Technological Hegemony

There is a saying in the art of war, one vigorous effort, then decline, and three exhaustion.

The same is true of the refugee influx in the West. The first wave of refugees came fiercely, and the impact was the most violent. By the time this wave of storms ended and the West spent a lot of manpower and material resources to reduce the influx of refugees, the time had come to late August.

At this time, Xingchen Technology, which has been silent for more than a month, suddenly announced that it will show its metabolism control technology to the world on August 25th, which immediately attracted the attention of the whole world.

"Nice job!"

"Let's go! Go! Fight Cold Spring Harbor head-on! For more than a month, I've had enough of Western cynicism!"

In this way, the world will be lively. After a long time, it turns out that Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is not unique. Star Technology has caught up. The Chinese people are extremely excited. At the same time, they are also enthusiastic about what kind of technical route Star Technology will adopt and curious.

Although he was mentally prepared, when Luo Jia arrived at the Shanghai Sports Center, he was still taken aback by the crowds outside. The people were enthusiastic. Even though most of them did not have an invitation letter, they still came to the scene. Hundreds of thousands of people gathered outside the stadium, shouting inspiring slogans.

"After all, it's life science." An Ran shrugged and joked, "No black technology can compare with life. Only life is the most important thing. Believe me, if the gene channel technology is successful, the common people will give you a set-up in the civil society. Tablet, every holiday, I will burn incense and bow to you."

"Damn! How can a living person set up a memorial tablet?" Luo Jia pouted, "Thank you for your good words, but as a Scientology believer, I am not interested in ghosts and gods. If you like it, I will I don't mind setting up a plaque for you."

"Bastard, you treat my good intentions like a donkey's liver and lungs." An Ran said.

"You bastard has a good heart, and you are more or less a wolf-hearted dog." Luo Jia said.

Xu Chunbiao, who was in charge of driving, couldn't help laughing. Luo Jia and An Ran were rivals in chess, and they cherished each other. The relationship had already surpassed the boss and employees, and reached the peak of friendship.

After a while, Luo Jia appeared backstage on time. Although the Wen family brothers were the directors of the life science department, they refused to give a speech on stage. Talking, many times, people listen to Luo Jia's speeches as stand-up comedy.

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Roja just appeared,

The spotlights shone on his head, and there was immediately warm cheers from the audience, the sound was fiercer than before.

"Liar! Thief! Xingchen Technology will definitely emulate Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and pirate fullerene technology!"

"The first person to eat crabs is called a pioneer. If you watch others eat crabs and learn to eat them yourself, you are a shameless person!"

Western audiences send out bullet screens. They think with limited brain capacity. They never imagined that Star Technology would attack the origin of genes. They thought that they would only use fullerenes to scavenge free radicals like Cold Spring Harbor, and imitate the technology of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. route.

"Bullshit! Fullerene technology has not been patented, so why can't Xingchen technology be used?"

"That is, major black technologies do not apply for patents. This is the practice in the scientific community. There are too many scientific and technological achievements in the hands of Xingchen Technology that have not applied for patents. If you have the ability, you can imitate them, and no one will stop you."

"Fullerene was invented by the scientist Harold in 1985. Cold Spring Harbor just purified and optimized it on the basis of this invention to achieve the effect of entering the human body to scavenge free radicals. Since they are all innovative research based on other people's inventions , why you can do it, but we can't?"

Huaxia netizens were quickly led to a wrong angle. It is really unwise to put the argument of the defense on the ownership of the patent, but there is no way, because the confidentiality work is too good, and Huaxia netizens do not know that Star Technology is going to use a knife on the gene. thing.

Luo Jia stood on the stage with the usual smile on his face, looked around, and then said lightly: "Sorry for keeping everyone waiting for a long time."

"In this world, there are two forces that can transform human beings. One is external forces. For example, the Forbidden City is composed of nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine and a half houses, and that half of the houses is the legendary eunuch's clean room. , a man goes in, half a man comes out, with a knife in his hand, the transformation is complete, simple and rude."

When the voice fell, there was laughter from the audience. This is also the characteristic of every time Luo Jia takes the stage. It is not serious, but very interesting. Tired, but also a feeling of unfinished business.

"The second force is called genes. For example, there is a gene called FTO, Fatmassandobesity associated. Studies have shown that the FTO gene is related to satiety, and it is also called the obesity gene."

"All people with mutations in the FTO gene have a common feature, that is, they have eaten a lot, but they still feel a little hungry, so they eat far more food than they consume in the absence of a sense of fullness. Ended up being fat."

"Quite a few people, as soon as they hear about gene mutations, they tend to think about it very seriously, and their minds are full of aliens and zombies, but this is not the case. Gene mutations are very common. I can say responsibly that every one of us There are more or less genetic mutations in the human body."

"Take the FTO gene as an example. It has three major mutations that can lead to a loss of satiety. They are code-named RS1421085, RS1121980 and RS17817449. People who carry these three mutations are potentially obese."

"Then the question is, how many are the carriers of the three major obesity gene mutations?"

