Chapter 814 Dr. Z Saves the World?

After successfully waking up after 27 days of coma, two of the colonists of the Ares Project have recovered! "

"The emergency report is lifted! Bacteria on Mars were jointly conquered by the Luna expert team! Doctor Who "Z" provides important clues! "

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Almost the day after Johnson woke up, the latest developments in the research on the X-0172 bacteria were announced to the global media through the Lunar Orbit Construction Committee.

When it was learned that two of the three colonists who had fallen into a coma had successfully awakened and successfully cleared the infection bacteria in their bodies, it immediately caused a sensation in the international community.

After "Renren Daily" first reported the relevant news, "Washington Post" immediately reported on the news and interviewed the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Eliasson.

A month ago, it was he who stood at the United Nations emergency meeting and read out a joint initiative calling on all countries in the world to jointly respond to this crisis.

Although it was not this joint initiative that really prompted countries to jointly deal with this crisis, it is undeniable that his speech was quite iconic.

When asked how to evaluate the performance of countries in coping with the global crisis, Eliasson gave a very high degree of affirmation without any hesitation.

"...This is another great achievement of human beings in the face of nature. The brilliance of humanity connects us together, and we have not given up on anyone in the face of difficulties!"

Reporter: "What do you think about the black colonist Tawi who has not been rescued yet?"

Eliasson: "I think the failure to be rescued is only temporary. I believe that the international expert team has enough experience and knowledge. All they need is a little time!"

In any case, out of the three patients infected with X-0172 bacteria, being able to successfully cure two of them is already a considerable breakthrough.

According to the timetable announced by Huaguo, Johnson and Jones will be transferred from the Moon Palace to the International Space Station Dawn within a week on the Magpie Bridge cargo spacecraft, where experts sent by the United Nations will conduct the last medical examination, and then return to the surface in the return capsule.

So far, the earth's ecological crisis caused by Martian bacteria has come to an end.

During the long wait of 27 days, countless people expressed concerns about the future of the earth's ecosystem, and now all worries have finally been settled.

In the face of the unbreakable spores of the X-0172 bacteria, human civilization will no longer be helpless, and almost no one doubts that the remaining colonist will also recover in a short time.

All they need is a little time.

At the same time, in addition to the two colonists who are about to return to the earth, "Dr. Z" who played an important role in the whole incident has attracted media attention.

According to Professor Stephen of Stanford University, if it were not for the solution provided by the doctor, as well as the key pheromone molecular formula and synthesis method, they might still be stuck on the bottleneck of how to block the formation of spores by X-0172 bacteria.

"...his research results have made a decisive contribution to our ultimate elimination of Martian bacteria in the colonists!"

"Although I don't know why he chose to remain anonymous, I hope he can stand up and accept this honor of saving the world!"

The speculation about the identity of Dr. Z is constantly fermenting along with the reports related to the X-0172 bacteria.

Not only are the media curious about the identity of this anonymous scholar, but the general public has also shown considerable interest in this anonymous scholar.

What's more interesting is that if his name is generously written on the paper, the people who eat melons may not be so interested. Even if the media has carried out overwhelming reports, everyone will soon forget it after seeing it.

It's as if everyone knows that the Nobel Prize is awesome, but not many people remember who took away the Nobel Prize in a certain year.

But now, even people who are usually indifferent to biology are wondering who the author of this paper is, what country he is from, and why he chose to remain anonymous...

Jinling Institute for Advanced Study.

Institute of Biology.

Professor Liu Zuobing handed over a report to Lu Zhou, and said in a somewhat emotional voice.

"It's unbelievable. I didn't expect the side-effect-free sustained-release drug we dreamed of to be on Mars."

After discovering that pheromones secreted by X-0172 bacteria when they form spores can promote active dormancy in organisms,

After receiving the report, Lu Zhou glanced at it roughly.

According to the data obtained from experiments on mice, the mice implanted with X-0172 bacteria will actively activate the bacteria in the body to form spores when encountering a low temperature of minus 12-15 degrees, and release dormant pheromones to push the host into a dormant state .

