Chapter 10 Cryoresurrection
On the day of the speech, Dean Wen dressed up and led Professor Ji and Yun Shu to sit in the special car of Connister University.
The car stopped at the entrance of the school office building, and Principal Drew and a group of teachers and students greeted him at the door. Dean Wen took the lead in shaking hands cordially and introduced, "Mr. Drew, this is Professor Ji and his assistant Yun Shu. ”
President Drew hurriedly stepped forward to shake hands with Ji Rong, and his Mandarin was very standard: "Professor Ji, although I have not met him, I have long admired my name, and I am very honored to invite Professor Ji to give an academic lecture at our university." ”
"Principal Drew is gracious." Ji Rong coped with it simply, and ten years of immersion in scientific research made him unsociable.
"Inside, please." Principal Drew made an inviting gesture.
"Please, please." Dean Wen was full of smiles, a little humble, and walked into the school office building with Ji Rong and Yun Shu.
There was still a group of people sitting in the principal's office, led by a Chinese in his seventies, and Ji Rong felt a little familiar.
Then I listened to President Drew's introduction: "Professor Ji, this is Mr. Song Changlian Song, President of Changlian Group. ”
Ji Rong remembered that it turned out that sitting in front of him was Song Changlian, who topped the Zen Federation world's richest list for three consecutive years, and this name was known to everyone in this era just like Bill Gates.
"Hello, Mr. Song."
Song Changlian shook hands with Ji Rong: "Professor Ji is really young and promising, I heard President Drew say that Professor Ji is coming to give a speech, and I came here." Professor Kee is a leader in the biomedical field, and my old man listened to it once and hoped to live a few more years. ”
Everyone couldn't help but laugh when they heard this.
Ji Rong said modestly: "Mr. Song has won the award. ”
After a few words, Principal Drew led the group to the lecture hall.
It is a large lecture hall with three floors and a capacity of tens of thousands of people. Before Ji Rong came on stage, he saw that the dozen or so rows in the front row did not look like students, and he couldn't help frowning: "Principal Drew, it seems that not all the students sitting below are students." ”
President Drew explained apologetically: "When people from all walks of life heard that Professor Ji was coming to give a speech, they came to visit him one after another, and it was really hard to refuse. ”
Ji Rong nodded and did not speak again.
The moderator of the meeting made a brief introduction and invited Ji Rong to the stage. The audience immediately burst into thunderous applause. The moderator asked, "Professor Ji, as an authority in the biomedical field, how did you feel when you won the highest award in the biomedical field in the past ten years?" ”
"The prize money is too small." Ji Rong replied very seriously, but the audience burst into laughter.
"Professor Ji is so funny." The host also smiled and said to the audience, "Next, I will hand over the podium to Professor Ji." ”
The audience applauded again.
Ji Rong motioned for silence below.
He said: "This speech was scheduled in a very rushed manner, and I did not make additional preparations. I have no choice but to take the project I am currently working on, cryoresurrection, and discuss it with all of you. ”
After a brief moment of surprise from the audience, applause broke out again.
Even Dean Wen, who was sitting in the audience, showed an unexpectedly surprised expression. It's no wonder that he didn't know Ji Rong's research topic, but it was because many years ago, after Ji Rong researched the regeneration technique, he asked him to resign, and Ji Rong wanted to do his own research alone without interference from the organization and the government.
Dean Wen repeatedly retained, saying that as long as Ji Rong was willing to stay in the hospital and assume the title of honorary professor of the laboratory, he would not have any responsibilities, and the hospital would provide him with research equipment and a high salary, not interfere with his research, and the research results belonged to him. Ji Rong reluctantly stayed.
After so many years, it has long been proved that Dean Wen's seemingly atmospheric decision at that time was correct. The hospital is well-known at home and abroad because of Professor Ji's name, and it has made a lot of money. Not to mention Professor Ji's generosity, although he does not need to take on anything in the hospital, he still finds time every month to guide colleagues in the hospital, and when he encounters incurable diseases in the hospital, he is also accustomed to asking him for advice.
After Dean Wen's momentary surprise, he was quickly attracted by Ji Rong's speech.
"In my opinion, the development of cryoresurrection is not as smooth as people expect. More than 100 years ago, people were committed to exploring how to extend human life through guò freezing, and large human refrigeration companies appeared. There are also many volunteers who voluntarily freeze their bodies or brains. But after more than a hundred years of development, none of them have been able to wake up.
There are so many different organs in our body, each of which needs to be cooled at a different rate and injected with different concentrations of cryoprotectants.
With the development of regeneration, it is now even possible to disregard the preservation of organs, because all organs can be replaced, as long as the brain is preserved.
But the brain also has more than a dozen different areas, each of which needs to be cryopreserved in a different way, and you may never wake up.
And now, we can even consider not having to save the brain, as long as we can preserve the memory, human beings can still live forever!
But unfortunately, for more than a hundred years, we have not done this.
Or, we can think about it from a different angle.