"Sixty-five point six percent, that is to say, if there is no accident, two-thirds of human beings will be plagued by obesity. In this world, obesity is a common phenomenon. If you have a comparison Thin girlfriends or boyfriends, cherish them well, because thin people lack resources, and fat is the main theme. In the past, people were thinner, not because of genetic problems, but because they didn’t have enough to eat.”

"We all know that losing weight is difficult because we have to fight against our instincts. However, we can easily control our appetite and then our body by modifying the FTO gene."

"Now the question is, the body can be controlled through genetic technology, but what about life?"

"Of course it is also possible. By regulating the MTOR gene channel, we can control or even cut off the release of aging signals. This technology has largely surpassed our assumption of life extension, that is, metabolic adjustment."

"MTOR gene channel technology belongs to a typical gene control, and the delay and decline of metabolism are just side effects of gene control..."

Luo Jia talked eloquently, and in a flat tone, showed the world the gene channel technology of Xingchen Technology, and everyone was surprised to find that Xingchen Technology's plan turned out to be a knife to the bottom and directly modify the genes.

Leaving aside the issue of genetics, it is easy to cause controversy. How to make ordinary people understand the complex genetic technology itself is extremely difficult. A big V said that the students all regarded genetic technology as a scourge, but they forgot that in this world, if life science wants to progress, the only way is to attack genes.

Luo Jia's speech has achieved the goal of making ordinary people understand, and his method is not complicated, that is, to give more examples that ordinary people can understand, from the difference between fat and thin people, to The legend of the vampire.

Modern genetic research shows that the so-called vampire is actually suffering from a rare genetic defect disease, porphyria, porphyria is a blood disease, it has several types, but all porphyria have a Common pathological mechanism, that is, hemoglobin synthesis disorder.

Therefore, porphyria patients have two distinctive features, anemia and photophobia. When sunlight activates the excessive accumulation of porphyrin substances in the skin, it will cause the patient's skin to blister, ulcerate, and hurt unbearably, even if it is cloudy , the dose of ultraviolet light is enough to destroy their skin, so porphyria patients can only go out at night.

At present, the means of alleviating porphyrin symptoms is blood transfusion. Blood transfusion itself can relieve anemia, and the extra hemoglobin it brings can feed back and inhibit the endogenous heme synthesis pathway to a certain extent, thereby reducing the accumulation of porphyrins.

Interestingly, heme can be absorbed through the intestines, so in theory, sucking blood can really effectively relieve porphyria symptoms. After sucking blood, patients will feel comfortable all over. It is guaranteed that some patients will take risks because of the unbearable pain. , sucking human blood, so there are many legends of vampires in this world.

The reason why Luo Jia said these things was not for sensationalism, but to try to instill in everyone a concept that human genes, the genes in each of us, are actually flawed.

As the saying goes, human beings are not perfect, but where is human beings not perfect, or what causes them to be imperfect?

Quite simply, a genetic defect.

Even if you are not obsessed with obesity, you may also be lactose intolerant. If you drink two more sips of milk, you will have a stomachache, or you are born with thin hair and cannot escape the bad luck of failure in middle age.

Don't think that genetic technology has nothing to do with you. Humans have a 100% genetic defect rate. If your genetic defect is the worst, although it is ugly, it will not endanger your life. You are considered lucky. But those who are genetically prone to cancer, How should they live?

Assuming that the person with cancer gene defect is your child or parent, would you accept it?

"Science has always been risky." Luo Jia said calmly: "But the future path is already clear. If life sciences want to develop, they must move towards genetic modification, and only genetic technology can improve human life expectancy and quality of life. "

"To be a human being, you must learn to think, and you must also learn to take risks in your life, not to mention being tempted by those well-intentioned intellectuals."

"In the past, there was a host named Chai Jing, who was called a talented woman of the generation. With the support of North America, she made a documentary. Under the dome, she denounced China's pollution problem."

"Actually, I personally hate pollution. No one doesn't like green mountains and green waters. But in the documentary, she proposed to open up the national energy market and let international energy giants come in. This is quite embarrassing. Energy security is the lifeblood of the country. If it is released to the West, it will pay a heavy price."

"At first I didn't understand, what's wrong with Chai Jing?"

"Later, two things made me realize. First, her son is from North America. Second, she insisted on forcing China Environmental Protection, but she said nothing after North America announced its withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement. In the final analysis, she is also The person whose ass decides the head."

"In short, there are many so-called experts in this world who claim that you can't use a knife on genes, but we still do it because we know that there is only one way to move forward. There is no reason for us to choose between going backwards and moving forward. Back off."

"Not long ago, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory used fullerene technology to clean up the biggest scourge in the human body, free radicals, to slow down metabolism and prolong life."

"And we have directly controlled the genetic channel. In the past, the body gave orders to the genetic channel. From now on, we will control it."

"Extending lifespan is only the first step. We also want to solve the problem of obesity and reduce the probability of various diseases. Although the current immune activation technology can overcome most diseases, an over-excited immune system always carries risks. Through genetic modification, the occurrence of diseases can be reduced fundamentally, instead of resorting to powerful measures to treat diseases after they occur."

"If the West likes to be a more imperfect human being, it just likes to be defeated and has body odor. I have no objection, but we in China are ready to go on the road to a better and stronger goal. We have done the most outrageous life extension. Nothing else to fear."