Chapter 247: The Human Genome Project
Day 5
In the political center of the imperial capital, in a solemn conference room, leaders of various countries gathered.
The conference room was closed, and it was an important meeting without the presence of journalists.
On the podium, the No. 2 leader concluded his welcome speech and introduced Zhou Xing to the heads of government of various countries, saying: "Next, I would like to invite Zhou Xing, a famous scientist in my country, to explain to you. ”
Soon, the door of the conference room opened, and under the guidance of the staff, Zhou Xing walked into the closed conference room and walked towards the podium.
Zhou Xing walked up to the podium, looked at the heads of state who were often on the TV screen, and introduced himself: "Hello leaders, I am Zhou Xing. ”
Hearing this, there was silence at the scene, and sharp eyes shot directly at Zhou Xing's face, with complicated eyes.
It is because of this guy's relationship that Huaxia is like pressing the engine, the rise speed has increased suddenly, and the world pattern has undergone tremendous changes.
What's even more ridiculous is that one of this guy's academic lectures is like lighting a fuse that has exploded the bomb of the global housing crisis, and countries are now in a very similar situation to when the subprime mortgage crisis broke out in '08.
"Mr. Zhou, how do you feel about the outbreak of the global financial crisis because of your inappropriate remarks?" Zhou Xing had just finished speaking, and US Secretary of State Lopson looked at him gloomily and asked aggressively.
Such a big black pot was thrown over, how could Zhou Xing take it.
"Sir, I'm sorry I can't accept your assertion that this financial crisis is a repeat of the subprime mortgage crisis of 2008, and my speech just coincides with it. Zhou Xing smiled slightly and denied it, and then explained: "There is no housing price that only rises or falls, compared with ten years ago, the purchasing power of global financial currencies has decreased: about 52%, however, the increase in housing prices is more than 355%, which means that there is a huge bubble in the global real estate industry, and now it is the result of this bubble bursting." ”
Hearing this, Secretary of State Lopson's face darkened, and he could not refute Zhou Xing's sophistry, after all, there is no direct evidence to prove that Zhou Xing's remarks caused the financial crisis, but he will not give up easily.
Lopson calmly retorted: "No, your academic speech is mixed with your personal interests, because of your fame and status, this impure academic speech caused this financial crisis, and you are responsible for this matter." ”
"Your Excellency, hasn't your country always flaunted 'freedom of speech'? Why are you now being asked to take responsibility for my 'speech'? One thing I want you to forget is that I am not a citizen of your country, I only recognize the laws of China, and you have no right to accuse me of anything, including my 'speech'. Zhou Xing smiled slightly, looked at Lopson and said with a smile.
Hearing this, Lopson snorted coldly, and looked at the head of China in the chairmanship with a cold gaze.
As Zhou Xing said, he is not a citizen of their country, and if you want to punish him, you can't get around a country.
"Ahem, Xiao Zhou, let's introduce the situation of the low-temperature hibernation chamber to everyone first!" Seeing Lopson's unkind gaze, the No. 2 leader coughed dryly twice, and changed the topic: "How sure are you that the cryogenic hibernation chamber will be developed? As for the life extension biotechnology, you can also talk about it, how much investment is needed to achieve it?"
Hearing this, the heads of state gave up watching Lopson's joke and stared at Zhou Xing, waiting for his answer.
In the run-up to the meeting, heads of state were in frequent contact with the Chinese government to determine the reality of cryogenic hibernation chambers, virtual technology, and longevity biotechnology.
Immortality is the pursuit of all nations in the world, and nothing is less important than the pursuit of immortality by human beings.
Many of the politicians present are already quite old, and the development of low-temperature hibernation chambers and longevity biotechnology is exactly the time when they urgently need this technology.
If they don't have time to use longevity technology, they will also be remembered by history and will be remembered for eternity.
This is a very rare historical opportunity.
The only thing that the heads of state are worried about is the cryogenic hibernation chamber and longevity biotechnology, and how sure Zhou Xing is that he can study it, they urgently need a definite answer.
Zhou Xing nodded, and roughly introduced the situation of the human body temperature system: "Okay, Premier Li, the statement of the human body's thermostatic system is actually wrong, the metabolism of human cells is a process of continuous heat production, metabolism accelerates excessive heat production, and body temperature regulation is controlled by the temperature regulation center of the cerebellum, by changing the skin heat dissipation (pore relaxation), vasodilation (accelerating blood circulation, accelerating heat dissipation) or tightening (reducing heat dissipation),...... , and so on, to achieve the effect of constant human body temperature. ”
"The human physiological system is a very stable structure, when a major disease can not be maintained, we can use biowave technology, can influence, change the biological system of the human body, indirectly destroy the temperature regulation mode, reduce the human body's energy intake, reduce the body's metabolic heat production, and in turn promote the influence of biowaves,......。 Zhou Xing introduced the operating principle of the cryogenic sleep chamber in detail.
After a pause, Zhou Xing looked around the audience and said confidently: "The core component of the cryogenic sleep chamber is the biowave simulator, and I have experience in the research and development of biochips, and I am 100% sure that I will develop it." ”
"What about life-extending biotechnology? How sure are you? As soon as Zhou Xing's words fell, a burst of rapid English could not wait to spread.
Zhou Xing looked at the white high-ranking official who asked questions in a London accent, and said with a smile: "I have a very high probability of research and development direction for longevity biotechnology, and the probability of success is more than 60%, but it takes the assistance of many biological scientists to develop it." ”
There was a "bang", and the venue immediately became a mess.
"Really? 60 percent is that high?"
"How many people do I need, and how long will it take to get results?"
"What kind of R&D direction is it, and how do you determine the probability of success?"
“……。 ”
As soon as Zhou Xing's words fell, the leaders of the meeting looked excited, and questions were thrown out of their mouths one after another.
Looking at the excited, joyful, and nervous appearance of the dignitaries, Zhou Xing's originally somewhat tense spirit relaxed in vain, even if these politicians are at the 'pinnacle' of the world, they are still human beings!
"Leaders, in order to understand the research direction of life extension biotechnology, we must first know the causes of our human aging. Zhou Xing smiled slightly and said in standard fluent English.
Hearing this, the venue was silent, and everyone stopped asking questions and listened to Zhou Xing's explanation quietly.
"There are many reasons for our human aging: too many free radicals and too much oxidation: too many free radicals in the human body, causing too much oxidation, consuming too much energy, destroying normal cells, and aging the human body; cell aging: the human body is composed of hundreds of millions of cells, with the increase of age, with the continuous division of cells, the number of cells in the human body will continue to decrease, and the life span of human beings will gradually decay; endocrine and reproductive system function decline: gonads, thyroid, adrenal glands, thymus, The decline of the pituitary gland and other functions will induce rapid aging of the human body. Abnormal metabolism in the human body: ....... Wait," Zhou Xing said in detail.
After saying a lot in one breath, Zhou Xing paused for a while before continuing: "Of course, there is one of the most important factors affecting human aging, that is, the birth of our human DNA. ”
"I need to fully understand human genes to be able to implement life extension technology, but it's a huge system project. Zhou Xing looked around the audience and said solemnly.
Hearing this, the dignitaries of the various countries in the venue glanced at each other, and they all breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time showed a look of understanding.
As Zhou Xing said, the human gene is a vast system, and it is very mysterious.
American scientists proposed the Human Genome Project in 1985 and officially launched it in 1990. Scientists from the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Japan, and China are participating in the Human Genome Project, which aims to unravel the codes of about 25,000 genes in the human body and draw a map of human genes at the same time. In other words, to uncover the secrets of the 3 billion base pairs that make up the body's 25,000 genes.