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Chapter 453 Lighthouse Project
In the spacious laboratory, precision instruments are displayed in an orderly manner. It is the time for work, but there are no busy figures. Everyone is gathered in front of a row of monitors, staring at the same place with eyes full of expectations.

"This is just the first step... start to identify tumor cells, let's see if phages can kill tumor cells like other bacteria!"

Professor Smith clenched his fists, his eyes were bloodshot, and stared nervously at the screen. As the leader of the entire project, he sat right in front of the screen, which was both an honor and a pressure.

As a type of virus, bacteriophage has the characteristics of a virus. It is small, does not have a complete cell structure, and has a single nucleic acid. It can be understood as a creature that "preys" on bacteria.

Although bacteriophage is a virus, it can erode the beneficial bacteria in the human body to a certain extent and cause some uncomfortable situations, such as constipation or diarrhea, but compared to its benefits, such a little harm is simply negligible!
As early as [-], two scientists used phage preparations to treat skin infections caused by staphylococci. Since then, phages have been widely used in the treatment of otolaryngology, stomatology, ophthalmology, dermatology, pediatrics and lung diseases.

The development of science and technology will not stop because of this, and people will not be satisfied with the status quo, so antibiotics were born!
After the emergence of antibiotics, phage therapy was gradually ignored, but in recent years, with the gradual increase in bacterial antibiotic resistance, phage research has been paid more attention again!

Under normal circumstances, it is impossible for phages to attack tumor cells anyway, but as Professor Smith previously imagined, using gene writing technology to implant a programmed gene code into tumor cells, and then allow tumor cells to self-infect.

The final result is to make the phage mistakenly regard the tumor cells as "food" and phagocytize them!

In the early days, Professor Smith did not intend to let phages kill tumor cells, but another immune system in the human body. It is a pity that the research has not been effective for a long time.

Fortunately, there are many different ways of immunity in the human body!
The idea of ​​a powerful and unconstrained style has experienced countless failures, and in the most recent period of time, there have been successful cases. When the scientific research team was established and the collective wisdom was condensed, the degree of completion was finally raised again, and there was only one step left!
Once phages start to attack tumor cells and win the battle, it will be a historic moment.

Tumor cells are not without natural enemies, but regardless of radiation or chemotherapy, while solving tumor cells, it will also damage the healthy body, but at this moment, the method of Professor Smith's team does not have this problem.

Because the genetic code for implanting tumor cells can only infect each other among tumor cells, and cannot infect healthy body cells, thus ensuring the targeted treatment!
All more than 30 scientific researchers are waiting for the moment when the miracle is born!
And the experimental mouse that has experienced all this is lying quietly in the sterile chamber, with several catheters inserted into its small body, and its heart is pacing vigorously. It is unaware of what is going to happen inside the body in its sleep .

Among the many scientific researchers, there is a "bastard", that is, He Xia's big housekeeper in Europe, Robert, and he rushed over when he learned that the results of the experiment were about to come out.

At this moment, Robert is also wearing a light blue coat and squeezed into the crowd, looking at the screen with his head looking at the screen. Behind the transparent mask is a cheek full of expectation. No one knows that he has an important task on his shoulders, so there is no room for loss!

Professor Ma Zhenliang was also among them. He was sitting next to Professor Smith. From his eyes staring at the screen for a moment, it could be seen that he was also very nervous.

Everything in the microcosm is so different, more than 30 people are staring at the strange picture on the screen, or with their arms around each other, or leaning on the edge of the table, or with piercing eyes...

At the other end of the island, that is, under the church, the gene editing experiment team is advancing step by step, but judging from the state of the researchers, they seem to be a little absent-minded.

wow...

The universal wheels of the chair turned, and a young scientific researcher bit a pen in his mouth, slid the chair to Zhou Shiyu's side, and whispered: "Dr. Zhou, is there any news from Professor Smith?"

The cancer treatment scientific research team and the gene editing laboratory do not communicate with each other, but they live on the same island, and they don't even look up and look down when eating, so it is inevitable to hear some news.

