After the advent of CRISPR/Cas9 technology, there has been strong support in official policies, both in China and in lighthouse countries.

In 2017, that is, in April this year, China issued the "Special Plan for Biotechnology Innovation", pointing out the development of "a new generation of gene technology".

Because this technology can be used not only on plants, but also on animals and humans.

In fact, so far, genetically modified technology has been widely used, but everyone usually does not pay attention to it.

In addition to the four major crops of soybeans, corn, cotton and rape, genetically modified crops also include sugar beets, papayas, eggplants, potatoes, apples and so on.

By the end of 2016, the global planting area of genetically modified crops had increased from 1.7 million hectares in 1996 to 185.1 million hectares, a 110-fold increase.

In 21 years, the cumulative area under cultivation has reached 2.1 billion hectares.

In addition, there are many applications in medicine.

A simple example is the genetically modified vaccine, which is safer than traditional vaccines, cheaper to produce, and can be produced in larger quantities.

For example, when it comes to the prevention and treatment of hepatitis B, traditional methods have been in trouble.

It was not until the advent of various genetically modified hepatitis B vaccines that good progress was made in the prevention and treatment of hepatitis B virus, which played an increasingly important role.

In addition to the genetically modified hepatitis B vaccine, the HPV vaccine for cervical cancer is also a product of genetically modified technology.

There are also HIV vaccines, cancer vaccines, universal influenza vaccines, etc., which are all relying on genetically modified technology.

It is no exaggeration to say that GMO technology is making us healthier and healthier.

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The market for a new generation of genetically modified technology, that is, gene editing technology, is very broad.

As a branch of precision medicine alone, the market can reach the level of hundreds of billions of dollars.

Many public and private gene editing companies have emerged, most of which are foreign.

The scope of research and use is also in the two major fields of medicine and agriculture.

However, these companies' gene editing research in the medical field has avoided the minefield of "human embryo gene editing" and limited gene editing to various diseases in the human body.

This is also the bottom line of the current gene editing industry, which cannot be used for human embryos, and any gene editing of the germ line is irresponsible.

This is an ethical and social issue that exists to alter germline.

It is conceivable that once the gene editing of the reproductive line is irresponsibly carried out, in a few years, will the hospital launch the "Customized Perfect Baby" project?

Will it launch a 5 million project to turn your child into a Wolverine or something?

Or is it because the gene editing of the germline directly creates some races?

Furthermore, there is no clear line between gene therapy and prevention, and then genetic modification.

Once the breakthrough in gene editing technology is made, it will inevitably be used to improve individual abilities, such as concentration, IQ, and so on.

Give people the opportunity to transform their abilities in all aspects and evolve into a "new human".

This creates huge social problems, which is why there is this bottom line.

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In Lu Yu's view, there is still a world of difference between the current gene editing technology and the real gene editing.

But this kind of red line is also very necessary, and should not be studied at least until the Blue Star humans have interstellar capabilities.

Any slight technological breakthrough could lead to further fragmentation of the entire human society.

Because any new technology comes out, the cost will be very high.

This means that only the wealthy can enjoy these technological advances and move towards a "new humanity".

Social contradictions and class contradictions will inevitably intensify.

Lu Yu doesn't want to study real gene editing now, in addition to the previous reasons, but also because of technical and equipment problems, and because there are only a few technologies in the primary scientific and technological materials.

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Back to Lu Yu's upcoming research on genetically modified plants.

On the Blue Star, because it is not a real gene editing technology, it only destroys its own genes, so it cannot be directly edited, so that plants have drought resistance and drought tolerance.

As mentioned earlier, the introduction of the genome of other species into the plant gene can give the plant new characteristics.

However, this technology cannot be precisely controlled, and there is no way to accurately introduce the required gene fragments into the corresponding plant genes.

Even with huge human and material resources, the chances of success are slim.

Therefore, although there were once research institutes that wanted to study the drought-resistant and drought-tolerant plants that Lu Yu wanted, they all gave up because they almost did not see the possibility of success.

So can Lu Yu accurately import gene fragments now?

To be honest, Lu Yu himself didn't know.

He has some ideas and ideas, and he is not sure whether he can do it until it has been tested in practice.

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On this day, Lu Yu was reading in the library as usual, and received a call from Liu Shichang, saying that Xu Chengliang and Yan Yan had selected security personnel.

Lu Yu put down the book in his hand, got out of the library and drove to the company.

When I arrived at the extra-river nebula, I went directly to the rest area to find Xu Chengliang and Yan Yan and entered the office together.

After taking a seat, Xu Chengliang handed over a folder, which was full of people they had selected in the past few days.

Lu Yu flipped through the pages page by page.

Not counting Xu Chengliang and Grim, there are 36 people in total.

These personnel have all retired in the last two or three years and do not have any bad records and behaviors.

In Xu Chengliang's view, all abilities can only be barely qualified.

But after all, he is from a special force, and the standards are different.

Compared with ordinary people, the physical fitness of these people is already excellent.

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According to Xu Chengliang's plan, there are 4 people in 1 group, 4 groups around Lu Yu, 3 groups on Lu Yu's parents' side, and 2 groups on the side of taking turns to rest or staying in the company.

