Chapter 1 Focus

(July is coming to an end, so all those who have a ticket can vote, thank you.) New plot, new month, keep working hard, apprehensive. )

"We've been protesting against the birth of genetically modified food, and now people are starting to use this terrible technology for the human body itself, think about our children! Think of our future generations! These despicable executioners! ”

"Black Heart! Black heart! Black heart! ”

"Should we hear Larcorona claim that it will use all the results of the artificial genetic project to treat diseases, to improve the human constitution, and think that we are appeased!?"

"Liar! Lie! Lie! ”

"Altering the natural structure or intrinsic nature of any human body for the sake of a so-called false and beautiful future is the worst and unforgivable act and will be punished by God! It is a blasphemy against the gods! ”

"Murderer! Murderer! Murderer! ”

"For the sake of the healthy growth of our next generation, for the sake of the pure future of mankind, strongly protest against the genetic modification project!"

"Get out of America! Get out of America! ”

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Under the office building of the New York headquarters of the Corona Corporation, a number of well-known anti-GMO groups, including "Defend the Right to Life" and "Pure Gene", are holding large-scale protests.

"Keep humanity as it is!"

"Protect our next generation!"

"Drive the Corona Corporation out of America!"

These people are not politely worded, holding up huge signs and constantly shouting against the use of GM technology in the human body itself. Some of the slogans are already sharp. Shocking.

"Bruce. Looks like you're in a lot of trouble. ”

Kleiner Perkins partners the silver-haired John? Durr sat leisurely on the sofa, sipping the finest whiskey from the freezer in Li Jie's office, and said in a somewhat amused tone.

"These protest groups are not going to stop, they are patient enough to confront your company, and if they can't stop your research, they can create endless troubles and make you burn out."

Pfizer at the helm Ian? Reed added that he had apparently been troubled by these protesters who had a completely different way of thinking. I've had a lot of dealings.

"Gentlemen seem to be more nervous than I am? Don't worry about it, it's just a free advertisement for new technology and our new company, so that more people pay attention to it, and that's a good thing, isn't it? ”

Li Jie ignored the noise and protests below, and replied in a relaxed tone.

At this time, in his big office, there are bigwigs including Kleiner Perkins, Huaying, Google, Pfizer and Lockheed, and any one of them is enough to shake the party and make the front page headlines of news magazines. But at this moment when the corona company was in the limelight, he rushed here impatiently. Collectively appeared, posing for a happy and intimate conversation.

But everyone knows it. Apparently not here for the sake of pulling the family.

Because Li Jie personally called them separately and told them that they would separate the existing medical and pharmaceutical R&D departments of Corona and set up an independent corona pharmaceutical company, and asked if they would be interested in joining the plan.

Of course they are interested.

Each of the above companies can be said to have paid attention to Li Jie and his corona company for a short time. However, even Pfizer, which was the first to come into contact with it, did not expect that in less than a year, this young man would actually toss such a big scene, as if it had attracted worldwide attention. Especially after an in-depth understanding of some of the medical treatment results unilaterally displayed by the corona company, they have no longer hesitated, and even rushed to join the opportunity.

"Although I appreciate your composure very much, I also believe in your abilities. But Bruce, mind revealing why you're not worried at all about the resistance these projects might encounter? Or is there something we don't know the inside story? ”

Google's Larry? Page had been observing Li Jie, and only then did he take the initiative to ask questions coldly. The taboo in the medical profession is not unbreakable, and the opposition of the scientific and ethical circles and protest groups is only one aspect. More importantly, he doesn't believe that Lee Kit will fail to take into account the real enemies – the existing biomedical companies and pharmaceutical companies.

After all, Li Jie initially publicly stated on the show that he wanted to withdraw the word disease from the stage of history, even if there was most of the water in it, it was enough to make pharmaceutical companies regard him as a great enemy of life and death. This is a very taboo fact, after all, there is a suspicion that they will have no money to make.

Of course, most people are still in a state of indifference, because the pie painted by Li Jie is really big, even if there is Steve? It is difficult for a science giant like Hawking to show up and endorse it. As for industry giants like Pfizer, because of the precedent of cooperation, they can't wait to start joining the ranks of new companies.

By the way, the profit share of the first phase of the new anti-ed drug "Weilida" has reached Li Jie's account, and the figure of more than 200 million US dollars has surprised him, but now the research and development of the corona company in all aspects, and the construction of the R&D center of the new building is in full swing.

"I think some of the research materials we provide have already been read."

Li Jie looked at them when he heard this and said, although these people are crazy about pursuing interests, they will not act rashly, and if they don't have real materials, they can't let them go together.

