Cyber ​​Heroes

Chapter 593 The Perfect Solution Is Always A Little Expensive

Xiang Shan sat back on the chair, feeling his feet were weak, as if he had just walked around the edge of the abyss.

Neither Yawgmoth nor Niya Goode could see his mental activity at that moment.

This was the first thing he thought of.

If the signaling factors mentioned in Yawgmoth's Protocol C can reverse the life cycle of the immune system, then...

Could it reverse the life cycle of humanity as a whole?Directly achieve rejuvenation?
This idea exploded in his mind like a chain reaction, causing all kinds of questions.

It would be a good thing if the aging of Homo sapiens could be reversed.At this stage, this technology has been developed, and it can save more people and allow more people to meet the standard of "becoming a benchmark person".

However, this also raises new questions.Older people who are in control now will live longer.And according to the agreement made by several major powers in the Security Council, their status will be impregnable until 2055-this trend has already formed.They can take everything in their hands calmly, and then wait until the resolution of the Security Council becomes invalid, and then get the share that belongs to the benchmark.

After the outbreak of new technologies, will it increase social unrest?Or let those old people live forever?

There are just too many things that could be involved in this achievement.There was even a pointer in Xiang Shan's heart, sliding between "researching this technology" and "abandoning this technology".

But no matter which side it is, the fate of the whole world is involved.

Fortunately, Yawgmoth said, such technology cannot achieve rejuvenation.

"...how can this be rejuvenated?" Yawgmoth continued chattering, explaining: "Aging does not happen at the cellular level alone. On a more microscopic level, the accumulation of DNA damage, the change of telomere length, and the more macroscopic At the same level, the degeneration of the body's functional structure and decline in function cannot be alleviated by this method."

He waved to the mountain.fair enough.No one has to make a choice about it.

Xiang Shan pressed his head: "If you think about it this way... it seems that there is no problem?"

"No, there is actually one." Nia Guti picked up the tablet and quickly confirmed something: "The problem lies in the cost of research and development. You should have noticed the 'past experience' that Yog said..."

Xiang Shan slapped his head: "The 'Xiao Huan Dan' project? But isn't the Xiao Huan Dan project... progressing steadily? Dr. Tao has almost recovered."

"Well, steady progress, but steady."

The project aims to develop techniques to repair nerve damage.In the process of prostheticization of human beings, there will be a large number of changes closely related to the "nervous system".Each alteration has the potential to cause irreversible neurological damage.The project was launched in response to this.

But progress has been slow.

No, not really slow.In academia, it is not uncommon for a major project to be done for ten years.However, the research and development institution of Superman Enterprise is a place where the best scientists in the world are gathered, and the daily life here is to "make revolutionary achievements".

This project has existed since the start-up period of Superman Enterprise. After Dr. Tao Enhai joined in 2039, he increased the resource allocation, but so far it can only be said to be "stable progress".

"Actually, all the compounds currently used in the 'Xiaohuandan' project have only succeeded in the peripheral nervous system. The central nervous system, especially the brain, is not progressing very well." Nia Guti shook her head: "And the difficulty of this project will only be higher than the 'Xiaohuandan' project."

"Ah?" Xiang Shan was shocked: "Is that so? The nervous system is more complicated than the immune system, right?"

"The complexity of the nervous system is complicated by the macroscopic neural network structure - you know this better than us. And it is very pure at the cellular level, only glial cells and neurons." Nia Guti shook her head : "But the immune system... immune organs include bone marrow, thymus, lymph nodes, spleen, tonsils, etc. Immune cells all over the body include lymphocytes, mononuclear phagocytes, neutrophils, basophils, Eosinophils, mast cells, NK cells...it is very diverse at the cellular level. The immune system can be said to be a 'fluid brain' that is distributed throughout the body and communicates information purely through chemical signals."

"In addition, changing the cell life cycle will inevitably touch some proto-oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes-this is also a topic that the Xiaohuandan project is still tackling."

"Proto-oncogenes" are a type of "underlying code" genes that are extremely ancient and conservative in evolution, and may even be traced back to single-celled organisms. They have key functions such as promoting cell growth and activating the cell cycle.

Proto-oncogenes with out-of-control mutations are the "power source" of cancer, but under normal circumstances, they are the key to controlling cell growth and development.Without the activated expression of proto-oncogenes, cells will not grow and will not divide.

And reversing the cell life cycle will inevitably touch some proto-oncogenes.

——As for cancer...

"Grass, so you're here waiting for me." Xiang Shan covered his head: "Neurons hardly divide after they mature, and tumors in the nervous system are basically derived from various glial cells. But the immune system itself is very can split..."

The immune system proliferates vigorously, which proves that its own proto-oncogene is quite active.Once the proto-oncogene mutates, it will enter the trend of rapid development of cancer.

It is not uncommon for immune cells to become cancerous themselves.Moreover, once the immune cells become cancerous... Whether it is leukemia with cancerous white blood cells or lymphoma with cancerous T cells, there is basically no possibility of benignity.

Xiang Shan patted his head: "Ah...so that's the way it is, plan A and plan B are very mature technologies, and plan D is not innovative. But this plan C..."

"If Yog wants to cite 'past experience', then the 'Little Huandan Project' also brings up another problem, which is re-differentiation after de-differentiation." Nia Guti said: "The existence of the Little Huandan Project is good Several eliminated drugs. If the concentration of these drugs is too high, it may even directly reverse neurons into neural stem cells. If these neural stem cells are redifferentiated, most of them will directly differentiate into glial cells instead of neurons."

"Calling a 'state at a specific point in time' is more difficult than simply 'reversing the life cycle'. The difference here is like 'clicking the replay button' and 'drag the progress bar to find the specific segment you want '."

"In the Xiaohuandan project, this problem is already so difficult. You have to apply it to the more complex immune system at the cellular level..." Nia Guti shook her head.

But Yawgmoth was confident: "I can solve this problem."

Xiang Shan already understood why Yawgmoth had such a good attitude today.

"How much are you going to spend?"

　It's the beginning of the month, please give me a ticket.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)