Lu Yu took a general look at it, felt that there was no problem, and asked about the equipment or something.

Xu Chengliang said that he and Yan Yan had prepared a list and gave it to Liu Shichang to help with the procurement.

What is anti-surveillance and anti-interference, the professional term Lu Yu didn't know what the specific role was after listening to it, he only knew that they were all high-end goods in the civilian field.

Lu Yu thought about it, it seemed that they had not been equipped with a car, so it was sometimes inconvenient for the security work of such a mount, and asked them if they liked it.

Xu Chengliang shook his head sternly and said that as long as it was a bigger car, it would be fine.

Lu Yu nodded, the bigger one is an off-road vehicle, which is also suitable for their character.

picked up his mobile phone and called Chen Xiaofei and asked him to help order a few Land Rovers quickly, but not in his personal name, but in the name of the company.

The reason why I ordered this kind of car is because the shape is strong and tough enough, and the space is large enough to fit a lot of equipment.

Chen Xiaofei said that he would contact him immediately, and asked Lu Yu to send the company's information or something.

Lu Yu said Wait a minute, let Liu Shichang add him to chat, and tell Lao Liu directly if he needs anything.

hung up the phone, and communicated with Xu Chengliang and Yan Yan for a while, before they asked them to go back to rest and prepare, and join the company with others in two days.

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Checking the email in the office, Deng Qiang was fine, but Yunhan Technology had two more technical problems.

Lu Yu turned off the computer, went upstairs to Yunhan Technology, found Ge Yuncong, and asked him to take turns to bring the two teams that encountered problems into the conference room.

After explaining to the two groups, I listened to Ge Yuncong's detailed report on the progress of the work.

About 85% of the entire set of special effects software has been completed, but now the modules and plug-ins will continue to be written for a period of time, and then they can be officially released after testing.

The progress of Yunhan Technology's work here is neither fast nor slow, it is similar to what Lu Yu expected.

He Ge Yuncong said that as long as the whole set of software is officially released, all employees will be given a few days off, and bonuses will not be less.

Although the entire set of software developed is open source software and does not bring any income to the company, it is Lu Yu's personal decision, and the efforts of these employees should not be free.

Ge Yuncong was also happy to hear that there was a holiday and a bonus, and he believed that if the news was announced, all the program apes should also want to complete all the work as soon as possible.

Hard work, but also get extra rewards, no one will not do their best.

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After finishing these things, Lu Yu left the company and drove home alone.

When he encountered a red light on the road, Lu Yu pondered that he would continue to go to the library to read books tomorrow.

But I thought of Xu Chengliang's suggestion that I try not to go to crowded public places alone in the future.

Even if you want to read a book, you can buy it back and read it at home.

Although he felt that it was a bit of a fuss, Lu Yu finally decided to listen to his opinion.

After all, be careful to make a 10,000-year-old ship.

When I got home, I turned on my computer and bought a lot of books on the e-commerce platform.

There are all kinds of disciplines, as long as Lu Yu thinks it may be useful and has not seen it, he will buy it.

The address filled in by the courier is the home of Shuyin University.

In the future, Lu Yu is going to live over there permanently, the house here is smaller, and it is also a residential area, so it is inconvenient for Xu Chengliang and them to carry out their work.

Although the surrounding environment of the house at Shuyin University is a little lively, the surroundings are relatively empty, and a lot of monitoring was installed when it was renovated.

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In addition to eating, I basically bought books online all night.

In the end, Lu Yu couldn't remember how much he bought, anyway, from entry, to professional, to advanced, there were all kinds of them.

Coupled with the fact that there are many disciplines, Lu Yu is extremely suspicious that he can open a small bookstore in the future, specializing in selling second-hand books.

In the next few days, I am afraid that I don't have to go anywhere, I don't want to do anything, I can only stay at home over there, waiting for the express delivery.

However, you also need to buy a few rows of bookshelves and place them in the open space next to the living room.

Otherwise, the book will have to be thrown on the ground at will.

Lu Yu kept placing orders until 12 o'clock, and his hands were a little sour before stopping.

I bought so many books, enough to read for myself for a long time.

It's impossible to buy all the books at once, and it's never too late to buy them later when you need them.

Close the computer, stand up and move your neck and shoulders, twisting and crackling.

Walked to the window, opened the window, smoked a cigarette, and went upstairs to wash.

After taking a shower, Lu Yu, who was not sleepy, began to pack some clothes again.

There aren't many clothes at home over there, so I need to bring some with me.

I packed my clothes in my suitcase, and I didn't seem to have a lot of clothes for autumn and winter.

Most of them were bought before, when they were shopping with Shi Zixuan and Qin Xiaomian.

It looks like I'm going to have to buy some more when I'm going to come back.

After packing his clothes, he lay on the bed and browsed all kinds of news on his mobile phone.

Seeing that 7102 is coming to an end, there are many more year-end inventories on the Internet.

Lu Yu looked at these news, thinking back to the year he had experienced, and gradually became a little sleepy.

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