It has been almost seven days since the Gene Editing Forum, and these nearly seven days have been a hellish existence for the editor-in-chief Pitt, but fortunately, Professor Burton Richter of Stanford University has added a little new expectation during this period of time.

In the office,

Editor-in-Chief Pitt is taking care of his own business, but his eyes will occasionally glance into the bottom right corner, expecting the man to send an email, and so on... I don't know when it's going to be an end.

"Damn..."

"Could there be any surprises?" Pitt frowned, his eyes were a little confused, and there was a little worry, Burton Rich's previous paper published in Science had clearly pointed out the error of the jump gene editing tool, and many experts commented on it, believing that Xu Mang might fail.

Initially

Pete didn't believe that Xu Mang would fail, but as time got closer, it was close to the point where there was no turnaround, and he gradually accepted the idea of failure.

Bang bang bang,

"Pete?"

"Is there any email from Xu Mang?" Professor Wadson, the editor of Nature Medicine, hurriedly came to Pete's office with a little expectation on his face and asked, "The time is coming soon, did Xu Mang send you any email?"

"Alas..."Editor-in-Chief Pitt sighed and said helplessly: "No... I've been waiting for a long time, but I really haven't waited for Xu Mang's email, it seems... The last thing we want to happen, it still happens, now what?"

“...”

"Probably not. Waderson frowned, and said solemnly, "Isn't it time yet?" ”

Waderson pulled out a chair, sat down across from Pete, and asked curiously, "What do you think about the Stanford team's new gene-editing tool?" ”

"I'm looking forward to Xu Mang's jump gene editing tool more than Burton Rich's work, and if he can achieve the kind of results that he has published in front of the world, I believe... Eradicating the wrong diseases of nature is no longer an illusion. Editor-in-chief Pitt said seriously.

"Pretty much. ”

"I'm only looking forward to Xu Mang's jump gene editing tool. Professor Waderson smiled wryly, "I don't know... Can he finish it in the allotted time, a week ... Speaking of which, the week was indeed very short, and it had taken more than 20 hours to return to China from the United States, unless he could go five days and five nights without sleeping. ”

Although both of them are looking forward to Xu Mang's jump gene editing tool, the reality is so cruel, according to the current situation, it seems that it has become a luxury, or a pity, to see his latest achievements today.

Half an hour later,

"It's no fun..."

"It's completely out of play. Waderson seems to have accepted the situation, and Xu Mang will not be able to fulfill the promise he made in front of the world within the allotted time.

"yes!"

"There's nothing you can do about it. Editor-in-chief Pitt sighed and said helplessly: "I think the time is too short... If you think about it, when you return to China from the United States, and then you don't have much time left except for your usual meals and sleep. ”

Professor Wadson glanced up at Pete and said seriously, "When do you think he will be able to do it?"

"If nothing else... I think giving him another week should solve the problem. Pete pondered for a moment and said: "From the information I got at the summit, it is very likely that Xu Mang just had an idea, but he cleverly applied the CRISPR-C2c1 gene editing system to make it very real." ”

"Almost. ”

"I think so too. Professor Wadson nodded: "Don't forget your promise, this time his research needs to be published in Nature Medicine, otherwise I won't forgive you." ”

“...”

"Don't worry!" Editor-in-chief Pete laughed, "I will definitely let you." ”

Ding dong!

Suddenly, the sound of the system came from the computer, and the sound made the two of them stunned for a moment. Was that the man sending the email?

"It's an email!"

"It should be an email from Xu Mang!" Although Pitt is middle-aged, and he is the editor-in-chief of Nature, he should not be surprised, but after he saw the system prompt at the bottom right of the computer monitor, this excitement really couldn't be hidden.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry!"

"Look what's inside!" Waderson hurriedly got up, moved his chair as well, and sat down next to Pete, urging him to hurry.

"Don't worry!"

The more excited you are, the more frequent mistakes will be, just open your email and download attachments from it, such a simple operation, Editor-in-Chief Pitt has made mistakes again and again, either wrong or wrong.

finally

Editor-in-chief Pete downloaded the attached document, and the moment the file was opened by typing [567 Chinese], the heads of the two couldn't help but stretch forward.

