Chapter 420: Something Wrong
Tao Shengwen saw his assistant running over in a panic, and he comforted: "Don't panic in case of trouble, there is no problem that can't be solved, what kind of thing happened that made you lose your sense of proportion."
The assistant took a few deep breaths to ease his panic, and he said in a hoarse voice: "Director, the pigs are dead, the pigs are all dead."
Tao Shengwen didn't react, and said in surprise: "The pig is dead, which pig is dead."
"The pigs that we verified the safety of space plants died, and all the pigs that ate various space plants three days ago died, and space plants are poisonous, and it is highly lethal to mammals." The assistant explained simply and quickly.
"What? How so? Space plants are poisonous! Tao Shengwen said in shock.
He didn't expect that as soon as he saw the dawn, he ushered in a thunderbolt from the sky.
It's shocking how poisonous space plants are and contain highly lethal toxins.
The space agriculture that had just had hope was directly shattered, the space plant was poisonous, people can't eat this space plant, and the livestock raised can't eat this space plant, so what else does it do?
Tao Shengwen immediately strengthened his confidence, he couldn't panic now, and rushed to the laboratory where the problem occurred.
They have invested so much in the space plant project that they must not give up on research because of this problem.
Space plants are poisonous, so we need to figure out where it is poisonous and whether this toxin can be solved.
Tao Shengwen came to the laboratory, and he saw that scientists were dissecting pigs that had been poisoned by space plants.
Scientists did not miss a single detail and tested the cells of these pigs.
Scientists are also monitoring the pigs that are still alive, and finding out how space plants kill them.
What kind of devastation did the pig endure in the three days that it was fed space plants?
When Tao Shengwen came here, he immediately asked the scientist in charge: "Zheng Xing, what is the problem with these pigs dying, is the toxicity of space plants really so great?"
He is now very worried about the situation of the project, and when he is on the verge of success, he suddenly encounters a blow that can kill the project directly.
This kind of unpredictable emergency is the most ungraspable thing in the process of scientific research.
Zheng Xing responded simply: "Director Tao, we are still exploring the specific reason, and we can only wait for the dissection of these pigs to be completed and the results of physiological sections to be tested."
Only then can we understand what problem he died, and by monitoring the physiological response of the space plant in the pig for a long time, we can understand how it caused the pig to die.
But from the dissection of the pigs, the pigs should have died of organ failure.
I saw signs of extensive decomposition in both the liver and kidney cells of pigs.
This decomposition process is very fast, unlike ordinary bacterial infections or deadly toxins, and the death process of pigs is not related to energy radiation. ”
Tao Shengwen knew that the only thing he could do now was to wait for concrete results.
He mobilized scientists to focus on the death process of pigs, and at the same time told Zhou Yu the news.
Zhou Yu received a message from Tao Shengwen, and he quickly rushed to the cell laboratory.
"Director Tao, what's the situation now?" Zhou Yu asked with concern.
"Physiological biopsies of pigs are now underway, and it will soon be possible to find out what caused the pigs to die.
The specific causes of pig mortality caused by space plants are still being studied at a time.
Scientists have fully monitored the changes in the pigs that ate space plants in the previous two days.
We also urgently arrange experiments on mammals such as mice, rabbits and monkeys. ”
Tao Shengwen briefly introduced the situation here to Zhou Yu.
Zhou Yu pondered for a moment and said, "Don't worry, after all, it is to transplant an exogenous organelle into normal plant cells, and anything can happen."
Now it's about identifying the specific problem and finding a way to solve it.
We are only one step away from breaking through this project, and the company will definitely not withdraw its investment now, and fully support your research. ”
Zhou Yu encouraged Tao Shengwen and reassured him that the company would never give up on them.
"Thanks to Mr. Zhou and the company's strong support, on behalf of all the scientists in the cell laboratory, I promise that we will do our best to solve the problem." The worried look on Tao Shengwen's face soothed a little, and he assured in an excited tone.
They have been waiting for the results of the scientists' experiments, and Tao Shengwen has also discussed with Zhou Yu the reasons why space plants may cause the mass death of pigs.
The scientists quickly completed the detection of pig physiological sections, and Zheng Xing took the report summarized by the scientists and reported directly to Tao Shengwen and Zhou Yu.
"Director Tao, we have detected the specific cause of death of pigs.
Pigs die of acute liver failure, which causes most organs in the pig to fail at the same time.
Now we are tracking the causes of acute liver failure in pigs. ”
After scientists found the cause of the pig's death, they began to track down what caused the pig's death.
Scientists began to experiment with multiple mammals at the same time, so that their results were universal.
Zhou Yu received a report that scientists had studied the specific cause of the pig's death.
He came to Tao Shengwen's laboratory and saw Tao Shengwen shaking his head and sighing.
"What's going on, is the question tricky?" Zhou Yu sat down and asked.
Tao Shengwen said listlessly: "This problem is difficult to solve, and it has a lot to do with the life organelles of Ceres.
Ceres' life organelles require special protein structures, but this is not what causes pig deaths.
Ceres' life organelles are not toxic, even if they are re-toxic proteins, into the digestive system.
They are broken down by gastric juice and digestive enzymes, all of which are inactivated, and they are no longer toxic.
The protein structure of Ceres' life organelles is broken down by digestive enzymes in the mammalian digestive system.
Some of the peptides with special structure are absorbed by the intestinal wall of mammals and enter the blood system.
It is this polypeptide structure that has a lethal killing ability on mammalian hepatocytes, and as long as the concentration accumulates enough, hepatocytes will be acutely exhausted.
Space plant cells all contain the organelles of Ceres, which is digested and absorbed by mammals at different rates due to mammalian race differences.
But as long as it is a mammal, it can be as short as two days or as long as seven days, and it will definitely die due to acute liver failure. ”
When Zhou Yu heard Tao Shengwen's introduction, he knew that the current problem was very tricky, and the problem really was in the life organelles of Ceres.
However, this organelle is still the most important function of space plants, and it cannot be replaced at all.
Animal experiments now show that no mammals can eat space plants.
This has almost become an unsolvable question, can we only abandon this project?
Zhou Yu saw the apple on Tao Shengwen's desk, and he said in a flash of inspiration: "I have thought of a way that should solve this problem."