Ultra-Dimensional Technology Era

But the fluorescent virus, or the four bases possessed by Martian microorganisms, is different from the blue star organisms.

For this situation, Huang Fan, Du Pengxin and others had expected it, because the bases and even the constituent elements of the X gene were completely different from those of Blue Star Bio.

The convergent evolution under the rules of the same universe can only determine the general direction of the organism, but not the details of the organism. This is the similarity with minor differences under the convergent evolution.

The four bases of Martian microorganisms are: adenine (L), jiangpurine (J), subcytosine (Y), and xanthine (H).

After confirming these bases and deoxyribonucleotides, Huang Fan and others, who had been busy for more than a week, finally started the first gene modification experiment.

With the assistance of atomic imaging scanners and nanorobots, Huang Fan replaced the guanine in the 15th deoxyribonucleotide in the base nucleus fragment with adenine-like.

Activate the micro-radiation stimulation, and the modified virus is still mutating at a high speed.

"How's the situation on your side, Naoto?"

"Failed." Jiang Zhiren shook his head and replied.

Du Pengxin, who put down the nanorobot manipulation sensor, breathed a sigh of relief: "I seem to have succeeded here."

"Oh." Huang Fan leaned over.

The 15th deoxyribonucleotide of the base core fragment is the gene sequence responsible for virus replication. Huang Fan and the others plan to modify the base of the deoxyribonucleotide to control the replication of the virus.

The experiment continued. After finding out the function of the gene sequence, they gradually confirmed the opening (dominant), closing (recessive) and stress opening (passive-semi-recessive) of each gene of the virus through trial and error. , Association (with the bases of other gene sequences).

These experimental data and results have achieved preliminary controllability of the Fluorovirus, laying a solid foundation for their further in-depth research.

Of course, now they have only completed the part of the base core segment, and the base core segment only accounts for about one-twentieth of the gene sequence of the fluorescent virus.

They need to further understand all the gene sequences of the original strain of fluorescein virus, so that in-depth genetic modification can be carried out.

Randomly modifying genes without in-depth understanding is not doing scientific research, but doing death.

In case the virus becomes more terrifying after the modification, wouldn't it be shooting yourself in the foot.

Human beings need to believe in science, and even more need to be in awe of science, instead of blind arrogance.

Chapter 332 The Price of Longevity

The 167th directed mutation experiment.

Under X-ray irradiation, the fluorescent virus, the original strain, which has been modified with some bases, is rapidly mutating.

"The mutation is complete."

"In triplicate."

The mutated strain was divided into three parts, one for vacuum cryopreservation, one for backup, and one for replication and experimentation.

After injecting this mutated virus into the test meat ball, it was immediately connected to the detector of the meat ball, and the data was constantly refreshed.

Jiang Zhiren looked at the data of the meat ball, and it was rapidly mutating in the direction they expected.

2 hours and 44 minutes later.

[Detection completed: X-ray resistance +36%, short-wave laser resistance +12%...]

"As expected." Jiang Zhiren said while pulling out the virtual display screen.

Call out the gene sequence before virus mutation and the gene sequence after mutation on the virtual display screen, activate the supercomputer's function of dividing similarities and finding differences, and remove the same parts of the two sets of gene sequences, and keep the different parts.

The different parts are the mutated gene fragments, resulting in 17 deoxyribonucleotides mutated.

Record this mutated gene fragment and mark it as "X-ray resistance +36%, short-wave laser resistance +12%...", these days they have completed hundreds of records of mutated gene fragments.

The 17 of them were divided into 3 groups. Du Pengxin led the gene fusion, Huang Fan led the symbiotic relationship, and Jiang Zhiren led the mutant gene.

This arrangement is actually related to the work of the three of them.

Du Pengxin was in charge of the work on the X gene and biochemical humans before, and has a very solid foundation in gene fusion work.

As for the boring test records of gene fragments, it was naturally done by the calm and calm Jiang Zhiren.

Huang Fan was the first person to discover the symbiotic relationship of the fluroxyvirus, so naturally he was in charge of the research work in this area.

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Progress in gene fusion is slow, but Huang Fan's research on symbiotic relationships has yielded a lot of useful data.

For example, the symbiotic strain of the fluorescent virus disguised as the 24th pair of chromosomes, in order to allow the human body to supply energy for a long time and ensure that the virus itself can survive, the virus is actively repairing the telomere length of the chromosome.

In the No. 2 experimental cabin, a meat ball imitating an elderly person was injected with a symbiotic strain.

In the scanning image of atomic imaging on the side, the chromosomes of the symbiotic strains are constantly absorbing nutrients, and then releasing some daughters.

Like the symbiotic strains of worms, they attach to other normal chromosomes, and then strange things happen, the virus is accelerating cell division.

Under the sufficient supply of nutrients, human cells complete a division in less than 30 minutes.

Old cells die together with the camouflage symbionts, and those "worm symbiont daughters" in the new cells form the camouflage chromosomes again.

Huang Fan reduced the supply of nutrients and lowered the supply of nutrients to the level of normal people.

Originally, the camouflaged chromosomes of the daughters were copied again, but this time they did not accelerate the division of somatic cells, but released hunger pheromones, which made the meat balls feel hungry. Obviously, these little things wanted the meat balls to supply more nutrients .

It's just that Huang Fan was not free, because he was comparing the length of telomeres of new cells and old cells, and there was indeed a difference in length between the two.

Generally speaking, the telomere length of old cells should be longer than that of new cells, but the opposite happens in cells after being symbiotic with viruses.

New cells had significantly longer telomeres than old cells.

After recording the data into the database, Huang Fan and several researchers increased the supply of nutrients to the meat balls again. Under the stimulation of the symbiotic strain, the meat ball cells continued to divide new cells and quickly eliminated old cells.

"Unbelievable!" one of the researchers exclaimed with fiery eyes.

At this time, in the midair in front of them, they were floating on the virtual display screen, and there were two sets of chromosomes on the virtual display screen.

One set is 23 pairs and one set is 24 pairs.

The 23 pairs are naturally the state of the meat ball before the virus was injected, and the 24 pairs are the state after the injection.

On the virtual screen, the biggest difference between the two sets of chromosomes is not the extra pair of chromosomes, but the length of the telomere.

The telomere length of the 23-pair group was already very short, while the 24-pair group had the same telomere length as a newborn baby.

If he hadn't experimented by himself, Huang Fan probably wouldn't believe the order of the two sets of chromosomes in front of him.

The restoration of telomere length means the extension of cell life, which is undoubtedly a further step forward in life science for humans at this stage.