Chapter 597: Reversal of Stem Cells
This feeling is like using a high-precision scale to weigh the mass of an elephant.
Not only is it not necessary in terms of accuracy, but the range is also not satisfactory.
Thinking of this, Xu You quickly withdrew from the quantum simulation state and turned into the brain simulation state.
After switching to a skill that consumes less vitality, Xu You finally didn't have such a heavy psychological burden and could enjoy the time of using his vitality.
Many times, the most expensive thing is not the most suitable one. The key is the match between the two.
Sure enough, when Xu You used this simulation state with lower precision, it became easier to simulate various activities at the cellular level.
Relying on the knowledge about stem cells he had just mastered, Xu You simulated the process of bone structure formation and continuously completed various deductions.
From the very beginning, the osteoblasts at the fracture site hope to disappear.
Hematopoietic bone marrow begins to appear in the bone cavity.
The periosteum begins to form and continues to thicken.
Then blood vessels begin to form and the broken bones begin to heal and grow.
During the entire series of processes, every step of bone repair was clearly presented in Xu You's mind.
After a series of highly realistic simulations, Xu You has basically confirmed that there is a possibility of solving the problem in this direction.
“The question we need to think about now is how to realize the return of totipotent stem cells.” Xu You thought to himself.
Not all stem cells have universal differentiation functions. For example, pluripotent stem cells such as embryonic stem cells can have unlimited proliferation and differentiation functions, while unipotent stem cells such as hematopoietic stem cells only have a few related functions such as hematopoiesis.
If we want to achieve a stronger and more comprehensive effect, stem cells need to be more versatile.
The totipotent stem cells we need are only available during embryonic development. After embryonic development, these totipotent stem cells are no longer available.
How to make cells "reverse" and return to the stage of becoming omnipotent stem cells is one of the biggest difficulties in solving this problem.
After coming out of the brain simulation state, Xu You continued to think about this problem.
"According to some papers, some chemical molecules can achieve 'reversal' of cells to a certain extent. As long as we simulate and calculate the effects of a large number of various chemical molecules on cells as we did before, it is possible to produce the combination of chemical molecules we need."
Thinking of this, Xu You knew that this time the topic was inseparable from quantum computers.
Quantum computers have extremely strong computing power, which can not only complete the calculation of various complex mathematical and physical formulas, but also have very important applications in biology, medicine and other fields.
A recent research achievement of quantum computers is the successful prediction of hundreds of millions of protein structures and maintaining a very high prediction success rate.
This achievement has greatly enriched the human protein information library and will be of great help to many fields of biology and medicine.
Xu You couldn't help but feel a little fortunate that he had participated in the research of the quantum computer project early on, and now he has such powerful technology to help him with his research work.
If it were a supercomputer, or any other more ordinary computer, it would probably take tens of thousands of years to complete the same calculation.
In order to complete the relevant calculations faster, Xu You did not use the Fulon mini quantum machine this time, but went directly to the Suanjing Quantum Laboratory and used the Suanjing quantum computer, which has the most powerful computing power at present, to complete the relevant calculations of stem cell reversal.
The Suanjing quantum computer, which has a larger number of quantum bits, has a computing speed several times that of the Fulun mini quantum machine and is more suitable for such large-scale computing problems.
"The amount of computation required for this problem far exceeds that of the previous superconductivity problem. Even for a quantum computer, it is difficult to complete the calculation in a short time."
After arranging the relevant calculation procedures, Xu You put the matter aside and just waited for the final calculation results to come out.
A few days later.
Xu You came to the Quantum Laboratory of Suanjing again to check the calculation results of the past few days.
The calculations on the effects of various chemical combinations on somatic and stem cells are far from over.
After all, the types of chemical molecular combinations are infinite, and the impact of each molecular combination on cells requires very complex calculations, so the overall amount of calculations is very large.
However, through the calculations over the past few days, we have obtained some exciting results.
As before, because this is just a predictive calculation, the impact of each combination of chemical molecules on somatic cells and stem cells will ultimately be displayed with a percentage probability value.
The higher the probability value, the easier it is for somatic cells and stem cells to achieve "reversal" and restore into more functional pluripotent stem cells, or even totipotent stem cells.
By reviewing the data, Xu You found several sets of data with very good calculation results, which showed a high probability of reversing somatic cells into stem cells , and reversing unipotent and pluripotent stem cells into totipotent stem cells.
"A probability value of more than 95 percent is already very high. Even though there may be some errors in the calculation formula of the simulation model, these combinations are still worth experimenting with."
Thinking of this, Xu You contacted .
"Xu You, what's wrong?"
"Wenkun, I want to discuss some issues with the experts from Fulong Medical. I wonder if it would be convenient for them to come over."
Hearing Xu You's thoughts, Luo Wenkun answered readily:
"Of course, we at Fulong Medical have our own laboratory at Jijing University, so it's very convenient to go there. So, I'll say hello to the experts first and ask them to come and see you when they have time."
Luo Wenkun didn't know what Xu You wanted to find these experts for, but since it was an idea proposed by Xu You, Luo Wenkun would support it unconditionally.
Soon, Luo Wenkun called Xu You back.
"Xu You, if you have time tonight, I will ask the experts to come and see you."
"No problem, that's settled." Xu You replied.
When he is not on a business trip, Xu You always has a lot of free time and can arrange his time according to his work.
Xu You would naturally give priority to such an important matter.
In the evening, several experts from Fulun Medical came to Xu You's office. Xu You received them warmly and asked Cui Ying to help make a pot of good tea.
"Academician Xu, I heard from Mr. Luo that you have something you want to discuss with us. What is it exactly?"