There are many animals in this world that can reduce their body temperature to zero or even lower without relying on external objects, all metabolic activities are slowed down, physiological activities are weakened to the lowest level, and they can continue their lives without any food. For example, fat-tailed mouse lemurs.
And the fat-tailed mouse lemur is so genetically similar to humans, perhaps humans themselves have the ability to self-freeze, but lack the triggers. As long as the trigger can be found, humans can hibernate like animals, and although they cannot completely stop life activities, they can at least double their lifespan. And this method looks so safe.
In the course of this project, I have not been able to find a way to preserve my memories, but I have found hibernation triggers. ”
Hearing this, there was an uproar and commotion below.
What does this mean?
It means that although people cannot live forever, they can let people spend hundreds of years in their sleep, and maybe at that time, human beings can achieve eternal life.
Many people couldn't bear it anymore, and some reporters even began to ask: "Professor Ji, has your research results been passed through preclinical trials?" Why hasn't it been released to the public yet? ”
"Because what I want to do is preserve my memory, I don't have the time and energy to do preclinical trials." Ji Rong replied indifferently.
Oh, my God!
There was another exclamation from below.
Professor Ji didn't care about such a scientific research achievement that affected the entire human race!
All of them were shocked again.
Dean Wen couldn't hold back any longer, rushed to the podium, and said to the audience with a smile: "Ladies and gentlemen, Professor Ji's latest scientific research success will be released to the public in the fastest time and reported to the International Joint Research Society of Biology." ”
There was a commotion below, and all kinds of problems were thrown over in an instant.
"When will this research result be in preclinical trials?"
"When will this study be ready for clinical application at the earliest?"
"Will your hospital launch this service in the future?"
……
This kind of commotion was unexpected by Ji Rong, he was not good at dealing with this situation, so he simply stepped aside.
Dean Wen was busy dealing with various problems: "Our hospital will soon assist Professor Ji to complete the pre-clinical trials, strive for early clinical application, and the technology is mature, and we will definitely launch this service to the whole society, of course, this will be subject to Professor Ji's consent." ”
"Professor Ji, are you considering selling this research result to enterprises or social organizations?" Suddenly, someone asked.
Dean Wen didn't think about it, and hurriedly replied: "Absolutely not." Although he knew that he should not answer this question, Dean Wen instinctively did not want to lose this scientific research achievement that affected all mankind, even if he had to spend a lot of money to buy it from Professor Ji.
The questioner ignored Dean Wen's reply and stubbornly confirmed to Ji Rong, "Professor Ji, have you thought about it?" ”
Everyone stared at Ji Rong, and the most nervous was Dean Wen.
"Don't think about it, thank you." Hearing Professor Ji's answer, Dean Wen breathed a sigh of relief.
A bespectacled scholar stood up and asked, "Professor Ji, as far as the outside world knows, although you work for Wenzhong Hospital, you are only an honorary professor, and your research results belong to you, how are you going to use your research results?" ”
Ji Rong replied lightly: "I haven't thought about this problem. He paused and looked at Dean Wen, "If President Wen needs it, I am willing to grant it to Wenzhong Hospital free of charge." ”
A light and indifferent sentence, for Dean Wen, is no less than winning the Century Award, the blood in the whole body rushed to the brain, the whole person was a little foggy, calmed down for a moment, and suddenly bowed solemnly to Professor Ji: "Professor Ji's profound understanding of righteousness, I Wen Zhong will never forget." ”
Ji Rong was slightly stunned by his sudden words and deeds, and raised his hand to signal that he was not polite. The commotion continued for a while, and it was not until Ji Rong signaled the audience to be quiet and brought the topic back to academic issues, and the venue was quiet again.
The whole speech lasted for three hours, and the audience was excited, and when the meeting ended, they surrounded Ji Rong, and Ji Rong was not able to get out until the security guards were dispatched.
Back in the president's office, President Drew was also in a difficult mood, regardless of Dean Wen's side, said to Ji Rong: "Professor Ji can be described as a rare genius in the biomedical field in a century, once your scientific research results are announced, it will definitely shock the world." I wonder if Professor Ji has considered changing the working environment? For Professor Ji, we at Connister University can provide a more comprehensive and excellent R&D environment. ”
When Dean Wen heard this, he scratched his heart and lungs anxiously. Because of Professor Ji's authority, their hospital has become the royal hospital of many top rich people, and Professor Ji is simply a golden lump to him, how can he be poached. But in the face of Principal Drew, he didn't dare to say much.
"Thank you Principal Drew for your kindness, but I don't plan to change my work environment at this time."
Hearing Ji Rong's answer, Dean Wen's heart was put back in his stomach.
Principal Drew was disappointed.
Before parting, Principal Drew handed Ji Rong a check for 1 million.
Ji Rong glanced at it and said, "Thank you." He handed the check to Yun Shu behind him.
Yun Shu accompanied her throughout the speech, and she was not as excited as others. But she also had a strange feeling in her heart, like adoration and appreciation.