silent farm

Chapter 239 The [-] Million Dollar Investment Is Finally Not Lost in the Water (Second Protection)

That night, Li Sheng and Zhang Dingbian returned to the farm from Manaus.

The next morning, as soon as Li Sheng arrived at the office, Zhang Feng came over and told him about the police investigation.In fact, they came here to make a record or something, and Li Sheng didn't expect them to catch the thief.

Zhang Feng talked about some more work on the farm, and then left.

Not long after he left, Feng Xiaoting, who was so busy recently that he had no time to leave the laboratory, suddenly came to him.

Seeing him lock the office door, Li Sheng knew that he had something important to say to him, and asked him, "Stone frog?"

Feng Xiaoting said with a trace of uncontrollable excitement: "Yes, boss. After experiments, we can not only preliminarily determine that the blood of the stone frog has substances that accelerate the metabolism of animal cells, but also found a very strange phenomenon in them. !"

Feng Xiaoting is an absolute academic bully, although he is not a paralyzed face, but he usually has the kind of expression that can be said to be that the mountain collapsed in front of him without changing his expression.Seeing the excited look on his face now, Li Sheng couldn't help being curious: "What phenomenon?"

"Rebirth of limbs. And rebirth of internal organs." Feng Xiaoting's voice was suppressed with excitement. "As long as the stone frog does not die, its limbs or a certain tissue on its body are incomplete, and it can slowly grow back."

Li Sheng also found it strange when he heard it.There are indeed some other manifestations in the animal world. For example, sea cucumbers can spit out their intestines for predators to eat. After escaping, they can still grow a new set of intestines. Another example is starfish. A piece of starfish becomes a new individual.

Terrestrial animals also have the same phenomenon. It is said that if an earthworm can be cut into two parts in a certain proportion, both ends can become a new individual. Even if the cut ratio is wrong, the long end can grow back into a normal earthworm .In addition, the gecko's survival by docking its tail is also the same.

He really hadn't heard of frogs having that ability.

But he didn't think there was anything to be excited about. At most, he discovered a new animal with this ability.He nodded: "So, you have discovered a new species." But he is talking nonsense, the stone frog and some plants found in Xiangxi are not found in this world, what else can it be if it is not a new species?
Hearing what he said, Feng Xiaoting suppressed the excitement in his heart.Only then did he realize that the boss in front of him was not a researcher.He laughed and said, "Boss, the point is not here. It's that we found a cell with a very special shape in this stone frog."

He paused, organized his words and said, "The boss should have heard that if a part of a human liver is cut off, it can still survive and grow back."

Li Sheng nodded.Although it was a medical matter, he still knew it.After all, news about liver transplantation is often heard on the news.

Feng Xiaoting poured himself a glass of water and drank a few sips before sitting down and continuing: "The human liver will automatically recover after loss. In fact, although the mechanism of rebirth is somewhat different from that of a severed limb, the principle is similar. They are all produced by memory T cells. effect."

He also explained the so-called T cells.It turns out that T cells are cells that can carry genetic information. When this kind of cell divides, it will restore the defective parts of the animal's body to the appearance determined by the genetic information.

He paused for a moment and continued: "According to our human research on animals, the lower the animal, the more active the memory T cells. And the stone frog you provided, the tissue cells taken out without injury are all Normal cells. But as long as the stone frog is alive, the cells near the wound will turn into T cells and restore the tissue to its original state."

Li Sheng finally understood it, but so what if he didn't understand it: "But the ability of the stone frog, so what if it is researched?"

Feng Xiaoting said with a smile: "It's nothing if the stone frog cells themselves have that kind of ability. But we found that if the serum of the stone frog is injected into the white mice, the white mice also have the ability to regenerate limbs. At the same time, we also found that the white mice Some of the cells in the cell changed. It has T-cell properties."

When Li Sheng heard this, he stood up abruptly, put his hands on the desk and asked him, "You mean, the stone frog has limb regeneration because of its serum?"

"Maybe its cells are more suitable for that kind of substance, so the stone frog can survive. Although the severed leg of the white mouse grows a little within a few days, the speed is much slower. But what is certain is that the stone frog's Serum can indeed activate the activity of T cells that animals have been hiding all along. However, we don’t know what this active substance is for the time being, and some side effects have also appeared in the experiment on white mice. The experimental mice basically died.”

The expression on Li Sheng's face is a bit strange, he has been trying to find something irreplaceable from the space recently.Unexpectedly, he had already found it.

But he soon realized that it was not the time to be happy: "Then have you found out what substance is working now?"

