Chapter 1595 Even if It Is a 1% Probability
【...He is the wealth of civilization. From the moment the torch is lit, his life no longer belongs to him alone. His torso eventually turned into mud and the earth, his blood turned into mountains and rivers, and he will live forever in people's hearts in another form, just like Kuafu. 】
[However, all creatures in nature have eternal yearning for light and heat, not just humans. I can understand that this is not to get more from him, but just because we have not yet recovered from the pain of losing him...]
[January 11, 2025, rain, recorded in Shangjing. 】
It has been almost a year since the disaster on Mars.
For the past year, Xiaotong has been writing a diary every day, hoping to gain a moment of peace from grief in this way.
Xiaotong, who wrote the date on the footer and closed the diary, sighed softly.
It has been three days since I came to Beijing, and there have been at least two rains in these three days, and the sky has not been seriously sunny once, as if the dryness in the north is a joke.
As for why you came here at this point in time...
I have to start with a conversation three days ago.
On the same rainy day, a plainly dressed woman with a heroic brow found her home and showed her the ID in her hand.
She had seen similar documents from her brother's close friend, so she probably belonged to the security department.
As for her name, it was Yan Yan.
"...Have you considered it? Although this plan is indeed important to us, we can understand if you refuse."
Looking at the document on the coffee table, Xiaotong, who was sitting on the sofa, thought for a while, then reached for a pen and filled in her name.
Looking up at the surprised woman sitting across from the tea table, she smiled slightly and said.
"Actually, I've been thinking about making a similar plan a long time ago. Just now I was thinking about...his name."
The tone eased a little, Yan Yan spoke.
"...the name is not in a hurry, there is still a long time to think about it slowly."
"How can that be done? This is a very important matter," Lu Xiaotong said with a smile, "If this little life must be allowed to come into this world, I still hope to give him an identity. After all...according to the real seniority Come to think of it, he should be my nephew."
Of course, it could also be a niece.
Even with the help of scientific means, the pairing of chromosomes is a random process.
The woman sitting opposite the coffee table was silent for a while, did not respond to this sentence, but just took the document silently.
It was exactly as Lu Xiaotong said.
Even if she refused to sign, they would do as planned.
However, everything will happen without her knowing. And the newborn will live in this world with another identity and surname.
Anyway, Yan Yan herself didn't mind, the child took her last name.
Xiaotong: "How long will it take to see the result?"
Yan Yan: "The project was launched last year, and now it has entered the clinical stage. The results should be seen in October at the earliest."
Xiaotong: "Is it October... Can I be there?"
Yan Yan immediately said: "Of course, you can learn about the latest research progress at any time, it's better to say... If it's convenient, please come to the site."
"It's not inconvenient, I'll come when the time comes," Xiaotong said with a slight smile, "Although I'm not interested in love, I really want to have a child."
Yan Yan lowered her head and said softly.
"Thanks……"
"You're welcome," Xiaotong shook her head and said with a smile, "I said, this is what I expected."
...
The so-called bloodline project, as the name suggests, is for the continuation of the bloodline.
The entire plan is based on a recent breakthrough in research.
That is, skin cells are induced into induced pluripotent stem cells (ips) through a CD38 glycoprotein analog, and through a special induction differentiation technique, they are cultivated in vitro into hPGCLC—that is, primordial germ cells.
The original intention of this study was to help those infertile patients fulfill their wish to have children. Earlier, this experiment had been successful on mice, and related papers were published on "Cell" . However, due to potential ethical risks, this technology has been facing huge controversy and safety review, and the progress of scientific research has been slow.
However, not long ago, related research has suddenly achieved a breakthrough in a very low-key way.
Although Lu Zhou did not leave behind his genetic factors before going to Mars, he could still find a lot of things like blood samples and somatic cells.
After all, as Lu Zhou's personal doctor, Yan Yan has been working by his side for some time.
The whole process of the bloodline project is actually very simple, that is to use the power of science to cultivate Lu Zhou's somatic cells into hPGCLC in vitro, and then combine them with excellent samples from the egg bank to cultivate hPGCLC that can inherit Lu Zhou's bloodline. test tube baby.
The offspring born in this way will be safer than human cloning and avoid ethical risks.
As for Xiaotong, the whole plan does not require her to provide any cells, not even her mother. The only thing she needs to provide is a legal identity.
That is, this test-tube baby will be born into this world as her child...
In fact, strictly speaking, it is an extremely risky thing to directly use this immature technology to cultivate human newborns.
Moreover, people also know that even if the genes are exactly the same and expressed in the same way, it may not be possible to reproduce a scholar with academic ability comparable to that of Academician Lu.
But even if it is a 1% probability, it is worth a try.
After all, he was the man who changed the entire scientific process and the world pattern by himself.
Even if the newborns bred in this way can't catch up with Lu Zhou's mentally, at least they can keep his blood.
Perhaps in the not-too-distant future, another scholar not inferior to him will be born and use his knowledge to change the world again.
Rather than saying that what is left behind is the blood, it is better to say that it is the seed of hope...
After waiting quietly for ten months, Xiaotong, who was waiting outside the delivery room of No. 301 Hospital, took over the crying baby lying in swaddling clothes from a doctor in a white coat.
"We did it! The newborn is very healthy, it's an absolute miracle in the history of medicine!"
"Shh, don't scare him," Xiaotong said softly, ignoring the doctor who quickly shut up and stared lovingly at the crying baby in his arms, "Life itself is a miracle..."
Compared with the excitement of the doctor—or the scientific researcher, she who embraced the baby did not have much joy of victory in her smile, but only pampering and quiet happiness.
She also doesn't know what the source of that happiness is...
Obviously, she has never been a mother, she doesn't even have a lover, and she can't talk about the crystallization of love, but the moment she meets the baby in her arms, she feels destined.
It's as if life has been given new meaning, something unseen has been passed on.
No matter whether he was born by the hand of nature or came into this world because of the power of technology, that feeling will never change...
"I'll call you Lu Yuan."
The moment he pronounced this name, Lu Xiaotong had already made up his mind.
She will bring him up and train him to be a kind, brave, great, and full of wisdom like her brother.
From this moment on.
She is his mother...