Almost everyone knows that after Professor Ma Zhenliang came to Ainia, it was the moment when the results of the experiment came out. However, a long time has passed, and the underground laboratory on the other side of the mountain is still silent, and no news has come out, which makes everyone feel anxious.

Zhou Shiyu moved his eyes away from the front of the electron microscope, looked helplessly at his colleague, and said, "Fan Nuo, I don't know more about the situation than you, and I probably hear less gossip than you do."

This is the truth. Although Zhou Shiyu was also curious and expecting, but because of her personality, she was like her. She had the mentality that everyone would know the news eventually, so she didn't bother to inquire about it, and she knew very little about it.

The young man named Fan Nuo curled his lips, a strange light flashed in his eyes, he spread his hands and said, "I can't concentrate at all, it's too difficult, why don't we... secretly find out?"

"Absolutely not!"

Zhou Shiyu immediately rejected Fanuo's proposal, and said seriously: "It's okay to occasionally hear some news while chatting, if you go to spy on the obvious violations, you will be held accountable!"

Zhou Shiyu, who seems soft and weak, actually has a tough side.

Seeing that Dr. Zhou, who was usually gentle and soft-spoken, was suddenly harsh, Fano shrank his neck and said, "Got it..."

Zhou Shiyu saw that everyone in the laboratory was absent-minded, Fano was not an exception, she clapped her hands and said: "Professor Smith's current research topic needs gene editing as a strong support, we must not slack off, we will naturally know when there is news over there, No need to wait!"

Everyone responded positively after hearing Zhou Shiyu's words, but it can be seen that the effect is relatively average. When facing important events, there is actually not much difference between high IQ talents and ordinary people.

They didn't know that Professor Smith and the others were also waiting, and it was even more difficult...

The huge laboratory is obviously very spacious, but more than 30 people are crowded in front of a table, with both eyes staring at the monitor. In the quiet room, there is only the faint sound of electric current from the instrument, and the atmosphere is tense and dignified.

"It can be seen from the behavior that the phage has recognized liver cancer cells as pathogenic bacteria, and has made a tentative action. Why is it so late to swallow it? What is it waiting for?"

Suddenly someone asked a question, and a scientific researcher standing in the crowd spoke up. His field is clinical veterinary medicine, and he is much worse than other people present in the field of microscopic biology.

It was like opening the pressure relief valve of a pressure cooker, and immediately several people took turns explaining to him, followed by a discussion with each other.

"The metabolic rate of mice is dozens of times that of humans, and the cell activity is also very high. In this situation, they have been deadlocked for an hour without any progress. If it is replaced by humans, it may have been several days..."

"That's just a theoretical time, and the actual situation requires experiments to draw conclusions! Moreover, the mice are deeply anesthetized at the moment, and all aspects of their functions have declined. It cannot be ruled out that it will affect the activity of the phage!"

"We only consider changing the tumor cells, why not also modify the gene sequence of the phage, increase its activity, and increase the desire to attack and eat. Wouldn't this speed up the progress of the phage attacking cancer cells?"

"We have not fully deciphered the information of the phage gene sequence, and there is no way to modify it within a controllable range. There are too many unpredictable situations, no matter which one is terrible, this is another task that requires at least five to ten years. Years of research time topic!"

Exploring the microscopic world is not at all easier than the cosmic starry sky. For human beings, it is also a mysterious world, which is more important than the cosmic starry sky, because that world is in our body!
Collisions and explosions are happening in the cosmic starry sky all the time, and it doesn't have much impact on the planet we live on, but if the bacteriophages in the microcosm in the body go berserk, then it's hard to say what the result will be!

"Why don't we think about the serious consequences first, and let's talk about it after doing it. Isn't the laboratory a place for us to make all kinds of bold ideas?"

A very radical scientific researcher said excitedly, from his serious eyes, it can be seen that he is not joking!

There are many scientists in the world who are very capable in both theory and hands-on, and who like to take the edge of the sword. Their research poses a great threat, and if they are not careful, it will be a disaster!
"But that's a whole other topic. We really don't know enough about phages. To ensure safety, we have to start from scratch. It's better to wait."

