feedback; and the people who attended.There are more than 2 people who came here—some relatively large research institutions even have hundreds of people!

Especially on the national side, the three laboratories set up after the reunification,.What is integrated is the research institutions on the traditional territory.They are: National Laboratory of Genetics and Evolution, National Laboratory of Microbiology and Viruses, National Laboratory of Life.Among them genetics and evolution.It is mainly responsible for research on genes and other aspects; the microbiology and virus laboratory can be understood literally; the life laboratory is the top and comprehensive laboratory, but it is biased towards the research of mammals, especially human beings, including aging research.

5th.The whole earth is boiling. Some people say that the era of improving the overall lifespan of human beings is coming.Of course, this is the invincible effect of fanfare—in fact, the answer given by the real scientific community is: it is theoretically feasible; science is rigorous, and it will not give a clear answer without real verification.However, this does not stop people's yearning.

As for the country, it was a surprise. With the help of such information, the country quickly promoted the integration and digestion of globalization. It is a huge and complicated job to complete a big country that covers the entire earth.Ethnic conflicts, religious conflicts, conflicts of beliefs and ideas, issues left over from history, etc., and even legal provisions, time differences, geographical environments, etc., all need to be considered one by one.Fortunately, Huaxia now has plenty of time to do it, and it is improving a little bit.However, if there is such an opportunity to take advantage of, of course he will not let it go.The president of the country also has ambitions: do as much as possible to benefit the country and the people, and at the very least leave a name in history, so that future generations will give their thumbs up when they mention it.

That is, under the needs and promotion of the country, the first scientific research conference of mankind - the Life Research Association, the response was a bit sensational, even exaggerated.On the Internet, as long as you search for the corresponding keyword, the first one is this: whether it is microbes, genes, life, etc., even if you search for Venus, you can jump out of this link.

Such a sensational event, of course, attracted the attention of the still-turbulent world, and even some dissatisfied members of the German Empire had to take the initiative to apply for participation: no one has trouble with health or even longevity.

In the excited eyes of the world, the first scientific conference after the unification of mankind was long overdue—many people counted the days by looking at the clock; the first session discussed life.

On the 10th, traffic jams around the Gaoshou Company were serious, and the number of people who just signed up to participate had already exceeded [-].From top science and acting institutions, to college laboratories, to some college clubs, etc.; the master company has opened its arms, as long as it is a serious person, it can enter, and even temporary participation and interested college students are welcome.Even for publicity, the country has specially set up a reporter area to report the process to the world at any time.

For the first time, the benefits of world unification are manifested. Science is no longer divided into regions, and it is no longer restricted by open-mouthed patents; and the slogan of the country is that everyone is equal, at least the slogan is so.Therefore, some research institutions that had never been heard of on the Internet jumped out.These research institutions are often top-notch; even many deadly research institutions in the world are part of such invisible research institutions.Too many research institutions serve the country and the military industry.

For example, the United States and Russia each have a life research institution, and the research is actually superhuman.Yes, real society and movies often have too many similarities.Using rays, genetic engineering, mechanics, etc., to work on the kind of superman that only exists in the movies, and it has achieved good results.

In the open air, there is no way to build large-scale stereoscopic projection equipment at low cost, and a flat display screen is enough for just a report discussion.but.For the scale of 10 people, this report shows that the screen is divided into a main screen and 100 secondary screens.Every thousand people share a screen, and each screen is [-] meters in size.But the main screen is very small, only ten meters in size, and it is watched by speakers and important guests at the front desk.Of course, the main screen is a stereoscopic projection screen.

The President of the country was in high spirits and personally opened the prelude to the conference.There is no long talk, simply congratulations on the unification of the world, which is conducive to the progress of mankind.Affirmed the first global technology conference.He expressed his gratitude to the master company, and then promised that those who performed outstandingly in this conference will receive a free research bonus of 10 billion yuan allocated by the state, as promised by the master company.At least ten kilograms of protoplast research specimens.

The meeting just started.It was pushed to **.The main body of the symposium, the significance of the research, and the outlook for the future.Raise this meeting to an unimaginable status.Later people commented: This meeting is not only a symbol of the unification of the new world, but also a symbol of the rapid take-off of mankind.It laid the most solid foundation for the later life sciences.

