Chapter 599: Poor Little White Mouse
As Xu You was talking, he seemed to suddenly think of something.
"Could it be that a similar situation happened to Lin Shi's relatives, so Lin Shi wanted to join this project?"
Lu Zhiyao shook her head when she heard this.
"This possibility is very small, after all, this situation is only a minority. I think a more likely scenario is that Lin Shi also hopes to participate in this research to help Luo Wenkun's father resume his ordinary life."
After listening to Lu Zhiyao's analysis, Xu You also felt that this possibility was indeed very high.
"Yes, we are all good friends, and it is normal for Lin Shi to have such thoughts."
Looking back, it has been more than ten years since we first met at a competition, and we have always maintained a good relationship.
This kind of friendship is very rare in life.
"I think that perhaps their feelings have gone beyond ordinary friendship." Lu Zhiyao said with a smile.
"Yaoyao, you mean Luo Wenkun and Lin Shi..."
"Based on my sixth sense as a woman, it should be at least above friendship. They have not been in a relationship for such a long time, I think there should be a tacit understanding between them."
After Lu Zhiyao's analysis, Xu You felt more and more that this was indeed possible.
"Hey, Yaoyao, I can't compare with you in this regard. The two of them are really suitable. If they both really have this intention, I must match them up."
After Lin Shi returned home, she simply washed up and did not go to bed immediately. Instead, she turned on the computer and checked some information.
This is some information about the limb regeneration project, including the chemical molecule combination predicted by Xu You.
In this regard, Lin Shi's foundation is not as good as Xu You's, and he can be said to be a complete layman.
However, Lin Shi is still very persistent. She believes that she has the ability to do so and has learned the relevant knowledge well.
Lin Shi has always been very determined in study and scientific research, and her abundant energy allows her to maintain a good condition even when she only sleeps four hours a day.
It was not until two o'clock in the morning that Lin Shi finished a night of cramming and went back to bed.
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A few days later, Xu You brought Lin Shi to the laboratory of Jijing University Medical School.
We have already decided on the experimental plan, and starting today, we will officially start the experiment.
As the organizer and instructor of the experiment, Xu You will coordinate the entire experimental process from a global perspective .
Lin Shize will not be responsible for any work in the experiment, but will only participate in the experiment from a learning perspective.
Everyone was a little surprised at Lin Shi's arrival, but since this was an experiment initiated by Xu You, he must have his own reasons for bringing Lin Shi here.
"Teacher, the essence of this experiment is to enable some locked genes in cells to be turned on after induction, so as to realize the functions of pluripotent or totipotent stem cells, right?"
Lin Shi immediately got to the point of the problem, which made Xu You nod his head.
"Yes, that's essentially the principle. We can understand that totipotent stem cells have the most comprehensive genes, which allow cells to differentiate in various directions. As differentiation continues, many genes will gradually fall into a silent state and lose the function of totipotent stem cells. What we do is to reverse these processes."
These processes are essentially various chemical reactions, so by adding some chemical molecule combinations into them, it is possible to achieve cell reversal.
Once the cells are able to differentiate into pluripotent stem cells or totipotent stem cells with more comprehensive functions, it means that the experiment is successful.
While observing the progress of the experiment, Xu You constantly compared the experimental phenomena with the previous simulation process to see if there was a high degree of similarity.
After a period of experiments, several groups of experiments achieved good experimental results.
"Academician Xu, the third group of experiments successfully reversed somatic cells into monofunctional stem cells, and the eighth group of experiments successfully reversed monofunctional stem cells into multifunctional stem cells. As for the reversal experiment group on totipotent stem cells, the current situation is also within our expectations, and we expect to achieve the ideal experimental results in the near future."
Gao Mi reported the progress of these groups of experiments to Xu You, with an expression of uncontrollable joy.
To be honest, Gao Mi had never imagined that Xu You could be so amazing. He could successfully predict the combination of chemical molecules that would cause a miraculous reversal effect on cells simply by relying on the simulation model calculations of a quantum computer.
Only when he actually worked closely with Xu You did he realize the magic of Xu You.
"Well, very good. Professor Gao, we can arrange the next task first."
Although the experiments on reversal of totipotent stem cells have not yet been completed, this will not affect the research on the project of regenerating severed limbs.
"Academician Xu, please speak."
"If experiments confirm that it is indeed possible to reverse somatic cells or other stem cells into pluripotent stem cells, then theoretically a life can be created in an incubator. However, this is not the purpose of our research, as there are many other difficulties that need to be solved. For this topic, we only need to reverse the pluripotent stem cells responsible for leg development, and that will be enough."
Compared with totipotent stem cells, pluripotent stem cells do not have as comprehensive functions and cannot differentiate into any cell in the human body.
But as long as we can obtain pluripotent stem cells with specific functions, regeneration of severed limbs becomes possible.
"Academician Xu, I understand. As long as the 18th group of experiments is successful, we can start the next experiment. The current progress of this group of experiments is also very good, much faster than the several groups of experiments on totipotent stem cells. Maybe it will be successful in a few days."
"Okay, thank you Professor Gao for your help. Once this group of experiments are successful, we will conduct animal experiments later."
Like several previous medical experiments, animal experiments must be conducted before human experiments.
This time, cute creatures such as mice will still be chosen as the species to undergo experiments to determine the feasibility of regenerating severed limbs.
This is a rather cruel thing for the mice.
But for human beings, such experiments are of great significance.
These little white mice that sacrifice themselves for humanity deserve human respect.
"Academician Xu, the eighteenth group of cell reversal experiments has been successful ! After a period of cultivation, the somatic cells and monomeric stem cells in the legs have been successfully reversed into more comprehensive pluripotent stem cells. We can prepare for the next stage of experiments."
