Chapter 244 Research Ethics and Results

Zhou Yu understood Director Wang Xiaoxiao's urgent needs, and of course he had to do a good job of logistics services for them.

After a long period of use testing, Zhang Wei has determined the optimal equipment composition of the quantum computer.

The quantum computer was officially handed over to Xinghuo Precision Manufacturing Company to start production.

During the production and debugging of quantum computers, Wang Xiaoxiao did not wait for quantum computers to be put into use, but continued to study the genetic code of cells.

Although it is a simple single-celled organism, it can be said to be the simplest life.

Viruses cannot complete the work of survival and reproduction on their own, strictly speaking, they are very far from real life, and the genes of viruses do not have a reference for studying life activities.

Director Wang Xiaoxiao compared the genes of other microorganisms with the genes they used to make purple orchid.

Verify which genes are universal and grade genes.

There are three types of life genes that most life have: the general genes of life, the species genes of the same type of life, and the personality genes of individuals.

Wang Xiaoxiao mainly studies universal genes, first studying the commonality of life, and then studying the difference of life.

Zhou Yu personally paid attention to Xinghuo Technology's high investment, and the quantum computer server of the scientific research center was quickly established.

It is a server composed of 12 quantum computers, and the study of human genes or the Big Bang can be easily done by quantum computer servers.

Wang Xiaoxiao's long-awaited quantum computer with high computing power was finally successfully arranged, and they began to study the genetic code of higher life.

The research materials are generally peas, dog's tail grass, mice, chickens, crucian carp, grass snakes, and monkeys.

Higher plants and fish, reptiles, birds, mammals.

They are highly differentiated cells, which make up organs and have corresponding synergistic effects.

Through the study of the experience of purple orchid algae, Wang Xiaoxiao studied the DNA composition of these organisms in batches and segments to find the genes that control their physiological activity.

These organisms are genetically sequenced to write about the functions that each gene fragment has.

This was completely fanciful before, and it was simply impossible to complete such a project.

However, with the universal genes of purple blue algae as a yardstick and the powerful computing ability of quantum computers, the project is progressing very rapidly.

Wang Xiaoxiao began studying the embryonic cells of these organisms, labeling the bases that make up DNA by isotope labeling.

Probe the specific RNA fragment it produces during transcription to find the protein expressed by this gene.

It is possible to roughly guess the specific function of this gene fragment, and then through repeated verification, the ability to finally lock this gene.

In the blink of an eye, a month has passed, and the genetic research institute has completely become a slaughterhouse, and the number of animals slaughtered is so large that the equipment of the garbage treatment plant of the scientific research center is queuing up for processing.

Due to environmental problems, no one works at the garbage treatment plant of the scientific research center, and robots are in charge.

Since June 10th, there has been a very terrifying phenomenon.

Hundreds of corpses, which looked like human embryos, were poured directly into a blender and ground into a meat puree, where they were placed in fermentation tanks to be cleaned of microorganisms.

The scene detected by the intelligent robot immediately alerted Xianghua and secretly notified Zhou Yu of this information.

Zhou Yu was not surprised when he saw the information sent by Xianghua News, but he was very surprised.

Director Wang Xiaoxiao: When they study the genetic composition of the human body, they must have basic experimental materials.

In addition to cultivating human fertilized eggs on a large scale themselves, they also obtain aborted human embryos from hospitals.

They do not engage in shady transactions, but obtain scientific research certificates licensed by the relevant departments, obtain the approval of the embryonic mother, and give financial compensation to the relevant personnel.

However, according to the information provided by Xianghua, these human embryos are obviously mature embryos, and their age should be within one month of birth.

Zhou Yu does not believe that this is a human embryo obtained through illegal means, but now in the 21st century, hundreds of human embryos disappear every day, even in Africa, enough to cause the world to shake.

The only thing he could think of to achieve this effect was cloning technology, and the Institute of Genetics was already studying human fertilized eggs, and it was no problem to make some clones through embryo cutting, not to mention somatic cell cloning technology.