When it was Zhang Jingyuan's turn to speak, he just said one sentence: At the beginning of the conference, first of all, Qian Changyong, the president of the National Academy of Life Sciences, will be invited to speak. (Speaking nonsense takes up a lot of words, if there is too much nonsense, I will probably be scolded o(n_n)o haha~)

On the huge screen, Qian Changyong's information is simultaneously displayed: Qian Changyong, a true expert, studies the aging aspects of life, and the achievements he has made are: using drugs to inhibit the speed of gene telomere shrinkage, without affecting the quality of life Under the premise, through thousands of experiments, it has been confirmed that the life of mice can be extended by one tenth; and this is also an important research branch of Huaxia Gene Medicine.

Today's Qian Changyong has gray hair, but his body is extraordinarily strong. He has obviously taken genetic medicine.For these top scientists, the country has always been very generous.Moreover, according to the information obtained by Zhang Jingyuan, with the unification of the whole world and the lowering of the technical threshold, the genetic medicine has made great progress both in terms of quality and output.However, for the price offered by the state, the master company would like to thank you for your indifference - a small tube of potion actually requires a tiger gallbladder No. [-] engine.With practice in hand, Zhang Jingyuan said no with confidence.

Of course, such a thing cannot affect the relationship between the two parties.With the strength of master companies, the country cannot do whatever it wants.Not to mention, the country is different from the master company: the master company is Zhang Jingyuan's elixir, and even asked for a tiger gallbladder No. [-] engine as payment; Zhang Jingyuan respectfully thanked him for not being sensitive.

After these years of development, the master company's own biological research has also made great progress, let alone cheating in practice.However, such behavior does not affect the relationship between the master company and the country.In the final analysis, the master company is Zhang Jingyuan's words; but the country is a comprehensive collection of interests!Even the president of the country can only represent a small number of people at most.

"Ahem, hello everyone. I am Qian Changyong, the dean of the International Academy of Life Sciences. Of course, because I have been serving the country before, you may not know me, but I think that I can serve as the newly formed world's top life science team. The person in charge of the laboratory is still trustworthy." The old expert made a small joke, which made the atmosphere of the meeting much more lively.

"First of all, let me say that what I am in charge of here is to extend the life span of human beings from the perspective of cells and genes.

Perhaps, when many people think of prolonging life, the first thing that comes to mind is personal immortality.But I am here to criticize this selfish view.

In the eyes of our researchers, life extension is a necessary component technology of a civilization.With the development of social science, the existing lifespan of human beings seriously restricts the development of science.

Generally speaking, an excellent scientist, some geniuses, will not have a real scientific foundation until he is about 30 years old, but most of them do not have a real scientific foundation until they are 40 years old.After the age of 60, with the decline of human body function, scientists will have to give up their beloved career.

Some people may say that some people are already top researchers in their 20s.But I'm talking about scientists, not researchers.Many people don't understand why scientists are not researchers.Quite simply, because scientists explore unknown territories; researchers delve into and enrich known technologies.

Therefore, in the field of scientists, we do not recognize so-called researchers. Only those who discover and invent new scientific knowledge can truly enter the palace of scientists and be truly considered the elites of mankind.So, most people are around 40 years old.Because of sufficient accumulation, innovation, and following one's own path, one can be considered a scientist.

Then, after the age of 60, with the decline of human body functions, the speed of thinking slows down, and the activity of thinking decreases, which will make a peak scientist walk on the path of self-sufficiency. At this point, it can already be said that this scientist is no longer suitable for science and technology. The field in front of me is gone; scientists at this time should change jobs to become mentors.

But everyone can see it.It takes 40 years to train a scientist.But the prime time is only 20 years.Obviously, this seriously restricts the development of human technology.

Therefore, improve the lives of human beings, especially the lives of top scientists.progress of civilization.has an immeasurable effect.

And this is also the purpose of holding a science and technology conference in Tiantian.

under.Let me report the research results of the top life laboratory affiliated to the National Academy of Life Sciences.

Until now.Through research, we found that the aging of life is reflected in the changes of cells; and the changes of cells mainly include the following aspects: cell activity, shortening of gene telomeres, oxidation of genes by free oxygen, and destruction of protoplasm in cells. Composition and activity, etc., even including the number of cell divisions.

