The domestic celebration is in no way weaker than the Swedish one.

The Swedes held a huge dinner, and the domestic banquet was even larger; the Swedes played their own symphony for each Nobel laureate, and several orchestras in China almost broke their heads in order to name the Nobel Prize; the King of Sweden reserved five minutes for each Nobel laureate to chat, and Yang Rui got an afternoon of playing right.

As Yang Rui expected, the main thrust of the conversation was to select a new project for Yang Rui.

The international prestige brought by the Nobel Prize has unsurprisingly shaped Yang Rui into a benchmark figure in China's scientific community.

Speaking of which, this is also a very poignant story.

The world's major developed countries win the Nobel Prize every year, but the third world countries always need geniuses or rare opportunities to win the Nobel Prize.

In order to synthesize bovine insulin artificially, China formed a huge scientific research team, and also carried out public relations that did not fall behind.

As for Yuan Longping's scholars of the older generation, limited to domestic conditions, they have always been more important in application than academics, and although they are very prestigious in China, they cannot be a national business card.

And a country needs a business card.

The Ministry of Posts has even begun to consider whether to issue a new set of stamps for Yang Rui.

The only thing that worries people is Yang Rui's follow-up research work.

Unlike a "lifetime achievement" Nobel Prize winner, although Yang Rui has accumulated a long time, in terms of time, it is only a few years.

Such a short period of time is not enough to reassure investors, whether private investors or "institutional" investors.

It is even more unacceptable for a "famous scientist" to suffer a loss of the country's business card.

For example, South Korea's former "national scientist" Hwang Woo-seok, Japan's beautiful scientist Haruko Kobokata, and the Soviet Union's Lysenko have brought more than just shame.

Yang Rui's youth naturally brought corresponding worries.

From a safety point of view, it is a good thing to let Yang Rui participate in the Human Genome Project.

If it was the management era of the Academy of Sciences, Yang Rui might really be sent to participate in the Human Genome Project.

It's not that there's anything wrong with the Human Genome Project, Yang Rui has always expressed his support for the project. However, participation programs and moderation programs are two different concepts.

The Human Genome Project is a truly international scientific research project, and it is easy for Yang Rui to make a name for himself in the project, and he has done it, but if you want to host the project, it often depends on how much money you bring in.

Dalbeko once traveled back and forth to Japan for funding, and the Englishman Sanger, relying on the two Nobel Prizes and the full support of the British government, was stunned to become a prince of the human genome, if Yang Rui just took someone to participate in the program, at most, in the entire route, a laboratory project, not to mention what key role it played, can have a thousandth of the workload, it is considered Dalbeko to give face.

Yang Rui worked hard to win the Nobel Prize, but he didn't want to be a high-level experimental dog.

To do "cloning sheep" first is a plan that Yang Rui has carefully considered.

This is a very important project that has important not only scientific significance, but also social, political and economic significance.

His scale and academic value are naturally not comparable to those of the Human Genome Project, but his influence is not inferior to that of the Human Genome Project.

There are not many people who haven't heard of cloning Dolly the sheep, and even fewer who don't know about cloning, and the film and television works derived from it are enough to let the most stupid idiots know these two words, as for whether they understand it correctly or not, that's another matter.

The first big project after winning the Nobel Prize should be as clean as the first shot to be fired.

The '87-year-old Human Genome Project is still in a state of fundraising and preparation, and according to history, it will not be officially launched until 90 years.

Yang Rui doesn't want to fall into the quagmire of endless life, bury his head for 20 years, and then wait for the age of 40 to be praised for his craftsman spirit.

Do you really use biologists as cell assemblers?

"The cloning project is the big project that I think is most suitable for the Chinese scientific community. The cloning team that Huarui and the ion channel laboratory have set up, and the Haidian Genetic Engineering Laboratory, which has done bovine embryo transfer, can be regarded as the precursor project of cloning sheep......" Yang Rui sat in front of Qiao Gong, his tone soothing and his posture steady.

"So, the cloning project is a big project you proposed in Sweden?" Academician Zhu sat next to him, and was Qiao Gong's academic translator.

Yang Rui nodded and said: "To do cloning, 'embryo transfer' must be overcome, and it can be regarded as a pre-project that must be completed, because cloning sheep itself is to transfer the embryo with the replaced nucleus to another body." We have the highest success rate of embryo transfer in the world, and it didn't fall from the sky, it was something we worked hard to practice, research, and invested heavily in. This advantage is about two years faster than the world's top laboratories, and it is also one of the few fields with absolute advantages in our country, which is very suitable for further development. ”

The success rate of cloning sheep is very low, and the lowest part is the replacement of nuclei, and no one wants to lose embryos that have passed the selection process during transfer.

