Chapter 812 Amino Acid Derivatives

the next day.

It is still in the experimental cabin of Tiangong.

Standing in front of the researchers, Professor Stephen, with dark circles under his eyes, coughed lightly, raised the printed paper in his hand, and continued in a low-energy voice.

"I believe you have already read it... I won't repeat the content of the paper. It's just to satisfy my personal curiosity. I still can't help but want to ask, who is this Dr. Z?"

Looking at the six people who looked dumbfounded and indifferent in front of them, Professor Stephen added in a firm voice.

"Don't be shy, this Dr. Z must be among the seven of us... no, it's six, I know I'm definitely not. Ian, old man, is that you?"

Facing the question from his old friend, Ian glanced at the thesis in his hand, and shook his head in confusion, "Of course not, if it was me, why would I use an alias? It's hard to say that this is a Nobel Prize-level discovery. Would anyone despise their own honor too much?"

The X-0172 bacterial invasion can be regarded as a global ecosystem crisis. If this problem can be solved, it will undoubtedly be regarded as a contribution to all mankind. It is hard to say whether it will be awarded the Nobel Prize. After all, there are still so many people waiting in line, but the qualifications to be nominated for the Nobel Prize must be obtained.

Professor Leslie glanced at Professor Zhao Shuxuan standing next to him, and found that he was also looking at him.

"Z... seems to be your initials?"

"Don't guess," Professor Zhao shook his head, "It's not me... why am I anonymous."

This kind of paper doesn't mean rushing to put his name on it, but he also took the initiative to hide his name. It really makes people wonder what this guy is thinking.

The seven people in the experimental cabin stared at each other for a long time, but they didn't understand why.

In the end, Professor Ian shrugged and made a helpless expression.

"Okay... It seems that Dr. Z is not here. I believe that you have made such a research result, and you will definitely not hide it."

"This is ridiculous," Professor Leslie pushed down his glasses, and muttered to himself in an unbelievable voice, "How did he research to block the The method by which bacteria form spores?"

There was silence in the experimental cabin.

Obviously, Professor Leslie is not the only one who is puzzled by this question.

"Although this sounds absurd, I think we can try the method provided by Dr. Z... Anyway, the research idea we originally planned to adopt is to find a way to prevent the X-0172 bacteria from producing spores? After reading the paper in his hand carefully again, Professor Ian shrugged his shoulders, looked at the other researchers in the experimental cabin and said, "It just so happens that Dr. Z wants to go with us."

Zhao Shuxuan pushed down his glasses, nodded and said, "I think it's OK."

Professor Leslie also nodded: "I have no objection."

Professor Stephen, who was leaning against the porthole, coughed softly: "That's what I originally planned."

Professor Ian snapped his fingers.

"Four people are in favor, and the votes are more than half... Then it will be done like this."

...

Generally speaking, the difficulty of repeating experiments is much more difficult than conducting experiments for the first time.

In many cutting-edge fields of modern biology, many important discoveries can only be achieved based on many kinds of coincidences. Even if the same set of reagents is ordered, the equipment from the same manufacturer is used. Experiments are performed at different times, and different results can be obtained.

Coupled with the fact that image retouching technology is becoming more and more powerful now, if you want to fake it before, you have to practice sketching first, but now even undergraduates are proficient in using retouching tools, the cost of falsification is getting lower and lower, and it is becoming more and more difficult to identify.

Therefore, whether the experiment can be repeated has become an important indicator in biology that can be used to measure the value of research.

Out of reason, Professor Stephen certainly believes that the solution proposed by Dr. Z is highly likely to be effective.

Not only because he fished this paper from Arxiv, but also because there are so few lines of description in this paper, which aroused academic resonance in his heart.

"X-0172 bacteria can survive in the extreme environment of Mars. It is very difficult to kill it by ordinary methods. We can only find ways to rely on its weakness."

"What is its weakness?"

"The most indispensable thing on Mars is the extreme environment. Being able to survive in such an environment has created its advantages in the face of extreme environments, but at the same time it is also a disadvantage."

"Without having fought other microbes for its environment, it must have limited tolerance to other microbes."

"Therefore, the key to solving the problem is to find a biopheromone that can deceive the X-0172 bacteria... Hey, why didn't I think of it at first?"

Mumbling to himself, Professor Stephen, who was staring at the ceiling, fell into deep thought.

In fact, this is nothing, just a research idea.

Give him a little more time, and he might not fail to think of these easy-to-understand things.

However, the crux of the problem is not here.

What is puzzling is that Dr. Z just thought of this research idea. How did he also deduce the molecular formula of the amino acid derivative that blocks the formation of spores by X-0172 bacteria?

In other words, can this thing be launched?

Shouldn't it be obtained through continuous trial and error and continuous screening from thousands of samples?

This simply turned his understanding of biology upside down.

Looking at the row of amino acid derivative molecules on the computer screen, Professor Stephen scratched his beard in distress, thinking about it, but still couldn't figure out how this Dr. Z did it.

At this moment, the hatch of the experimental cabin opened, and Professor Zhao Shuxuan floated in.

Seeing Professor Zhao floating into the experimental cabin, Professor Stephen cleared his throat, looked at him and asked.

"what's the result?"

Zhao Shuxuan: "...the synthetic amino acid-like derivatives have been injected into three patients, and the specific effect is still under observation."

Professor Stephen was silent for a while, then said with a sigh.

"Now we can only wait quietly for the results."

Time passed by every minute and every second.

In the space capsule where there is no sunrise and sunset, if you don't look at the watch, a minute is no different from an hour.

He yawned heavily, and just as Professor Stephen and others were starting to feel sleepy, the door of the experimental cabin opened again.

Before he had time to ask, he saw Professor Leslie float in from the direction of the cabin door with an excited expression on his face.

"Colonists No. 1 and No. 2 observed that the metabolic level is increasing! The content of spores in the metabolites was significantly reduced! No allergic reaction occurred!"

Taking a deep breath, he said in a trembling voice with excitement.

"Amino acid-like derivatives are effective!"

"We made it!"