This is a composite problem, and now we have solved two problems.One is the time of gene telomere shortening, and the other is the reduction of oxidized genes.Many people will ask, what is the mechanism of action of genetic medicine to prolong life?
Today, I am here to disclose the mechanism of action of Huaxia Gene Medicine.The first is an inhibitory enzyme that inhibits the shortening time of the gene telomeres.Most of the people present are scientific researchers, and they all know what telomeres are; if you don’t know what telomeres are, please check them online, and I won’t explain them here.The second mechanism of action of Huaxia Gene Medicine is an active enzyme, which can promote the exchange of genes between cells, and complement each other with missing or damaged gene fragments.

The human body is a comprehensive living body. As long as there are certain active genes in the body and a complete set of gene sequences can be pieced together, then theoretically, this genetic medicine will work.However, limited by the difficulty of extracting the two enzymes, the direct cost of each gene medicine is as high as 10 billion yuan, and it is seriously insufficient.

Each genetic drug can prolong the life of people before the age of 60 by about 30 to 50 years, depending on the state of life, the time of taking it, and so on.Let me emphasize here that the younger is not the better - if you are too young, the genetic medicine will not have any effect, and it will increase the body's resistance.Of course, it doesn't work if it's too old, the foundation has been damaged. "

Arriving here, some ordinary people have been stunned. The world made it public for the first time that the current state of science is so advanced that human beings can already prolong their lives.

But for researchers participating in the science and technology conference, such genetic medicine is not difficult to understand, because many people have taken it or injected it.Due to technological blockades, the achievements of various countries are not the same.

Qian Changyong's speech did not end, "Let me talk about the next generation of life-extending technologies and concepts that we are working on. First of all, there are the following methods for researching life-extending in the world:
First, direct genetic modification, using some excellent genes in nature, such as lighthouse jellyfish, etc., to fundamentally change the lifespan of human beings.

Second, human cloning.Stem cells are used to create a new body and then the brain is transplanted.There are two sub-branches in this research. Considering that the brain can also age, there are the following branches.

A computer branch is to implant a chip in the brain of a normal person to record all behaviors and habits; when the body dies, the chip can be taken out and transplanted into the cloned body.But the problem of consciousness has not been solved yet.So far, we have not achieved considerable research results on what is consciousness, habits, etc.

The second branch is the separate brain transplantation, which adopts the method of brain block transplantation and free copying to transplant the brain.For example, we divide the brain into 100 yuan, and transplant one piece at a time, so that the consciousness and memory can be transferred step by step, and through metabolism, the synchronous update of memory and brain tissue can be completed simultaneously.This kind has strong operability, but it takes a full ten years to transplant, and the cost price is as high as tens of billions.

As for cloning human bodies, theoretically, as many stem cells as stored, as many human bodies can be cloned.At birth, a person can safely store at least two thousand stem cells—in other words.When this technology matures, you will have two thousand lives.

The third is to directly replace the life form, transforming the human body into a computer and mechanical assembly.However, the study of human will has not made a breakthrough, and it is not advisable for the time being.

But likewise, this method also has a small branch, which is to take substances containing a certain proportion of metal ions to replace the body of the human body from the perspective of cells, from bones to skin.Replace slowly.Finally, a kind of metallic state life is formed.At present, it is still in the stage of theoretical research.

Fourth, research on cancerous cells.Human beings have a kind of miraculous gene, cancer gene.Normal cell division is limited; but cancerous cells.In theory, it can be divided infinitely.But cancer cells are so far out of control.but.In theory.The same is possible.

Similarly, cancer research also has a branch, that is, ray radiation, looking for good genes that mutate.But this method.No effective gene fragment has been obtained so far.

Fifth, energy determines the level of life research; this theory was put forward by the founder and team of the master company more than 20 years ago.After more than 20 years of research, we found that this statement is correct; and if we continue to study in this direction, we may develop the legendary practice system.Hehe, it's a bit exaggerated.

Of course, it is now found that stimulating cells with appropriate magnetic energy, electric field energy, etc. can indeed prolong the cell activity time.At present, it is still under theoretical research. "

This time, my friend was really shocked.Many reporters were surprised that the cameras fell to the ground, but they still didn't realize it.There are too many ideas that ordinary people dare not think about.Such as cloning human body technology, 2000 lives!Even if each life is 60 years, 12 lives, there are enough 12 years! ! ! [-] years!The time since the birth of real modern humans is this time!
Also, people who know the lighthouse jellyfish are also surprised. This is a life that can grow, degenerate, and grow repeatedly. In theory, it is immortal!
In addition, the idea of ​​​​replacing the brain is terrifying!But I have to say that this is the easiest method to implement with modern technology.Chips can only record data, but as the core of a person: personality and thoughts, consciousness and habits, etc., these illusory things cannot be recorded.However, replacing the brain is theoretically possible.Part of the aging brain is replaced into the cloned human cranial cavity, and all the information carried by this part of the brain is copied to the blank brain tissue; then this process is repeated, and finally a person can be completely replaced by the soft copy method.But it takes up to ten years, which is equivalent to redeveloping the brain.