It can be said that in the past few years, Yang Rui has not only not been distanced by world-class genetic engineering laboratories, but has been shortened.

In terms of the success rate of embryo transfer alone, the Haidian District Genetic Engineering Laboratory under Yang Rui is still far ahead.

"However, cloning inevitably raises associated ethical issues. Academician Zhu continued to ask questions, so that Qiao Gong could fully understand the situation.

Yang Rui said: "Biology involves organisms and people themselves, and it will involve a lot of ethical issues, it is a double-edged sword, but we can't give up food because of choking." The technological development of animal cloning has been accumulated for half a century, and Tong Dizhou, an early biologist in China, is one of the developers in this direction, and the cloning of low-level organisms has long appeared, but it has not caused too many topics. ”

After a pause, Yang Rui said again: "Now it's actually time to get a kick in the door, I don't do this project, and in a few years, the Americans, the British or the Japanese will also do it." In fact, as far as I know, there are at least three laboratories working on cloning in the United States, and the slowest progress is no more than 10 years before mammals. Do we have to rely on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to condemn them in 10 years?"

Academician Zhu and Qiao Gong couldn't help laughing.

"The benefits of cloning outweigh the ethical issues it raises. In my opinion, the ethical issue of cloning is something that we will have to face sooner or later, so it is worth fighting for its benefits. ”

"Oh, tell me about it. "Joe fair.

"The first, medical use. The cloning of a mammal is not simply the cloning of an animal, it represents the development of cloning technology as a whole. In medical treatment, if you want to achieve cell cloning or organ cloning, you must first complete animal cloning, unless an important branch of medicine is cut off, otherwise, the value of cloning in medicine will be higher and higher. ”

Yang Rui looked at Academician Zhu, then at Qiao Gong, and then said: "Second, the value of agriculture, good plants and good breeds of livestock, their popularity rate, at the current rate, is too low. The technology of embryo transfer can only solve the primary problem, and the cost is very high, which is completely incomparable with the cloning technology. ”

"Yes. Gong Qiao understood and nodded slightly.

Solving the problem of eating has always been a big problem for Chinese.

"Third, cloning is one of the ultimate means of solving species extinction. Extinction is one of the biggest fears of contemporary human beings, and we don't want to be left alone on the planet, but the cost of protecting animals and plants is very high, and it is not completely under our control. However, if we master cloning technology, we have one more way to deal with it. Especially for animals and plants with very small populations, the significance of cloning is incalculable......" Yang Rui from childhood to adulthood, briefly described the cloning technology, and exhaled tiredly.

Before Qiao Gong could speak, Academician Zhu coughed and said, "Yang Rui, you have to think about it, once you start researching, if you can't do it, you will suffer cold words, and if you do it, I am afraid that it may be condemned by public opinion." Albert Einstein was also blamed for the atomic bomb. ”

"Of course, I know. Yang Rui is naturally clear. But that's what he cares about the least.

At the beginning of the cloning of sheep, Wilmot was indeed subjected to a lot of slander, so that when he slept at night, he would be harassed by phone calls, walking on the road, and even being followed and threatened, and the institute was attacked by various environmental protection organizations in different ways.

However, will these problems be problems in China?

Extremist environmental groups attack biological research institutes in China? Isn't that the same as giving away people's heads?

The stalking threat is even more nonsense, those who can find a way will lose everything within three days, and the rest can be repatriated by themselves.

As for phone harassment? They have to get through on the phone first.

And after the initial hot spot, cloning sheep has brought a lot of praise.

Whether cloning can be implemented is one thing, but completing cloning is a great achievement, and even the most stupid person will gradually distinguish between the two.

Compared with the pressure on the British, Yang Rui is obviously much more relaxed.

"What kind of support do you need?" Qiao Gong said slowly.

Yang Rui hurriedly said: "Confidential." Additional personnel, a large amount of funds and the cooperation of some units. ”

"No problem. Qiao Gong didn't need to ask for specific numbers to make a decision.

Academician Zhu couldn't help but envy the feeling of holding Shang Fang's sword and asking for resources, he couldn't forget it after feeling it once.

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(End of chapter)