Chapter 385: Mutation

Cui Chuanming is very famous in the world of biology, because his research team was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Biology in 2010.

Reason for nomination: Successfully resurrected a prehistoric creature dinosaur.

The full name of this research team is Apple's biotechnology division - Jurassic Island Biological Research Institute, the leader of the research team is Wen Ming, chairman of Apple, the main person in charge of the research team is Benjamin, and the deputy head is Cui Chuanming.

Although there are more than a dozen members of the team who reported to the Nobel jury, in fact, only these three people can really be known because of this.

Because before the successful 'resurrection' of dinosaurs, Benjamin was the only real master in this research team, and Cui Chuanming was only able to get his hands dirty because he was Benjamin's student.

As for Wen Ming, although his name is at the top of the list of nominees, the outside world does not recognize Wen Ming's contribution to the study of 'resurrecting' dinosaurs. Even though all the researchers in the team, including Benjamin and Cui Chuanming, praised Wen Ming's contribution in an interview, there are still many people who believe that Wen Ming is just a stain.

The reason that allowed him to shine was that he invested in the entire research project.

"Would they change their minds if they knew that after recruiting so many world-class experts, we still had problems and needed to consult the boss?"

Cui Chuanming held this idea and arrived at Wen Ming's private laboratory with some research data.

More than a month has passed since Hans escorted 20 deadly virus infected people to Jurassic Island, and during this time, Cui Chuanming stopped the research on cross-species genetic engineering that Wen Ming had previously explained, and began to crack the treatment of the deadly virus with the scientific research team he led.

Although Wen Ming was able to negotiate terms with Major General Nick on this matter, it did not mean that he did not care about the lives of millions of people.

If so many people die because he is unwilling to contribute, there will definitely be some guilt in his conscience. Because in his opinion, this matter is completely within his ability, and he doesn't have to waste much manpower and material resources.

Of course, if he wanted to sacrifice Wen Ming himself to save the lives of millions of people, then he definitely didn't have this awareness.

Moreover, if this matter can be solved perfectly, it can not only save millions of lives, but also greatly enhance the social prestige of Wenming and the social image of Apple.

Incidentally, other industries under Wenming's name will also benefit.

Of course, Wen Ming would not miss something beneficial, so he was willing to ask Cui Chuanming to stop the 'important research' on the safety of his life.

However, after more than a month of research, and with some information provided by another research team, the research team led by Cui Chuanming still had no way to find a solution.

It can even be said that there is no clue, and even the direction of the solution has not been clearly found.

In desperation, Cui Chuanming could only go to his boss for help, because more than a month had passed, and there were only about four months left before the latest batch of deadly virus outbreaks.

"Boss, am I here at an inappropriate time?"

Entering Wen Ming's private laboratory, Cui Chuanming saw Fran getting dressed, which made him feel very embarrassed.

Wen Ming did not explain that Fran was doing his last physical test because he needed to keep Fran in a gossip relationship with him.

As for why the physical test has to take off the outer clothes, Wen Ming will not explain it.

"Didn't you tell me before that the scientific research team you now lead accounts for one-fifth of the world's real experts in biology?"

Wen Ming didn't mean to let Fran leave first, but asked in front of her, "So, why did you study for more than a month, but nothing came out?" ”

Cui Chuanming was a little embarrassed, because of the successful resurrection of dinosaurs, the Jurassic Island Research Institute is very famous in the world's biological research circles, even if there is no Nobel Prize nomination this time, they have been favored by many experts before, and through some means, they have formed the world's highest level research team.

It's no wonder that Cui Chuanming bragged in front of the boss before, and even Major General Nick thought that Jurassic Island's scientific research capabilities in this area were stronger than those of the United States, so you can imagine how high the level of Jurassic Island's scientific research team is.

"Boss, it's not that we don't work hard, it's that this deadly virus is really ......"

Cui Chuanming didn't know how to describe it, so he simply handed the information directly to Wen Ming and said: "Boss, you better see it yourself, I have never seen such a strange virus, not only me, but all of us, including those experts in my teacher team, have no way." ”

Wen Ming took the information and looked at it, which was full of various data analyses about deadly viruses.

After a while, Wen Ming asked in surprise: "Are you mistaken, how can the virus be alive?" No, viruses themselves are organic species, special organisms without a cellular structure, and can naturally be considered alive, but how can it be conscious? ”

The science that studies viruses is known as virology and is a branch of microbiology. Just by looking at the prefix of microorganisms, you can know that viruses are actually alive.

Cui Chuanming smiled bitterly and said: "Boss, a normal virus is a non-cellular form composed of a nucleic acid molecule, that is, DNA or RNA and protein, and it is an organic species that relies on parasitism to survive between living and non-living organisms. However, even if they are regarded as living beings, they should not be intelligent, just like single-celled animals, because they have only one cell and no organization or structure to speak of, it is naturally impossible to produce intelligence. ”

"The danger of viruses is that they can replicate themselves through the host's cellular system, causing infection. Theoretically, they can infect living organisms of any cellular structure. However, they are unable to grow and replicate independently, which means that when they exist alone, it is difficult for them to evolve and even die outright. ”

"And the variants of the virus generally come from our treatment of the infected, so that it becomes resistant, and the variants that rely on our treatment methods are produced."

Speaking of this, Cui Chuanming paused for a moment before he said with a sad face: "The problem is that so far, we have not treated any of the deadly virus infected people in any way. However, the deadly virus in their bodies has changed, more than once. ”

Wen Ming also frowned, and the information he read clearly stated that since those 20 people arrived on Jurassic Island, the deadly virus in their bodies had changed 3 to 5 times.

Let's not talk about whether the argument that the deadly virus has an IQ that can change on its own is valid, but only 3 to 5 changes can stump all experts.

Because this shows one thing, that is, millions of people infected with deadly viruses, the deadly viruses infected in their bodies are not the same at the moment. To put it bluntly, there is no one way to treat all those infected with the deadly virus.

Counting the time when the deadly virus was discovered in the United States, it has only been more than two months now, and there has already been a gap in the susceptibility of this virus.

So, what about four months later?

At that time, how many changes will there be, and how many treatments will be needed?