Chapter 240 Research Ethics and Achievements

Knowing the urgent needs of Director Wang Xiaoxiao, Zhou Yu must of course provide logistical services for them.

After a long period of use and testing, Zhang Wei has determined the best equipment composition for quantum computers.

The quantum computer was officially handed over to Xinghuo Precision Manufacturing Company to start production.

In the process of quantum computer production and debugging, Wang Xiaoxiao did not wait for the quantum computer to be put into use, but continued to study the genetic code of cells.

Although Violet algae are simple single-celled organisms, they can be said to be the simplest life.

Viruses cannot complete the work of survival and reproduction by themselves. Strictly speaking, they are far from real life, and the genes of viruses do not have the reference for studying life activities.

Director Wang Xiaoxiao compared the genes of other microorganisms with the genes of their production of purple blue algae.

Verify which genes are universal and classify genes.

There are three kinds of life universal genes possessed by the vast majority of life, species genes possessed by the same type of life, and personality genes possessed by individuals.

Wang Xiaoxiao mainly studies universal genes, first studying the commonality of life, and then studying the difference of life.

Zhou Yu personally paid attention to and invested heavily in Xinghuo Technology, and the quantum computer server of the scientific research center was quickly established.

It is a server composed of 12 quantum computers, which can be easily completed by quantum computer servers to study human genes or the Big Bang.

The high computing power quantum computer that Wang Xiaoxiao was looking forward to was finally successfully deployed, and they began to study the genetic code of higher life.

The research materials are generally peas, dogtail grass, mice, chickens, crucian carp, grass snakes, and monkeys.

Higher plants and fish, reptiles, birds, mammals.

They are all highly differentiated cells. Cells make up organs, and they also have corresponding synergistic effects.

Based on his experience in studying purple orchid algae, Wang Xiaoxiao studied the DNA composition of these organisms in batches and sections, and found the genes that control their physiological activities.

Sequence the genes of these organisms, and write the function of each gene fragment.

This was completely a fantasy in the past, and it was impossible to complete this kind of project.

But with the universal life gene of Violet algae as a ruler, and the powerful calculation ability of quantum computer, the project is progressing very fast.

Wang Xiaoxiao began to study the embryonic cells of these organisms by isotopically labeling the bases that make up DNA.

Probe for the specific fragments of ribonucleic acid it produces during transcription to find the protein that the gene expresses.

You can roughly guess the specific function of this gene fragment, and then through repeated verification, you can finally lock the ability of this gene.

In the blink of an eye, a month passed, and the genetic research institute was completely turned into a slaughterhouse. The number of slaughtered animals was so large that the equipment of the waste treatment plant of the scientific research center was queuing up for processing.

Due to environmental problems, no one works in the waste treatment plant of the scientific research center, and robots are in charge.

Starting from June 10th, a very scary phenomenon appeared here.

Hundreds of corpses that looked like human embryos were directly poured into a blender to grind into a meat paste, and placed in a fermenter for the microorganisms to clean up.

The scene detected by the intelligent robot immediately alerted Xianghua, and secretly notified Zhou Yu of this information.

Zhou Yu was not surprised when he saw the information sent by Xianghua newspaper, but he was very surprised.

Director Wang Xiaoxiao and the others must have basic experimental materials to study the genetic makeup of the human body.

In addition to cultivating human fertilized eggs on a large scale by themselves, they also obtained aborted human embryos from hospitals.

They did not engage in shady transactions, but obtained scientific research certificates from relevant departments, the approval of embryo mothers, and financial compensation to relevant personnel.

However, according to the information provided by Xianghua, these human embryos are obviously mature embryos, and the age should be within one month of birth.

Zhou Yu did not believe that these were human embryos obtained through illegal means. Now is the 21st century, and hundreds of human embryos go missing every day, even in Africa, which is enough to shock the world.

He could think that the only way to achieve this effect was cloning technology. The Institute of Genetics was already studying human fertilized eggs. It would be no problem to produce some clones through embryo cutting, not to mention the somatic cell cloning technology.

