Chapter 128: Cross-species experiments

Hearing Albert's bold words, Ouyang Jie was not touched at all, but Fang Ziyu's expression changed slightly. [with _ dream]ā

Although Fang Ziyu does not know more about microorganisms than Ouyang Jie, he vaguely understands the importance of microorganisms to the human body, and this vague understanding comes from the "steel body" that Fang Ziyu bought in the future store.

The so-called body of steel is not to replace internal organs or muscle tissues with mechanical creations, but to transform and strengthen the physical body by various scientific and technological means.

The first step of the fortification process is to take the fortification solution orally and inject the fortification solution, which regulates the hormones in the body, eliminates harmful microorganisms and parasites in the intestines, screens and replenishes the beneficial microorganisms, and improves the digestive system and excretory system.

Fang Ziyu remembers very well that after taking the fortifying solution, not only did his metabolism speed up, his excess body fat decreased rapidly, but even his sleep quality and skin condition were greatly improved.

Perhaps, these improvements in physical condition are related to the changes in intestinal flora caused by the fortified solution.

If you think about it a little deeper, maybe it is because of the research of geniuses like Albert that people will be able to use microorganisms to make strengthening fluids in the future to improve and strengthen bodily functions?

In contemplation, Fang Ziyu heard Ouyang Jie ask: "I haven't been able to understand, no, I should say, you haven't made it clear yet, what are your research results?" ”

Although Ouyang Jie spoke English, his speech speed was slow and his words were simple, and he could understand it without Liuyun interpreting Fang Ziyu.

"I've had a lot of research, after all, I've been in the underground lab building in Norman for five years."

Talking about the crystallization of his own wisdom, Albert was triumphant, as if he had forgotten his current situation, but high spirits were not a good thing for him, and his rapid heartbeat or unnecessary movements could cause him to lose more blood, and if Albert was in shock due to massive blood loss at this time, he was afraid that he would die if he could not wait to be sent to the hospital.

To be on the safe side, Fang Ziyu stared at Albert and listened carefully, while reaching into the hidden pocket of his jacket, and while Ouyang Jie was not paying attention, he quickly exchanged for a small bottle of hemostatic spray in the future store.

Judging from the name of the hemostatic spray, this bottle of battlefield first-aid medicine is mostly produced by the resiln company that invented the Veti hemostatic gel, which can make the US federal army a major customer of the industry, and the quality and effect of the spray are amazing, and the bleeding can be quickly stopped in just a few seconds after spraying on the wound.

"What is this?" Albert watched Fang Ziyu untie the strip of cloth tied to his hand, sprayed some mist vapor with a faint mint smell on the two wounds, and then the wound miraculously stopped bleeding, and he was so shocked for a moment that he forgot what he was going to say just now.

Ouyang Jie's surprise was no less, after witnessing Albert's wound stop bleeding, he opened his mouth wide, wanted to say something but was embarrassed to speak, raised his hand and pouted his right earlobe, and conveyed two messages to Fang Ziyu with vivid eyes:

What is it?

I want it too!

"Ancestral secret recipes are not passed on." Fang Ziyu's ability to run a train in his mouth had already been cultivated to the home, and his face did not change and his heart did not beat, "As for why I didn't take it out just now, cough, I was too nervous just now, I forgot." ”

Of course, it was not that he had forgotten, but because what Albert said aroused Fang Ziyu's interest, so he intended to show his hand in front of Albert, since Caesaro is a pharmaceutical giant and Albert is an expert in drug research and development, then I believe they will be very interested in hemostatic spray, even if the hemostatic spray is not in the same direction as Caesaro's products at all.

It's just that there is no need to let Ouyang Jie know about these thoughts, so Fang Ziyu said casually, and then said, "Doctor, please continue." ”

Albert was still basking in the shock of his perception being subverted, still maintaining a dumbfounded comical expression, and it was only a few seconds later that a bump in the Toyota's road over the speed bump brought him to his senses.

"We just talked about my ...... Our results ......"

"Yes, what are your achievements? Please list them one by one, preferably in detail, and if we don't understand the R&D process, please also explain the significance of those research results, so that we don't get confused. ”

"Okay, okay. I was inspired by twin experiments, but the results of a single sample were not convincing, and it was impossible for Caesaro to conduct large-scale infant experiments to average the results, so we turned to volunteers and mice in the lab. ”

Albert gradually regained his form, reminiscing and recounting.

"We grow mice in sterile membranes, which are free of microorganisms, and we use various methods to make sure that they are maintained in this state, and then we take some of the microorganisms that we think are important, or that we think may affect the weight of the host, from fat mice that mimic the natural environment, and transplant them into germ-free mice."

Albert's use of simple words, as simple as possible when explaining the experimental process, and almost no use of terminology, made Fang Ziyu listen very attentively, so that as soon as the words fell, Ziyu asked, "And then?" Germ-free mice getting fat? ”

"That's right, the germ-free mice with perfectly normal gene expression gained weight very quickly, and they gained an average of 4.5 grams compared to the mice that didn't have foreign microbes, oh, and the average weight of our germ-free mice was 20 to 40 grams, so that was a staggering number of weight gains. What's even more amazing is that even if they are overweight, they don't stop eating. ”

"What do you mean?" Ouyang Jie interjected.

"Since they're genetically normal, we think it's the microbes that are implanted in them that cause this change, and we think that microbes not only help them digest food and absorb energy faster and more efficiently, but also influence their behavior so that they keep eating and eating all the time."

Speaking of this, Albert squeezed out a smile that I didn't know whether it was sarcasm or emotion.

"We all know that many obese people who are determined to lose weight often can't control their mouths, or they eat a lot after exercise to consume excess energy that their bodies don't need. This kind of behavior is difficult to control, and it was previously thought that most people can't restrain themselves, but the feedback from the rat experiment made me doubt it. ”

"So, you're starting to conduct human experiments?"

"So, you think microbes control host behavior? But how can humans and mice be compared? ”

Fang Ziyu and Ouyang Jie asked their own questions at the same time.

"Humans and mice are mammals, and many medical experiments and even other disciplines choose to use mice not just because they are cheap." Albert first answered Ouyang Jie's question, then turned to Fang Ziyu and replied, "No, in the second stage, we still use sterile mice as experimental subjects, but this time, we extract some colonies from the intestines of obese people and implant them into the mice. ”

Transplanting microbes from the human gut into mice? Fang Ziyu's breathing stagnated for a moment, and he only felt that this idea was extremely ridiculous, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was novel and interesting, if the experimental results were consistent, wouldn't it mean that the microorganisms selected by Albert's team could affect the behavior of mammals across species?

At first glance, this may not sound like much, but when you think about it, you can see what it means.

Creeps!

Fang Ziyu, who felt goosebumps all over his body, couldn't help but shudder, and asked like a cannon: "As a result, the germ-free white rat also became fat?" And the weight gain is the same as before? And then what? Have you transplanted the microbes from obese mice into healthy people? ”