Qian Changyong finally concluded: "At present, the most feasible method is the method of brain replacement + human cloning. Because this method can copy a person's complete consciousness, personality, etc., of course, the premise is The current theory is correct. This theory is: all human behaviors are determined by the brain. Fortunately, for the time being, this theory holds true.

But this method also has a fatal weakness, that is the amount of knowledge in the brain.With the extension of life, the amount of knowledge will increase, and the time to replace the brain (that is, the redevelopment of the brain) will become longer and longer. When the development time is equal to the life time, it will be the end of life.

Of course, for this, we have many theories to solve.For example, hypnosis, forgetting part of the memory, and recording irrelevant memories into the computer.Perhaps, after thousands of years, our technology has already undergone alternative developments, or there will definitely be other breakthroughs.

Now, the research direction of the National Life Laboratory is human cloning and gene technology.

What we have achieved now is that memory transfer can be realized through chips.Now, a chip can be implanted in the human body, and within a year, all the memories of a person can be recorded; then the chip is taken out and implanted into a new cloned human brain, and the person can be resurrected.

However, this approach has two great disadvantages.First, as mentioned earlier, what is copied is only memory and those things that can be digitized; while those illusory personalities, tempers, individual thinking, etc. cannot be copied.

Second, the chip implanted in the brain will be entangled with nerves. Once the chip is taken out, the original living body must be brain-dead.

In other words, every time a chip is transplanted, a person will experience a death process.According to the current experiments on mice, life can only endure up to three transplants, and then it will collapse due to fear.

Moreover, because of the influence of fear after the transplantation, he became irritable and did not have the original peace at all.The specific reasons are still under analysis.The theory is that the new clone is a blank sheet of paper, which is extremely susceptible to the influence of the original memory, and evolves in an unpredictable direction; affected by the fear of death, it will eventually develop in a tyrannical direction.

But for this, we are conducting the next step of research, chip information synchronization method.That is, in the brains of clones and normal people, chips are implanted and information is transmitted synchronously, so that clones have a certain amount of time to completely simulate and learn.However, such a person can only be regarded as a replica, not a normal person himself.

In addition, in genetic research, what we have achieved temporarily is only the current genetic medicine.More, just stay at the theoretical stage.

My report is over.Do you have any questions? "

"Hello, Professor Qian, I'm Houben Stennis from the North American Life Science Research Laboratory, and I was once the dean after the merger of the United States, Canada, and Mexico. I would like to say, just now you said that you borrowed cancer genes to create We are also doing experiments on wirelessly dividing cells. However, we have found through tens of thousands of experiments that cancer genes themselves are uncontrollable, and cancer genes that have been controlled and improved do not have the characteristics of wirelessly dividing, which is a useless Gene fragment.

I would like to ask, has your laboratory encountered such a problem now, and if so, how did you solve it? "

Qian Changyong: "Hello, Professor Houbenstness. We have also encountered this problem. The method we adopted is to imitate. In Chinese language, it is to draw a gourd or a cat to draw a tiger. We scanned the cancer The structure of the gene, and then use other bases to directly assemble the artificial gene from the molecular level. Now, it is still in the process of theoretical perfection.

However, I think after the conference, both of us can cooperate in research. "

Hubenstein's eyes widened: "Wow! We only thought about transforming, but forgot to imitate. Okay, let's find an opportunity to communicate after the meeting. This time, all 140 of our core scientists have arrived. .”

Afterwards, each research laboratory reported its own research reports, from genetic modification, life-based transformation, cloning, mechanical replacement, etc., all kinds of whimsical ideas and strange theories were staged in turn.Some people even proposed to use silicon base instead of carbon base and so on.Let the reporters shout: This world is so strange...

Too many people can no longer think! (To be continued..)
ps: an update tonight