"We didn't find it, but the cells chose it." Feng Xiaoting said with a smile. "We found that after normal cells are transformed into T cells, there will be several substances in the cell body. So we extracted this substance, and later we found that this substance alone can achieve the same experimental effect."

He said with pity in his tone: "It's just that whether the serum is directly injected or the extract is used, the internal organs of the experimental white mice will fail to varying degrees. We speculate that it is because after the T cells are activated, the nutrients accumulated by the animals are consumed by the T cells." But no matter what, this new discovery can definitely shock the medical world."

Li Sheng thought so too.If that thing really proves to be effective for the human body, the world's medical system may undergo subversive changes.

It can be imagined that the substance they extracted from the stone frog can be applied clinically. Most of the non-congenital disabled people can almost have a chance to return to their normal bodies, and seriously injured people, as long as they can survive for a while , perhaps using this substance to directly repair the body without dying.Of course, according to the mechanism of T cells, people who have undergone plastic surgery are not suitable for use.

Li Sheng sat down slowly, and asked Feng Xiaoting, "How many people know about this experiment? Can they keep it secret?"

When Feng Xiaoting heard his question, the smile on his face disappeared: "The only people in the laboratory who know about this result are me, a cytologist, and two experimenters."

Li Sheng stared into his eyes and asked, "Do you think they are trustworthy? If they are trustworthy, continue to let them participate in the experiment. If not, I can contact Huaxia and ask Huaxia to take them back."

"But if they are allowed to leave, Huaxia will definitely know the news."

Li Sheng smiled and said, "I can't keep my mouth shut." Since there is no way to deal with it harshly, it is certain that the news will leak out. "Besides, Huaxia is thousands of miles away. Even if you get the news, it is more likely to seek cooperation rather than snatch this thing."

It was only now that Feng Xiaoting understood that Li Sheng's credible meant whether those researchers would leak information to countries or people outside of China.He is still confident about this: "I think they may report to Huaxia. But they should not leak it to other forces. Huaxia attaches great importance to the research project I proposed before. The researchers they send should be trustworthy. "

When Li Sheng thought about it, it seemed that that was indeed the case.He nodded and said: "That's the best. If the research of Shiwa is not necessary, don't let more people participate. For those who participate now, you go back and tell them. It is impossible to give them the research results of this thing, but After the research is done, I can give some monetary compensation. If they want to, they can stay on the farm, if not, I will let them leave."

Feng Xiaoting knew the application prospects of the substance on the stone frog.That represents a very lucrative industry.And their so-called research was not actually thought of by themselves, but Li Sheng gave hints and provided raw materials.With these two things, anyone with certain professional knowledge can research them.

For these people on this project, everything went with the flow, that is, it took some time and energy.In this study, they are no different from ordinary migrant workers.It's okay to earn both fame and fortune on this project.But there is something wrong with being greedy.

Feng Xiaoting didn't know what other people would think, but he didn't think about fighting for interests that didn't belong to him in this project.He nodded and said, "I will convey your words to them when I go back."

Li Sheng thought for a while and said, "I hope you will give priority to this project. If there is any need, I will try my best to meet it."

Feng Xiaoting really didn't intend to be polite when he heard his words: "Now we need more stone frogs."

Of course, Li Sheng would not refuse this request: "I'm sending a hundred of them tomorrow. Is it enough?"

"That's enough for now." Feng Xiaoting said with a smile. "By the way, there is another piece of good news. The fungus-infected worms you sent last time have almost the same ingredients as Cordyceps sinensis."

As he spoke, he took out two reports from his file bag, and handed one of them to Li Sheng: "This one is the composition analysis of the worms. The proportions of substances such as Cordyceps polysaccharide and Cordyceps sinensis are higher than those of the wild Cordyceps produced in China. There are no substances harmful to the human body. It can be used as Cordyceps sinensis."

After finishing speaking, he handed another copy to Li Sheng and said, "This is an analysis report of another kind of leaf. It does contain some unknown chemicals, and it can accelerate the secretion of gonadal hormones, adrenal glands and hormones in experimental animals." effect. But other effects and side effects on the human body need further research.”

Both reports are genuinely good news.Since the Cordyceps fungus has the same ingredients as Cordyceps sinensis, it also represents the value of artificial domestication.Although the technology of domestication is unknown, there is at least one prerequisite.

Cordyceps is formed when the larvae of a certain moth are infected with a certain fungus.To cultivate artificially, it is necessary to collect the eggs of the moth and the spores of the fungus.And now he doesn't know what it is, let alone how to collect it.Perhaps this also requires the help of a laboratory.

Now it seems that in order to keep Feng Xiaoting on the farm, he invested nearly [-] million US dollars to build this laboratory.That might be his most fortunate investment.

(End of this chapter)