Zhou Yu also felt that this was not cloning technology, and cloning also needed to explain the Basic Law.

Director Wang Xiaoxiao: They have only been working on the project for a month, and the normal growth time of human embryos is about 10 months, which is not enough for them to obtain a large number of human embryos.

Zhou Yu knew that he couldn't figure out what was going on, so he took two robot bodyguards and rushed to the Institute of Genetics.

If these human embryos were really obtained from illegal means, Zhou Yu would really be very disappointed in Wang Xiaoxiao and them, and they must be punished by the law.

Zhou Yu came to the laboratory under the Institute of Genomics and saw Wang Xiaoxiao leading scientists to observe a human embryo through experimental equipment.

The human embryo is covered in equipment and is observing the differentiation of his hematopoietic stem cells.

Zhou Yu was furious at that time, his tone was a little trembling, and he reprimanded loudly: "What are you doing here?"

Wang Xiaoxiao saw Zhou Yu, who was full of anger, and saw the human embryo on the experimental table, and he immediately understood the reason why Zhou Yu was angry.

Wang Xiaoxiao immediately explained: "This experimental subject only has the prototype of a human embryo, he is not a real 'person', and it is an experimental material that we have mass-produced through cell proliferation technology."

When Zhou Yu heard Wang Xiaoxiao's words, he calmed down and waited for Wang Xiaoxiao's explanation.

If it was an isolated phenomenon, he would not hesitate to deal with Wang Xiaoxiao, but hundreds of them a day, this is really too abnormal.

Wang Xiaoxiao pointed to the experimental subject, which resembled a human embryo, and said: "We used to use human fertilized eggs for experiments, and we also bought aborted human embryos from hospitals to check the process of cell differentiation.

The fertilized egg cannot see the specific cell differentiation process, and the aborted embryos are too rare to observe.

We wanted to cultivate human embryos ourselves through laboratory methods to explore the expression of human genes in the process of life growth.

But it takes 10 months for a real human embryo to be cultured, and if the cultivation is successful, he is a real person, and it is illegal to use him for experiments.

It just so happened that we had made a breakthrough in the study of genes that control the lifespan of human cells, and found a way to make the fertilized egg multiply quickly.

It only takes 5 days for a fertilized egg to multiply and differentiate rapidly into a human embryo similar to that of a baby.

But with such rapid proliferation and differentiation, the most critical nervous system cannot mature at all, and this human embryo cannot live for 1 day, from the fertilized egg to the human embryo, it only has a lifespan of 6 days.

Its nervous system organs are also very fragile, but through a large number of experiments, it can find the genes that control various physiological activities, except for the genes that control the nervous system. ”

After Zhou Yu listened to Wang Xiaoxiao's story, he felt relieved, this was indeed an embryo through cloning, but it was not a clone.

Because this embryonic nervous system is not generated, it cannot sense the external environment at all, and it cannot be called a person. This embryo is inferior to an aborted embryo.

He could only persuade: "Your research on this kind of embryo that looks like a human baby is not very good in terms of ethics and law, especially being secretly photographed by others, which will affect the reputation of our company."

Wang Xiaoxiao said with a serious expression: "I have already thought carefully about using this kind of embryo cloned through rapid multiplication.

Our law stipulates that human embryos can be used for 15 days, after which they must be destroyed.

We've only been around for 6 days, and we've not even reached half of what is required by law.

We only need to go through a large number of cell differentiation data that correspond to the genes we have found.

As long as this project research is successful, there is no need to do this in the future.

We do this without contaminating the human gene pool and using clonal embryos that are not perceived.

I don't think it's out of the ordinary in terms of law and ethics, at most it's a temptation on the edge of ethics.

If you are afraid of anything, you can't do scientific research at all, and the world still speaks with results. ”

Zhou Yu looked at Wang Xiaoxiao's firm and clear eyes, and he took back what he wanted to say.

stepped forward and patted Wang Xiaoxiao on the shoulder, and solemnly instructed: "Complete the experiment as soon as possible, we have a clear conscience, but we can not let others misunderstand, and try not to let others misunderstand."

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