Chapter 99: Peking University
After two days of busy work in a humble laboratory, wildlife biologist Oli Lin Han finally accomplished his goal: to turn the original five Wolbachia strains into five hundred samples of various mutations.
After the "experiment" was completed, he inadvertently discovered that due to the dense electromagnetic radiation environment, a large number of microorganisms in the entire room had died and mutated, which made him feel shocked.
It seems that the pile of anti-radiation equipment arranged in the room is almost a problem...... I still have to get some lead plates and "decorate" the house again.
Looking at these mutated microorganisms floating in the room, Lin Han suddenly thought of a question: "Gaia, how did the first life on Earth come about?"
The origin of the universe, the origin of life, and the origin of consciousness are all ultimate questions that cannot be completely solved by science at present.
The theory of evolution explains the origin of species, but there is still no answer to the question of the origin of life.
Nowadays people can only think that the birth of the first life is a matter of pure probability...... However, according to the current calculations, if it is a matter of pure probability, this probability is simply so low that it is difficult to be convincing.
"I don't know. "The birth of the first or first life coincided with my birth. At that time, my consciousness was still very low, and I was not very impressed. ”
Lin Han was a little disappointed, it seems that this problem can only rely on the efforts of scientists in the future.
For the sake of safety, he still chose to destroy and clean up these mutated microorganisms in a centralized manner.
Subsequently, Lin Han sealed and stored 500 petri dishes at low temperature, filled ten boxes, and then entrusted them to be shipped to the Institute of Microbiology of Peking University in the capital.
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Peking University, one of the two most prestigious institutions of higher learning in China, represents the highest level of scientific research in China to a large extent.
At this moment, in a classroom at Peking University, Professor Chen Zheyu, a famous scholar, is giving a lecture to the students of Peking University.
As he spoke, he said, "Ask the students a small question, do you think which one will be overcome faster, AIDS or cancer?"
When the students listened, they couldn't help but start a discussion in a low voice.
After a while, Professor Chen pointed out: "Zhang Hao, tell me your opinion." ”
A young man stood up: "Teacher Chen, I think AIDS is easier to overcome than cancer. AIDS is essentially caused by a virus, a virus, its target is clear, as long as the corresponding inhibitor is found, at least it can be controlled. ”
Zhang Hao lifted his black-rimmed glasses: "In contrast, cancer involves many issues such as human genes, and the situation is much more complicated, and there should be a long way to go." ”
Professor Chen nodded, and pointed to another student: "Don En, what do you think?"
Don looked a little thin, he stood up and hesitated: "I think it's more likely that cancer will have a breakthrough." ”
Professor Chen frowned: "Why?"
"The cost of drug development can be as high as billions of dollars, and if you want to develop a cure for AIDS, the cost will only be higher. ”
"It could cost tens of billions of dollars to develop a drug, and the price must be very high. "According to the current statistics, AIDS patients are more distributed in backward areas such as Africa, as well as the underprivileged groups in developed areas......
"I think that capable scientific research organizations will probably not do this kind of loss-making business. ”
As soon as these words came out, the huge classroom suddenly became much quieter. Even Professor Chen, who was standing on the stage, was a little speechless for a while, and coughed lightly twice.
In fact, not only in the area of AIDS, many so-called problems are not only technical difficulties, but also deadlocks in interests.
At this moment, a man with glasses walked over from outside the classroom and waved his hand to Chen Zheyu: "Boss." ”
Calling Professor Chen the boss is obviously that he is taking doctoral students.
Chen Zheyu said: "I'm sorry students, I have something to deal with. ”
After speaking, he walked out of the classroom quickly: "Is there something wrong?"
The man with glasses said, "Boss, the things from Vientiane have been sent to the laboratory, do you want to take a look?" ”
"How many copies are there?" asked Chen Zheyu.
"Five hundred samples, but there may be more ......than a thousand strains," the man with glasses said, "We have probably taken a look, and there are some strains that can coexist in many petri dishes, and it seems that Vientiane has not been deliberately isolated." ”
So rough?
Chen Zheyu couldn't help frowning: "There are no other problems." ”
The man with glasses shook his head: "There seems to be no problem with the others, but with so many strains, it is estimated that it will take a lot of time to deal with them." ”
Chen Zheyu thought for a while: "I'll go find a few students to come over and help, you go back first." ”
Back in the classroom, he continued to lecture to the students, and after class, he said: "Zhang Hao, Wei Tianduo, Tang En, Fu Shengzhang...... Come here. ”
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After sending out 500 Wolbachia samples, more than a month passed, and Lin Han didn't do much.
Aside from redecorating his lab, adding a pile of radiation-proof lead plates, and equipment to deal with chemical contamination, he spends most of his time in the office.
After all, the people under him are more capable than the other, and they keep the company in good order.
If you want to say what he has done recently, the main thing is to learn martial arts with Yang Zhuo for half a month, and then he can finally knock Yang Zhuo down empty-handed.
Although this result did not surprise Yang Zhuo, it still hit Yang Zhuo deeply, and he no longer mentioned that he was the all-army fighting champion of the Capital Military Region.
All day long, like an instructor, training the security guards every day, one round a week, ten people in a round, can train the security guards of Vientiane miserably.
However, the training effect is also quite good, which can be intuitively seen from the mental outlook of the security guards.
The ability of the central guards is not to eat dry rice in the end.
There was nothing to do for more than a month, until this day, Lin Han received a call from Professor Chen Zheyu.