Telomeres are genes, just a part of the genes, a small piece of DNA at the end of the chromosome, before that, people did not pay attention to telomeres, but focused on chromosomes, human genetic engineering, mainly to draw a model of chromosomes, but gradually, people found that telomeres actually have another role.

Biological researchers have found that the older the cell, the shorter the telomere, and when the telomere wears out to the last segment, it completely loses the function of division, and conversely, the telomere of the newborn fetus is extraordinarily long.

Therefore, telomeres are also called the "clock of life" by many people.

After paying attention to this phenomenon, it was learned that every time a cell divides, the new cells will intercept some of the information from the telomeres and use it as a template for cloning.

When humans are born, there are 10,000 base pairs in telomeres, and each time they divide, they decrease by 30 to 200 base pairs.

If telomere base pairs are depleted, the body is prone to errors and collapse.

With the development of science and technology, people have not yet been able to fully grasp the causal relationship between this morphological change of telomeres and human aging.

Is it because of the circadian clock of the cells that cause this change, or is it because of the loss of telomeres that causes people to age?

After research, people discovered telomerase again.

Telomerase is a biological enzyme that produces telomeres, which exists in the human body and only exists in bone hematopoietic cells, stem cells and biogenesis cells that must continue to divide, showing a moderately active state.

As for the rest of the human body's cell tissue, the presence of telomerase is not found at all.

It is hypothesized that because telomerase promotes the growth of telomeres, cells can continue to divide and slow down the onset of aging.

Biologists were ecstatic and thought they had found the secret recipe for human immortality.

This hypothesis, even in tumors, was confirmed.

In non-malignant cancer cells, there is also no telomerase present, but in the cancer cells of incurable cancer patients, telomerase is found in a very active state!

Due to the presence of telomerase, telomeres are no longer intercepted when cells divide and are used as templates for replication.

In this way, the cell can divide indefinitely, thus becoming an "immortal cell".

However, with a large number of divisions, some cell mutations will inevitably occur.

And these mutated cells are harmful.

Because it is also an immortal cell, and continues to divide and proliferate, it will not be excreted from the body through metabolism, and a large number of mutated cells continue to accumulate, absorbing human nutrients, making the human body gradually weaken, and finally leading to death.

When Chen Weidong heard this, he was completely fascinated, but soon he thought of the key issue and couldn't help but say: "Isn't this a contradiction?" ”

"The presence of telomerase makes it possible for human beings to stay young forever, but on the other hand, the presence of telomerase is very likely to cause cell mutations and evolve into cancer cells."

Professor Kruger nodded solemnly and said, "That's the reason, we repeatedly carry out cell culture, that is, use telomerase to promote cell division and proliferation. ”

"At the same time, we are also looking for ways to make this change controllable."

"If this problem can be solved, human beings dare not say that they are immortal, but at least the life span can be greatly extended, and the skin of the body can always be kept in an optimal state of vitality!"

Chen Weidong touched the back of his head, knowing that he was trapped by Professor Kruger.

The reason why he said this in a roundabout way was to let him see the benefits of research, so as to support the continuation of the biological sector, and perhaps increase investment and scale up the trial.

He looked at the side with a wry smile, Lin Zeju was silent, it seemed that he was also moved, Li Xi'er blinked his eyes, looked at him with a slight smile, and wanted to see how he would respond.

Chen Weidong did not want to be an immortal old monster, as a reborn, he thought that he had come into contact with the secret of reincarnation.

For him, death was nothing but the beginning of another life experience.

However, he could not resist the temptation.

Suppose Professor Kruger's research succeeds, even if it is only partially successful, and what a great value it can create by applying it to those scientists and rejuvenating them!

You must know that except for a few geniuses, most scientists, before the age of thirty, are basically in the process of accumulating experience.

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Due to their chronic overuse of the brain, and brain cells are non-renewable.

When they are in their forties and fifties, when they are in the prime of life and create value, they are ahead of ordinary people and enter their twilight years ahead of others.

The time to truly create scientific research results may only be twenty or thirty years.

Researchers' bodies are usually relatively weak, and Chen Weidong often painstakingly creates opportunities for researchers to take vacations and recuperate, and sometimes even forces them to rest, but the effect is not good.

The company's 9-to-5, weekends, and various holidays have no effect on researchers at all, and when they are seriously engaged in a project, the kind of research method that is not fatal, day and night, and the spirit of perseverance and concentration, are admirable and terrible at the same time.

It has only been a few years since the establishment of Infinity Company, and more than 30 scientists have died of sudden illness, which has brought immeasurable losses to the research work.

Don't say anything about pre-training graduate students as successors, in fact, it is not possible to generalize at all.

Because the research ideas of scientists are often inspired by touching the bypass, some of them just see something, or something, and have an idea, even they themselves can't explain it clearly, let alone hand it over to others.

Only in the course of specific research, when problems are encountered, can he generate new inspirations, so as to solve difficulties and break through a certain technology.

Many studies can achieve results, and it is only up to the original project proposer to be able to carry out the research and guide the specific implementation of the research, so as to continue to move forward.

In another person, it is very likely that he will not be able to understand the original project leader's thinking, so he will follow his own thinking, and whether he can succeed or not will not be able to say for the time being.

Even if it is fruitful, it must be thought about and understood. The process of adjusting the direction of research, and so on, takes a lot of time.

Not to mention the world, but in a certain region, if the leader of a certain discipline suddenly dies, the ongoing research project will fall into stagnation for a long time, and even never return to the original progress, a card is decades.

Therefore, in scientific research, it is very taboo to change the project leader frequently.

Chen Weidong felt extremely sorry when he thought of the scientists who suddenly left in the process of research.

This is not only a loss for Infinity Inc., but also a loss for the nation and even the entire human race.

Some losses can be made up, it is nothing more than taking some detours and wasting some more time, but some losses may cause later scientists to no longer be able to complete the original idea.

This loss is immeasurable!

Chen Weidong's fingers tapped lightly on the conference table, and the emotions in his heart fluctuated.

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