Zhou Yu also felt that this was not a cloning technique, and that cloning also required basic law.

Director Wang Xiaoxiao and the others have only started the project for one month, and the normal growth time of human embryos is about 10 months. Time simply cannot allow them to obtain a large number of human embryos.

Zhou Yu knew that he couldn't figure out what was going on, so he rushed to the genetic research institute with two robot bodyguards.

If these human embryos were obtained illegally, Zhou Yu would be really disappointed with Wang Xiaoxiao and the others, and they must be punished by law.

Zhou Yu came to the laboratory under the Institute of Genetics, and saw Wang Xiaoxiao leading scientists, and then observing a human embryo through experimental equipment.

This human embryo is full of equipment, and is watching the differentiation process of his hematopoietic stem cells.

Zhou Yu was furious at that time, his tone was a little trembling, and he reprimanded loudly: "What are you doing?"

Wang Xiaoxiao saw Zhou Yu full of anger, and saw the human embryos on the experimental table, and he immediately understood the reason for Zhou Yu's anger.

Wang Xiaoxiao immediately explained: "This experimental subject only has the embryonic form of a human embryo. He is not a real 'human', but an experimental material mass-produced by our cell proliferation technology."

When Zhou Yu heard Wang Xiaoxiao's words, he calmed down and waited for Wang Xiaoxiao's explanation.

If it was an isolated phenomenon, he would not hesitate to deal with Wang Xiaoxiao, but there are hundreds of them every day, which is really too abnormal.

Wang Xiaoxiao pointed to this experimental body that resembled a human embryo and said: "We used human fertilized eggs for experiments before, and we also purchased aborted human embryos from hospitals to observe the process of cell differentiation.

It is impossible to observe the specific cell differentiation process of fertilized eggs, and the aborted embryos are too rare, and it is difficult to observe the stillbirth.

We just want to cultivate human embryos through laboratory methods to explore the expression of human genes during life growth.

However, it takes 10 months to cultivate a real human embryo. If it is successfully cultivated, it is a real person, and it is against the law to use it for experiments.

It just so happens that we have made breakthroughs in the study of genes that control the lifespan of human cells, and have found a way to make fertilized eggs multiply rapidly.

It only takes 5 days for a fertilized egg to rapidly multiply and differentiate into a human embryo that is similar to a baby.

But with such rapid proliferation and differentiation, the most critical nervous system cannot mature at all, and this human embryo can't live for more than 1 day. From a fertilized egg to a human embryo, it only has a lifespan of 6 days.

Its nervous system organs are also very fragile, but through a large number of experiments, it is possible to find the genes that control various physiological activities, except for the genes that control the nervous system. "

After listening to Wang Xiaoxiao's story, Zhou Yu felt relieved. This is indeed an embryo cloned, but not a cloned human being.

Because this kind of embryonic nervous system has not been formed, it cannot sense the external environment at all, and it cannot be called a person. Such embryos are worse than aborted embryos.

He could only persuade: "Your research on embryos that look like human babies is not very good ethically and legally, especially if it is secretly photographed by others, it will greatly affect the reputation of our company."

Wang Xiaoxiao said with a serious expression: "I have thought carefully about using this embryo cloned through rapid growth.

Chinese law stipulates that human embryos can be used for 15 days, after which they must be destroyed.

We have only been here for 6 days, and we have not even reached half of the legal requirements.

We only need to pass through a large number of cell differentiation data, corresponding to the genes we found.

As long as the project research is successful, there is no need to do this in the future.

We do this without polluting the human gene pool, and we use cloned embryos without perception.

In terms of law and ethics, I don't think there is anything out of the ordinary. At most, it is probing on the edge of ethics.

If you are timid about everything, you can't do scientific research at all, and the world still speaks with results. "

Zhou Yu looked at Wang Xiaoxiao's firm and clear eyes, and he took back what he wanted to say.

He stepped forward and patted Wang Xiaoxiao on the shoulder, and solemnly instructed: "Complete the experiment as soon as possible, we have a clear conscience, but we can prevent others from misunderstanding, and try not to let others misunderstand."