Two minutes later,

The expression, which was originally calm and unfazed, gradually distorted at this time, and the editor-in-chief of Pitt swallowed his saliva and asked cautiously, "Wadeson... You... What else do you want?"

"Magic Lamp!!"

"I just want to say... Xu Mang is the magic lamp in the field of gene editing!" Professor Wadson said with horror on his face: "This... I've never seen such an idea in my life, and the previous CRISPR-C2c1 gene editing system just amazed me, but this... This jump gene editing tool... I..."

Wadeson thought of a lot of words, but he found that he could not find any words to describe what he saw, and even if he took out the Oxford dictionary and put all the positive words in it together, it would not show the terrifying power of this information.

"He... Is he still human?"

"He actually managed to add new DNA sequences without removing the existing ones. Professor Wadson said, "Pete... This... This means that gene editing is no longer risky, oh my... What exactly do I see?"

Editor-in-chief Pitt pondered for a moment and said indifferently: "I think... We see the future, this is definitely the technology of the future, the product of time and space, I'm afraid we have entered the future era in advance, which is absolutely shocking!"

"Pete!"

"Don't forget your promise. Wadeson looked at Pete seriously: "This paper is on top of our Nature Medicine." ”

Not to mention,

At this time, Pete wanted to regret it a little, but there was no way... The power of this research report is really incalculable, but unfortunately... It had been said in advance that Xu Mang's next research report on gene editing would be in Nature Medicine, but I didn't expect it to be so shocking.

"Okay!"

"I feel fooled!" Editor-in-chief Pitt smiled wryly: "I didn't expect... Forget it, but I have a request... You calculate the time difference, and we're going to save the suspense until the last second, 23:59:59. ”

“...”

"Pete... You're just—" Professor Wadson smiled.

...

United States,

At half past eleven in the evening,

Professor Burton Richter stuck to his computer, constantly refreshing the official website of Nature, the last thing he wanted to see Xu Mang's name appear on the website, and now there was less than half an hour, and his hope was getting bigger and bigger.

"Hello?"

"Banko?"

"Yes... I'm waiting in front of my computer right now. Professor Burton Richter smiled wryly, "I hope nothing happens..."

Professor Banko said earnestly: "It is absolutely impossible... Burton believed me, it was impossible to make it... How long has it been, and how can he still have a chance? unless he has already handed over the content to Nature!"

"How is Nature?" asked Professor Burton Rich.

"No way..."

He seemed to have an aversion to Science. Professor Banko said.

"Then I'll keep refreshing, I hope I don't come out. Burton Richie smiled wryly, "That's right... My team is in some kind of awkward state, Banko... When will you help us figure it out?"

Banko said, "No problem, find a time for you to send the problem over, and I'll solve it." ”

"Good!"

"Be quick!" Burton Richie said solemnly, "Don't worry about time, or else... This face is all lost. ”

"Don't worry!"

"It must be before Xu Mang. Professor Banko said: "He is not in a position to experiment with life sciences at all, so let it be 10,000 hearts." ”

Time flies,

And the last five minutes,

Burton Richie's heart, which had to hang on the knife edge, was finally put into a safe area, which was basically impossible.

"He lost!"

"I really can't think of why I am so arrogant, I want to realize my braggadocio in a week, hehe..."Professor Burton Richter smiled, his words full of disdain for Xu Mang: "Failed now, right?"

"Actually..."

"Burton... You are taking a big advantage. Professor Banko said: "Xu Mang's time is much shorter than a week, first of all, the time from the United States to China is excluded, and then the time to sleep is deducted, and the rest can make up two days is too much." ”

"No way. ”

"This is what he said himself. Burton Richie said indifferently: "No one forced him. ”

"Indeed!"

"I have to say... Xu Mang was a little arrogant. Banco laughed: "If a month's time, I think... You basically don't have any chances. ”

Burton Richie laughed out loud, "God arranged it. ”

Words fall,

Burton added: "I refreshed for the last time, and I'm older... It was only at twelve o'clock that I began to get sleepy. ”

At this moment,

Burton Richie had to press the sacred F5 button, and the next second the page changed.

"This..."

"This..."

"Am I hallucinating?"

......