"Although I believe that the elimination of diseases will become a reality, in the early stage, of course, we will focus on severe diseases such as ALS that do not have specific treatments. In this way, there will not be many pharmaceutical companies affected - they don't have any specific drugs in the first place, they just produce some drugs that are better than nothing to make money. But let's not forget that it is the seriously ill patients who really pay the bill, whether it is the so-called ethical and moral religious taboos, or the media agitation, in the face of painful pain and death threats. They are all weak. And with the gradual start of someone to get treated. There will be nothing left for those who would have been waiting on the sidelines. Throw yourself into our arms. ”

After a period of brewing and fermentation, Li Jie has also seen a lot of various expert assertions and protest theories, and the most powerful is nothing more than the possibility of biting the existence of genetic modification of Corona Company.

After all, the so-called ethical and moral paradox has nothing to do with the majority of the people, and what can really affect social views is the actual impact and judgment of this technology. And now, there are already a number of organizations linking the technology that Li Kit depicts to GMO.

The so-called genetically modified technology is based on the sub-organisms derived from the theory of evolution. The source of the gene fragment can be the extraction of the target gene required in the genome of a specific organism, or it can be the artificial synthesis of DNA fragments of the specified sequence. Fragments of DNA are transferred to specific organisms. It is recombined with its own genome and then artificially selected from the recombinant for several generations to obtain individuals with stable expression of specific genetic traits. This technology can enable the recombinant target organism to add the desired new traits and breed new species.

As one of the top ten hot words in science and technology in the Chinese edition of "Global Science" magazine for consecutive years, the word "genetically modified" has been subjected to endless controversy in the world since its birth, and the most famous and most nerve-affecting is the safety of genetically modified food, many people believe that genetically modified food exists for less than 20 years, and many long-term effects are still unknown, and eating genetically modified food is like treating yourself as a white mouse, with unpredictable risks.

"White mice" and "genetically modified". Listen, what a shocking word. It's easy to make the public fearful.

Of course, in fact, there is nothing wrong with such associations.

Altering human germ cells has always been a technique that most scientists around the world have shunned, because in the process of genetic modification, the recipients will also inherit these additional genes, which they may pass on to their offspring in the future. In other words, the combination of these genetically modified humans, and non-genetically modified humans, is likely to alter the genetic information of their offspring.

It should be noted that the above is just a matter of using human genes to make up for what is going on. For example, in 2012, in the United States, in order to treat infertility, babies born using cytoplasmic transplantation technology - in order to "give birth" to the baby, additional genes from the mitochondria of another female donor were injected into the eggs of these infertile women, and then the eggs were fertilized. The family obtains the eggs of healthy donors, uses a thin needle, removes the material containing "healthy" mitochondria from the eggs, and then infuses them into the eggs of infertile women. Because mitochondria contain genes, the children under this therapy inherited the DNA of two women.

In terms of genetics - they have two mothers and one father.

The corona's artificial genome, on the other hand, uses a base material that is completely different from the earth's original genes, and it seems that those who are worried are not overthinking.

But so what? The elimination of backward human genes by more powerful demon genes is the evolution that is most in line with the natural law of survival of the fittest, and once activated, it is already irreversible.

"I have to sigh again, Bruce, you are such a genius, you can actually accomplish such a great feat, if you can really achieve even a partial result of what you said, your achievement is enough to be comparable to the greatest scientist such as Albert Einstein." After some emotion, Larry Page asked the question he wanted to ask. "Since it is a separation of Corona Pharmaceutical, then the rest of the company, you want to form another company?"

These greedy and cunning guys who don't know how to be satisfied.

Li Jie had an unsurprising smile on his face, he knew that the reason why the other party raised this issue in front of others was to use the influence of the joint alliance to see if he could make concessions and get more benefits.

"Oh, yes, except for Corona Pharmaceutical, the rest will be reorganized into Corona Biotechnology, but it is still in an immature stage, and Mr. Lockheed has already joined."

Larry? Paige and John? Durr and the others glanced at each other, they had long wondered why Rowell? Lockheed will also appear here, but he will not say a word, since it is a separate biotechnology part, then it is understandable. Today has achieved good results, and it is not suitable for the time being to continue to persecute it, after all, it can't be ugly.

Li Jie, on the other hand, looked at Lowell, who had always been silent, and sneered in his heart. Corona medicine is just a front, those so-called treatment of diseases are meaningless for themselves, only effective for human beings, a little play of the role, it is enough for Kleiner Perkins and Pfizer and other big companies to stand on their own side, solve the trouble while providing a steady stream of funds.

And Corona Biotechnology is the part he really values the most, how can he allow these people to get involved. Of course, it is not absolutely impossible, and probably in the near future, if they are willing to become their vassals like Lowell, then they will be able to enjoy some preferential treatment. (To be continued......)