Chapter 46 Another Nobel Prize-level Achievement (Seeking Support)
Yang Zhou's essay on the founding of the sect was also full of motivation to write, and he was also deeply shocked by the miracle of life.
You must know that every plant has evolved slowly over millions or even tens of millions of years under natural conditions.
Whether it is a plant or an animal, bacteria and viruses are indispensable.
It is precisely because of each infection, or genetic mutation, that plants and animals evolve in different directions.
Perhaps the source of life is a spor.
Yang Zhou had played a game before, called "Spore Life Origin".
All players are born as a spores, then devour different foods, encounter different environments, and eventually evolve in different directions.
The phenomenon observed by Yang Zhou so far can lead to a conclusion that perhaps the original spores are the most primitive genetic system.
Then the system evolved, and more and more genetic code was added to the initial system, and then complex life was formed.
His work is going well, after all, the data is complete, and there is a genetic simulation function in the mysterious space as a reference answer.
The new paper took only one day and was roughly completed.
One of the most significant achievements is to put forward the gene code theory, and according to this theory, the carrot gene system is summarized.
And through experiments, we found size genes, color genes, sweetness genes, and so on.
These genes are universal, and through Cas9 technology, shielding these gene codes will lead to different variations in carrots.
Whether it is a larger radish or a discolored radish, it is a genetically mutated species.
They are already a completely new radish variety, which is clearly different from the original radish species.
Yang Zhou believes that this paper will definitely be recognized by top journals.
In order to avoid the embarrassing situation of submitting the paper last time, Yang Zhou specially pointed out that this experiment used a new secret technology to accelerate the growth of carrots.
It can be regarded as making up for some details, so as not to be questioned about the falsification of the paper.
If others want to know what technology and what method is used, then there is nothing to say, this is a technical secret.
Just like foreign lithography machine technology and military technology, it is also kept secret.
Yang Zhou also thought clearly, anyway, if he released the paper, he would definitely be found to have a problem with the growth rate of his plants, so it was better to admit it generously, that he used new technology, but he would not make it public.
If someone comes to the door, Yang Zhou will still not make it public.
This requires Yang Zhou to have enough international influence, so that some domestic forces do not dare to move Yang Zhou at will.
If Yang Zhou, who proposed the genetic code, loses his freedom or is threatened for some unspeakable reason, then this society is finished.
After roughly finishing the paper, Yang Zhou printed it and sent it to Bai Shulong in person, so that he could read the paper version of the paper.
Bai Shulong took a general look and found that there were many uncertainties, and it was not good to ask in front of Yang Zhou, so he said that he would go and show it to several other biology academicians.
Yang Zhou naturally has no opinion, and he has something to do when he returns to the hotel.
Because Zhang Feng relied on Cas9 technology and his own influence to cause Yang Zhou to be rejected, he now wants to bypass Cas9 technology.
Find a better way to edit your genes.
Today's gene editing is actually not very easy to use.
Each time, the gene is made first, and then a certain gene is cut out with a virus, which is not arbitrary modification like programming at all.
It just so happens that carrots have a size-controlled genetic code, and if a certain plant does not have this genetic code, then Yang Zhou cannot make a certain plant fruit bigger.
Of course, the fruit enlargement gene of each plant is different, tomatoes change from the size of cherry tomatoes to the size of a fist, the most fundamental gene is to control the number of seeds in the flower room, and the key to the size gene of carrot is nutrient intake.
Cas9 relies on viruses to shear gene fragments of target organisms, which has great limitations.
If Yang Zhou wants to start anew and blaze a new trail, it is best to find a way to freely edit the genetic code.
There is certainly no such technology in the real world, but there is certainly in the system space!
Only by freely editing genes can cancer treatment plants be born, and special material plants can be born.
Yang Zhou entered the system space again, wanting to find a way to change the genetic code.
He prepares for the next top journal paper.
In the mysterious space, Yang Zhou turned on the genetic simulation function, and the data panel appeared again, and this time he took out carrot seeds to transform.
Unlike before, regardless of the process, this time Yang Zhou observed every detail.
It really made him see something.
When transforming carrots, Yang Zhou used his perception to perceive the same bacteria used to transform carrot seeds as in the real world.
In other words, the system also uses the Cas9 technology patented by Zhang Feng.
The key to this technology is that the success rate varies depending on the bacteria selected, and the Cas9 technology is constantly improving.
Countless scientists are using different bacteria or modifying experimental protocols to increase the success rate of modification.
Obviously, Yang Zhou's system uses extraordinary bacteria, and can even achieve a 100% success rate.
The seeds of transformation that Yang Zhou took out from the system could successfully germinate in the end.
The success rate is related to the automatic repair of gene breaks when Cas9 bacteria shear the original gene.
Repair relies on proteins inside the cell.
"System, can I extract special bacteria from the space?" Yang Zhou asked.
The system didn't reply, Yang Zhou simply tried it, and it turned out that there were special bacteria on his hands, and he couldn't see anything on the surface, but in Yang Zhou's perception, there were already special bacteria on his palms.
Yang Zhou was startled at first, because some bacteria are very harmful to the human body.
Fortunately, this bacterium is not active and seems to be harmless to humans.
Yang Zhou was excited for a while, which meant that Yang Zhou was able to come up with a special bacteria that were more powerful than Zhang Feng, but the problem still existed, even if Yang Zhou found the upgraded technology of Cas9, the basic framework was still under Zhang Feng's patent.
The upgraded version of the technology cannot avoid patents, and patent fees still have to be paid.
This is a patent barrier, Zhang Feng has a professional team, and almost all the patents related to gene editing have been registered.
Regardless of whether Yang Zhou came up with more powerful bacteria, the essential principle is still the same.
"You can't just go the same way, can you just write the genetic code and then write the seeds?" Yang Zhou thought in his heart.
He used his mind to control the virtual three-dimensional structure of carrot genes, modified several of them, and then took out the carrot seeds and waited for the seeds to actually change.
If you don't take out the seed, then only the simulation result will appear, but if you take out the seed, the mysterious space will transform the seed.
This time, Yang Zhou's attention was all focused on the seeds, and he was still praying in his heart that he would never be transformed with a virus.
In the mysterious space, Yang Zhou has the ability to observe microscopically, and the internal structure of the seed can be simulated in his mind.
Yang Zhou was suspended in the air, his right palm was up, and a carrot seed was lying in the middle, and the seed was magically changing at this time.
A drop of rain inexplicably appeared and wrapped the seed, and in Yang Zhou's mind, it was observed that a special protein was injected into the cells of the seed.
Proteins play an important role in living organisms, and the Cas9 gene was used to clip a piece of the gene through bacteria, but it was the protein that was eventually repaired.
The relationship between proteins and genes is actually symbiotic, DNA directs the synthesis of proteins, and protein enzymes are required for DNA replication and transcription.
Now, Yang Zhou has observed that there are new protein enzymes that carry the genes programmed by Yang Zhou along the DAN orbit and transcribe the bases into the gene fragments that Yang Zhou wants.
This is a complex protein that is formed by a combination of multiple proteins with a special structure.
When traveling on the DAN, it is like an old-fashioned train traveling on the tracks, and this special protein, as it travels, pulls the rails and installs the rails he brings with him in the middle of the tracks.
", developed, as long as this special protein is extracted, it can also be modified in reality! This is another world-class scientific research achievement! Yang Zhou looked at the water droplets in his hand in shock, and his heart was excited.