[Successfully woke up after 27 days in a coma, two of the Ares program colonists have recovered!]
[Breaking news! Mars bacteria conquered by Moon Palace expert team! The Doctor "Z" provides important clues! "
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The day after Johnson woke up, the Lunar Orbit Committee announced the latest research progress on the X-0172 bacteria to the global media.
When the media learned that two of the three comatose colonists had successfully woken up and had successfully cleared the infected bacteria from their bodies, it immediately caused a sensation in the international community.
After Everyone Daily first reported the relevant news, the Washington Post immediately reported the news and interviewed Mr. Eliasson, the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, about this incident.
A month ago, he stood at an emergency meeting of the United Nations and read out a joint initiative that called on countries around the world to deal with this crisis.
Even though it wasn't this joint initiative that really motivated countries to deal with this crisis, it was undeniable that his speech was quite symbolic.
When Eliasson was asked how he would evaluate the performance of countries in dealing with this global crisis, he gave a high degree of approval without any hesitation.
"This is another great victory for mankind. The glory of humanity connects us together, and we didn't give up on anyone!"
Reporter: "What do you think about the black colonist Travis that hasn't been successfully rescued?"
Eliasson: "I think the rescue is only temporary. I believe that the international team of experts is experienced and knowledgeable. All they need is some time!"
In any case, being able to cure two of the three patients infected with the X-0172 bacteria was already a considerable breakthrough.
According to the schedule announced by China, Johnson and Jones would be transferred from the Moon Palace to the Dawn International Space Station on the Magpie Bridge cargo spacecraft within a week. There, the United Nations would send experts to conduct a final medical examination before they would return to the surface.
So far, the ecological crisis caused by the Mars bacteria had come to an end.
Over the past 27 days, countless people had expressed concern about the future of Earth's ecosystem. Now, all of their concerns had finally been resolved.
In the face of the unbreakable X-0172 bacteria spores, human civilization would no longer be helpless. Almost no one doubted that the remaining colonist would also recover.
All they needed was a little bit of time.
In addition to the two colonists who were about to return to Earth, Dr. Z, who played an important role in the entire incident, also received media attention.
According to Professor Stephen from Stanford University, if it weren't for the solution provided by this doctor, as well as the key pheromone molecular formula and synthesis method, they might still be stuck at the bottleneck of how to prevent the X-0172 bacteria from forming spores.
"… His research results played a decisive role in our final elimination of the Martian bacteria in the colonists' bodies!"
"Although I don't know why he chose to remain anonymous, I hope that he can step forward and accept the honor of saving the world!"
Speculation about Dr. Z's identity continued to grow with the X-0172 bacteria.
Not only was the media curious about the identity of this anonymous scholar, but the general public was also interested in this anonymous scholar.
What was interesting was that if his name was written on the thesis, the audience might not be so interested. Even if the media carried out an earth-shattering report, everyone would soon forget it after seeing it.
It was just like how everyone knew that the Nobel Prize was nutty, but not many people remembered who won the Nobel Prize.
But now, even people who didn't care about biology were curious about who the author of this thesis was, which country the scholar was from, and why he chose to remain anonymous …
Jinling Institute for Advanced Study.
Institute of Biology.
Professor Liu Zuobing handed a report to Lu Zhou and spoke in a somewhat emotional voice.
"I can't believe it, I can't believe the slow-release agent without side effects is on Mars."
After discovering that the pheromone secreted by the X-0172 bacteria during the formation of spores could promote active dormancy of organisms.
After Lu Zhou took the report, he roughly glanced at it.
According to the experimental data obtained from mice, mice implanted with the X-0172 bacteria would actively activate the bacteria in their bodies to form spores when exposed to temperatures of minus 12-15 degrees Celsius, releasing dormancy pheromones to push the host into a dormant state.
After 24 hours of dormancy, the host would enter a state of complete dormancy. After entering this state, the host's metabolic capacity would drop to a very low level. The host's somatic cell structure would be normal, and the host could be transformed into nutrient cells when the situation was appropriate. This would restore the host's metabolic level and exercise ability before dormancy.
When Lu Zhou saw this, he raised his eyebrows slightly with a look of interest.
Professor Liu noticed the interest on Lu Zhou's face. He smiled and spoke.
"Remember the nematode cells we got a while ago? The next step is to insert the 18S-rDNA gene fragment into the X-0172 bacteria and use the X-0172 bacteria to synthesize a special protein that maintains dormant biological cell morphology. "
Lu Zhou flipped a page of the report in his hand and asked casually.
"Is adding DNA to the X-0172 bacteria okay?"
Professor Liu Zuobing: "The risk is controllable."
"Then do as you said." Lu Zhou gave the report back to Professor Liu. He nodded and said, "Remember, safety comes first at all times."
Professor Liu Zuobing said solemnly, "Don't worry, I'll be very careful."
So far, the X-0172 bacteria were only used as live samples on the Moon Palace. The samples sent to Earth were all inactivated. However, as the chief designer of the Lunar Orbit Committee, Lu Zhou still had "some" research privileges.
As soon as the incident happened, the live X-0172 bacteria samples were sent to the Institute for Advanced Study by Starlight, where they were kept under strict custody.
However, this matter wasn't publicized.
After putting away the report, Professor Liu was about to leave when he suddenly thought of something, so he asked.
"Oh yeah, did you finish the metabolic extract?"
"There's still some left in my office. If you need it, I'll get someone to send it to you later … "Lu Zhou saw that Professor Liu was looking at him strangely. He paused for a second and asked," What? "
Professor Liu shook his head and asked suspiciously.
"I have a question, but I don't know if I should ask it."
Lu Zhou: "What question? Go ahead. "
Professor Liu Zuobing: "Do you know Dr. Z?"
Lu Zhou: "I don't, why?"
"I'm just guessing, don't take it to heart." Professor Liu smiled and said, "The Dr. Z who uploaded the thesis to arXiv, is that you —"
Lu Zhou coughed and interrupted Professor Liu. He then asked, "Do you think it's possible?"
Professor Liu nodded.
"Generally speaking, biology theses are more likely to be uploaded to BioRxiv. I rarely hear of my peers uploading their preprints to arXiv … If I remember correctly, there are more physics, mathematics, and computer science theses on arXiv."
Not to mention that there were only a few people who had access to the X-0172 bacterial sample. The experts on the Moon Palace all said that they didn't write it, and only the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study had access to the sample.
If it wasn't Lu Zhou, then it could only have been written by a few of his students …
However, it was obvious that as a professor, he knew better than his students how good they were. With their abilities, it was fine for them to assist him, but such a high-level thesis was obviously not something they could write.
However, he didn't completely trust his own judgment. After all, Lu Zhou had never published a thesis in the field of biology, and he had never heard of Professor Lu doing similar research …
Thinking of this, Liu Zuobing was a little confused.
Compared to Professor Liu, Lu Zhou had an awkward look on his face.
There's a special preprint website for biology?
It wasn't posted on arXiv?
Jesus, this is the first time I've heard of this.
I guess I have to do some research in advance next time. It would be too embarrassing if I wasn't recognized.
"Alright, don't think about these useless things."
Lu Zhou coughed and said, "No matter who Dr. Z is, we will remember his contributions. If he doesn't want others to know his identity, I think we should respect his decision … Also, the X-0172 bacteria project team can be disbanded. The related research data will be merged into the cryo-dormancy project team."
Professor Liu paused for a second and immediately spoke.
"Isn't there still one colonist who hasn't woken up yet?"
Lu Zhou: "We've already passed the most difficult hurdle, the rest will be taken care of by the international team of experts. As for you guys, continue to study cryonics technology. "
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