Interdimensional science and technology starting from cyberpunk

Cancer is a rather strange disease in the Marvel world. It cannot be said that it is completely hopeless, but it can only be said that it is not very curable.

Leal's condition is essentially a breakdown of cell genes caused by residual radiation and chemical damage, which causes his cells to undergo faster apoptosis and abnormal cell division.

The lizard serum will fix the part of the transgenic lizard responsible for expressing special traits on his cells, activate the powerful cell division ability, and increase his cell function to normal or even beyond the level of ordinary people.

But lizards can also get cancer, and at the molecular level, genes are naturally damaged by radiation, so it's impossible to recover simply by relying on lizard serum.

In fact, as long as it is a genetically modified medicine, it is impossible to do this.

The International Gene Cooperation Company has gradually understood the gene editing technology stolen from biotechnology companies, and has launched a scientific research project similar to an upgraded version of the Human Genome Project based on the still intact world market.

This scientific research plan aims to use gene editing technology to perform gene therapy on patients who are born with or suffer from genetic damage. It also aims to deepen the mastery of genetic technology and find ways to further improve human transgenic technology.

According to Connors's original estimate, it may still be very promising, but the main technological progress at present mainly focuses on the treatment of some common congenital diseases with obvious causes, such as hemophilia A and B, spinal myelitis Atrophy, sickle cell anemia, and more.

Humans have sufficient understanding of these diseases. A large amount of data has allowed modern medicine to understand which genes of specific traits patients may lack. Mature gene tailoring technology makes it possible to completely cure such diseases.

But for Lear, knowing more about genes will not help more than a deeper understanding of which cell functions Lear currently has and what tragic stages he will go through before death.

In the observation room, Leal had turned off the artificial heart. The concentration of the lizard serum dropped, and his body shrank suddenly. Even his thinking speed became slower——

Theoretically, this is true. His brain electrical signal has become weak, but his body has basically maintained normal physical signs under the stimulation of the brain-computer interface signal.

Without the wails and groans of the dying people, Connors looked at the bad data and Lille, who had no reaction, and didn't know what to say.

The blood oxygen concentration has been significantly lower than 60%, and the atrophied muscles cannot even support the body's normal breathing. Just discussing this issue, people will feel more weak and suffocated than drowning.

It feels like the God of Death has pressed down on your chest. It seems that if you exert more force, your body will be crushed to pieces by the huge force.

This is an illusion felt by the brain as the body approaches death.

In addition, there are gradually growing tumors and cancer cells. It seems that the sampler can detect cells with abnormal gene expression after taking it 10 times at any time. Although there seems to be no problem on the surface, removal operations are performed at any time, but this kind of life Who can survive?

That's a tumor, and the already weakened organs will only get worse, and the person will only suffer more.

[Lille: How is it? Don't worry about my situation, just tell me. 】

Connors organizes the language:

[Connors: We, Lear, if you are in the early stages of the disease, we can also try to use targeted drugs to repair your genes, now]

[Connors: It is too late now. The mechanism of action of cancer cells is very complex. We still need time to screen, but]

But what is lacking now is time.

Without lizard serum, it may be difficult to think normally. With lizard serum, the rate of proliferation and spread of cancer cells will be several times faster than normal.

After all, Lille's condition deteriorated much faster than Connors had imagined before. He vaguely guessed that it might be related to the equipment on Lille's body.

But those devices are also part of maintaining his normal life and work, because his spinal nerves have long been abnormal.

The prosthetic spine was so advanced that Connors couldn't understand it, but with his current understanding of prosthetic technology, he understood that it was also a device that ensured Lear could live a normal life, because a small section was preserved from the bottom of the prosthetic body. Judging from the spinal cord, Lear's nerve cells have long been unable to function normally.

Technology has indeed allowed Lear to escape the fate of slowly becoming disabled and dying quietly for the rest of his life, but it also...

It also made his death more certain and faster.

When Connors arrived, he was no longer able to communicate with Lille by voice. He directly made a complete summary, marked all the detailed reports and data analysis, and compared it with their current progress.

There is only one result: Lille moved too fast, so fast that no technological progress could keep up with the speed of his physical deterioration.

Across the glass, Connors sat in front of the instrument and looked at the prosthesis on his hand: the second-generation prosthetic from International Gene Cooperation. For the disabled, this prosthetic using artificial muscles is already as usable as the original. There isn't much difference in the arms anymore.

[Lille: Professor? 】

Leal finished reading the summary, but was surprised that Connors suddenly fell silent.

You must know that Connors likes to report to work the most. He sends an email with a video to his boss almost every week.

It seems that it is a pleasure for him to directly report which technologies have been implemented and how many people's lives they have changed with these technologies.

Why did you suddenly stop talking?

[Connors: I just feel ashamed and unwilling. You saved me, and we saved many people together, but we we]

We can't save you.

This is a video conference.

Atlas Group doesn't have any serious investors. The shares that its subsidiaries once released for financing are also being gradually repurchased and diluted. There is no need to report Lille's physical condition to the so-called "board of directors".

However, Lille thinks that people should know that he is in poor health, and the core scientists and partners should know more details.

How to say Connors's performance, it can be said to be a true expression of feelings, but it is also quite morale-damaging.

Lille took a quick look and it can be said that it can still be summarized into two problems:

The first is that he was once splashed with unknown waste belonging to the Roxxon Group. That kind of chemical waste not only damaged his genes, but the radioactive elements in it also remained in his body, which became a double impact, continuously causing his cells to die and his organs to decline.

Second, in order to solve his apparently sickly state, he implanted Sian Westin and injected lizard serum. These things gave him superficial health, but actually overdrawn his vitality, and with his violent actions, cancer broke out early.

Both are difficult problems to solve.

But we can still continue.

In the silent meeting, Lille said:

[Lille: If I remember correctly, our prosthetic technology is already very mature. Replace all the parts of my body that can be replaced. ]

Replace all.

Since the technology is mature, try to use technology as much as possible. Without cells supporting most of the body's functions, it may be possible to slow down the speed at which cells are completely overdrawn.

And it can also better monitor cancer.