"It's pointless to wait like this, we should do something, Professor Smith, tell me..."

In the end, the right to make the choice fell to Professor Smith as expected.

Professor Smith squeezed the space between his brows, sighed and said, "At this critical moment, it's better to wait than to act. Wait first!"

After more than ten years of waiting, how could Professor Smith not be willing to wait for a few more hours, even a few days?

After years of hard work, he has deeply understood one thing, that is, if you work in the wrong direction, you will be farther and farther away from success. It is better to stop and think seriously!
"Since that's what you said, let's just wait..."

There are many proud Nobel Prize winners in the team, but since Professor Smith took the lead, no one raised objections after he made the decision, at least not at this time.

It's a pity that after such a wait, it was late at night. After the phages carefully tested the tumor cells, they didn't make any further moves. They kept wandering, just like a fat man who lost weight faced with roast chicken, thinking hard whether to eat or give up... …

In the laboratory, there are more than 30 people and only about [-] people are left. After all, a large part of the scientific researchers are old, and the lack of sleep does not mean that they can stay up late. Maybe they have to boil themselves away before the results of the experiment up...

"Everyone, go to sleep. I will guard here. Once successful, the lighthouse will be lit as soon as possible."

At one o'clock in the morning, Professor Smith glanced at the tired colleagues around him and said.

There was once a lighthouse erected on the seashore of Ania, pointing out the course for passing ships.

However, it has been abandoned for many years. When the entire island was renovated, the lighthouse was also repaired. Although it has lost its role of guiding the route, it is still a very good place to watch and look out at the sea.

Professor Smith's cancer treatment research team internally decided that once a breakthrough is made, the searchlight on the lighthouse will be lit, and melodious music will be played in each researcher's room.

It is precisely because of the existence of the lighthouse that the team internally refers to the problem that is being broken through as the "lighthouse project", which means a lighthouse that illuminates the advancement of human civilization.

Under Professor Smith's persuasion, nearly half of the scientific researchers went back to rest, but in the end they still insisted on refusing to leave. There were still more than a dozen people who wanted to see the experimental results as soon as possible.

Waiting is a very painful and unavoidable thing. At least one-third of a person's life is spent waiting.

Go out and wait for the bus, lie in bed and wait to fall asleep, date and wait for the other half, go to work and wait for the end of get off work, even if you are sitting on the toilet, you have to wait for it to end...

How to use the waiting time is a very advanced knowledge, but this group of researchers with super brain power uses the simplest method to deal with the waiting, that is, waiting, sitting quietly without doing anything.

……

"Eliza, stay safe, goodbye!"

On the long island on the east coast of the beautiful country, He Xia didn't know that the most tense moment had entered on the island of Ainia. He put on casual clothes, went out and took a helicopter, took off and flew towards the villa that Li Xihuan sent him.

As Graffit said at the beginning, this trip was a bit special and it was not convenient for Eliza to accompany her.

Soon, it took only a quarter of an hour for the helicopter to take off and arrive at the sky above the destination.

The villa presented by Li Xihuan is not as tall as Rael Manor. It is located in a high-end community called Hallen Falls. It is close to the downtown area. You can see the apartment buildings across the street from the balcony. It is far-fetched to say that it is a wealthy area. .

There are a total of more than 20 villas in the community. Looking down from the lights, we can see that the occupancy rate is good. Only a few two or three buildings are not lit. The total area of ​​the whole community is not as large as Rael Manor, and even the helipad is public. Yes, this looks very shabby for the top rich!

But even so, Hallenfall is also the pursuit of countless people's dreams. Each villa is priced at 2000 million US dollars, which is definitely a symbol of successful people!
Since it was already dark, He Xia couldn't see anything famous from the air. Walking on the winding cobblestone road in the villa community, he found that it was somewhat similar to Jinlan Garden in the capital. There are more than 20 villas with different styles, driveways and greenery. The arrangements are also similar.

Among them, he also found two courtyards imitating the ancient style of the Celestial Dynasty. Because of the weather, it is not very specific, but the general style can still be seen, but it is not known which country people live there.

(End of this chapter)