Tech Islander

Chapter 194 Breakthrough Progress

As one of the three authoritative journals in the field of biology, in order to ensure a high level of its scientific impact factor, "Cell" has almost strict requirements on the viewpoint and quality of submitted papers.

It's time for another quarterly issue to go to print, and editor-in-chief Emily Marcus is putting the final touches on the latest issue's draft.

At this moment, the phone on the table rang suddenly.

The editor in charge of screening new manuscripts hurriedly said: "Editor-in-Chief, I have a new paper claiming to have discovered a new type of thermophilic bacteria capable of swallowing Ebola variants..."

Before she could finish her sentence, Emily stood up abruptly, her fat body shaking the entire table.

"Who is the author and from which laboratory?"

"The first author is Wu Tao, and the contributor is the second author Gavin, both from the Future Biological Laboratory, and the contact address is in Hawaii."

"Wu~Tao?" Emily asked hesitantly, "Wu Tao, the father of intelligence?"

"That's right, the editor-in-chief is him! I've checked the information. Although the Future Biological Laboratory is not well-known, the supporter behind it is Wu Tao. I heard that the idea of ​​extracting archaeal bacteria from magmatic lava for research also came from Wu Tao. , this paper should be their first achievement, and it should be very helpful to the current medical research on overcoming the Ebola variant virus."

"I know." Emily thought, "Submit the manuscript to me, and I will expedite the review."

"OK, editor-in-chief."

Half an hour later, Emily skimmed through the ten or so pages of the manuscript.In her opinion, this manuscript is closely related to the current popular research, with extremely detailed descriptions of the discovery process and methods, and what is more eye-catching is that the data are informative and convincing.

Even without cross-review and approval by domain experts, Emily feels that the content of the paper is rigorous and credible.

After a short thought, Emily picked up the phone on the desk and called the content editor: "Reserve the position of the important paper on the cover of this journal, I have an important paper arrangement here."

"But the editor-in-chief, the cover of this issue is the Nobel Prize winner Dr. Feynman's research paper on the feasibility of screening and restraining Ebola variants from extreme thermophiles."

"Oh?" Emily said without hesitation: "I read that paper. It only explored some possibilities and pointed the way. It is obviously not academic enough. So, replace it!"

"But it will be delivered for publication tomorrow, and the manuscript will be published the day after tomorrow. Is there enough time?"

Emily shrugged and said, "I just ask everyone to work overtime, because this paper is extremely important and will be of great help to the research on specific drugs for Ebola variant viruses."

"Yes, editor-in-chief."

In the early morning two days later, the biological laboratory of Harvard University.

Dr. Feynman, with sunken eyes, walked out of the clean laboratory tiredly, went to the peripheral office area, and picked up the phone.

"Mr. Taylor, are you looking for me?"

"Yes, Dr. Feynman. How is your research going?"

Dr. Feynman had to explain: "Mr. Taylor, you know that isolating, screening and identifying microbial flora is a very time-consuming work. Hundreds of members of the laboratory have been working continuously for many days. Fortunately, we have ruled out the half of the thermophilic species."

Hearing this news with no substance and results, Taylor on the other end of the phone said dissatisfiedly: "Dr. Feynman, I don't care about the process, I only care about the results. Now the epidemic situation outside is getting more and more severe, and the Ebola variant virus There are many ways to spread, and the spread is simply unstoppable."

"...This situation is an excellent opportunity for you. As long as you can be the first to produce results, you can draw an end to this scientific research competition in advance. Otherwise, if the future biology laboratory takes the lead, then your future No matter how many achievements you make, you will not be able to make a comeback!"

"I see, Mr. Taylor, we will continue to work hard!"

After hanging up the phone, Dr. Feynman's pressure was even greater, and he couldn't help feeling suddenly dizzy due to his exhaustion for many days.It's a pity that Taylor's phone call made it impossible for him to calm down and rest.

In fact, even if Taylor didn't put pressure on them, he couldn't stop and rest.After all, the words have already been released, and the limelight has passed. In the end, if the Future Biological Laboratory takes the lead, he may lose face in the scientific community.

Thinking of this, Feynman took a strong breath, rubbed his stiff face, and returned to the laboratory.

The future biology laboratory, which was five hours behind, was also brightly lit.

Even though it was already midnight, half of the fifteen-member experimental team was still working hard.

An unpleasant stench emanated from Gavin's body, mixed with the smell of disinfectant, it was really unbearable.However, no one paid any attention to this, and everyone was engrossed in the results of the changes in the culture medium.

Because this is the screening test for the last batch of 10 flora samples!
If there is still no companion or commensal bacteria of the target thermophilic bacteria in this batch of 10 flora samples, it will mean that there is no way.They must reconsider other means or approaches for clinical treatment of target thermophiles.

As time passed, seven people including Gavin and Karin took turns passing through ten microscopes to observe the coexistence of the test bacteria, the target thermophilic bacteria and the Ebola variant virus in the culture medium.

After a while, Kailin yelled: "Quick, come and see, the activity of the target thermophilic bacteria has greatly increased, and it has begun to crazily devour the Ebola variant virus!"

There was a sudden commotion in the laboratory, and Gavin rushed over stumbled, leaned on the microscope, and stared at it intently.

That's right! The target thermophilic bacteria of 500 million units, like eating spring medicine, frantically devoured the surrounding Ebola variant virus.

One, two, ... nine, ten!

Every time a variant of Ebola virus was swallowed, Gavin cheered secretly in his heart.After observing for a few minutes, Gavin straightened up and said to everyone: "We did it, we really did it!"

At this moment, Mia and others, who were sleeping and resting, also heard the sound, hurriedly put on protective clothing and rushed in: "What's the matter, what's the situation?"

When they heard that they had found the companion bacteria of the target thermophilic bacteria, a group of people howled excitedly into the sky.

The water samples in the final culture medium were made into smears and placed on the intelligent identification platform. Three minutes later, the intelligent identification platform E-Yinhui reported: "No. 3 bacterial group, with a scale of 26 million units; marked thermophilic bacteria, with a scale of 200 million units. There is no Ebola variant virus, and the identification is complete!"

"Great!"

"Wonderford!"

Amidst the cheers, Gavin suggested with difficulty concealing his excitement, "How about we name the No. 26 bacteria group 'Tao' thermophilic bacteria?"

"I agree! Without the intelligent recognition platform and robots provided by Mr. Wu, we would not have been able to progress so fast!"

"I agree! At the critical moment, Mr. Wu also provided many important ideas, pointing the right direction for our research!"

Everyone echoed, Mia looked at her watch excitedly and said, "I'll call the boss and tell him the good news right away."

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