When the dormancy time reaches 24 hours, the host will enter a complete dormancy state. After reaching this state, the metabolic capacity of the host will drop to a rather low level, and ensure that the somatic cell structure of the host is normal, and can be re-transformed into vegetative cells when the situation is suitable, and restore the metabolic level and exercise before dormancy ability.

When he saw this, Lu Zhou's eyebrows slightly raised a look of interest.

Noticing the interested expression on Lu Zhou's face, Professor Liu who was standing beside him smiled and said.

"Remember the nematode cell we got some time ago? Next, we plan to insert the 18S-rDNA gene fragment into X-0172 bacteria, and use X-0172 bacteria to synthesize special proteins that maintain the shape of dormant biological cells."

Lu Zhou turned the page of the report in his hand and asked casually.

"Is there any problem with the DNA added to the X-0172 bacteria?"

Professor Liu Zuobing: "The risk is within the controllable range."

"Then do as you said." Returning the report in his hand to Professor Liu, Lu Zhou nodded and said, "Remember, safety comes first at all times."

Professor Liu Zuobing said solemnly: "Don't worry, I will definitely be 10,000 careful in terms of safety."

At present, the X-0172 bacteria are only collected from living samples on the Moon Palace in name, and the samples sent to the earth are all inactivated. However, despite this, as the chief designer of the Lunar Orbit Construction Committee, Lu Zhou is researching There is still a "little" privilege on the Internet.

As early as the first time after the incident, the living samples of the X-0172 bacteria were sent to the Institute for Advanced Study by the returning Xiaguang, where they were kept under strictest custody.

It's just that it hasn't been made public.

After putting away the report, Professor Liu was about to leave, when he suddenly remembered something, so he asked.

"By the way, that metabolic extract... have you used up yet?"

"One more thing, I put it in the office. If you need it, I'll send someone to send it to you later..." Seeing Professor Liu looking at him strangely, Lu Zhou was slightly stunned, and asked casually, " ……What's wrong?"

Shaking his head, Professor Liu asked suspiciously.

"I don't know if it's convenient to ask a question."

Lu Zhou: "What's the question? Ask."

Professor Liu Zuobing: "Do you know that Dr. Z?"

Lu Zhou: "...I don't know, what's wrong?"

"I'm just making a random guess, don't take it to heart," Professor Liu smiled a little embarrassedly, and asked, "The Dr. Z who uploaded the paper to Arxiv, could it be you—"

With a light cough, Professor Liu was interrupted, and Lu Zhou asked back, "Do you think it's possible?"

Professor Liu nodded honestly.

"Generally speaking, the preprints of biological papers are published on BioRxiv. I rarely hear colleagues throw preprints on ArXiv... If I remember correctly, ArXiv should be physics and mathematics. There are a little more papers in the direction of computer science."

In addition, there are only a few people who have access to X-0172 bacterial samples. Several experts on the Moon Palace said that they did not write it themselves, and only the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study on the ground can access live samples.

If it's not Lu Zhou, it can only be written by a few of his students when they were fishing...

But it was obvious that he, the professor, knew the level of his students better than they themselves. It's okay to help him with their little ability, but such a high-level paper is obviously not something they can write.

It's just that he didn't dare to fully believe his own judgment. After all, Lu Zhou had never published a paper on biology, and he had never heard of Professor Lu doing similar research...

Thinking of this, Liu Zuobing suddenly became a little confused again.

Compared to Professor Liu, who was in a tangle, Lu Zhou looked embarrassed at the moment.

Biology has a dedicated preprint site?

Not posted on Arxiv?

Oh my god, this is the first time he's heard of this.

Sure enough, the next time you do something like this, you still have to investigate it in advance, otherwise it would be too embarrassing to be recognized.

"Okay, don't think about these things."

Coughing, Lu Zhou forcibly ended the topic, and said, "No matter who Dr. Z is, we will remember his contribution. If he doesn't want others to know his identity, I think we'd better respect his choice. …In addition, the project team on the X-0172 bacteria can be disbanded, and the relevant research data will be merged into the frozen dormancy project team.”

Slightly stunned, Professor Liu immediately asked.

"Isn't there another colonist who hasn't woken up?"

Lu Zhou: "We have already cleared the most difficult level, and the rest will be handed over to the international expert team to solve. As for you, just continue to study human cryogenic technology."