While Chen Chen was in Africa, across the Mediterranean Sea on the European side, Samuel was standing in a cold and clean laboratory, quietly looking at a cultivation chamber that looked like something straight out of a science fiction movie.
The incubator was cylindrical, about thirty centimeters in diameter. It was made of tempered glass and only the base and top were made of metal.
The incubator was filled with a pale yellow liquid.
If one looked through the murky liquid, one could faintly make out a fist-sized lifeform with the appearance of a human floating quietly in the solution.
It was a chimpanzee in its fetal form.
On the belly button of the embryo, an artificial umbilical cord made of biological materials was connected to one end while the other end passed through the incubator and was connected to the nutrient machine on the side.
The laboratory used this method to simulate the environment of the mother's body to transfer nutrients into the embryo.
Samuel seemed to be tired of looking at it and turned around gently. At once, a row of incubator was exposed. Each incubator showed the same scene...
This was the experimental plan Chen Chen had formulated before he left. Each cloned embryo here corresponded to an old chimpanzee in the research institute.
In the history of cloning, the most difficult task had always been the cloning of primates. The cloning technology of other animals could often be used as reference. For example, the cloning technology of sheep could be modified slightly and applied to the Kunming mice.
However, all the cloning technology of mammals to date could not be applied to primates.
Some theologians asserted that this was because humans were primates and humans were God's chosen children. Therefore, God would not allow technology to blaspheme primates.
From the birth of the cloned sheep Dolly until 2013, this period was known as the darkest sixteen years in the world of cloning. This was because in these sixteen years, the entire world, with the support of extremely limited theories, constantly tried to clone primates.
Attempts, failures. Attempts again, failures again...
Many people gave up. However, each failed attempt eliminated a wrong option for future generations. Every step of progress paved the way to victory...
This situation continued until 2013. Finally, God's authority was once again broken by humans.
In 2013, after thousands of attempts, the American Kazakh scientist Mitalipov used caffeine in the process of human somatic cell nuclear transfer for the first time. As a result, he saw the miracle that countless scientists dreamed of —
After being treated with caffeine, not only could the human cloned embryos fuse easily, but they also had an unprecedented perfect form!
As for the reason, it was because caffeine was a kind of protein phosphatase inhibitor. It could temporarily inhibit the signal pathway of the egg cell and keep the egg cell stable. Therefore, it could greatly improve the efficiency of cloning.
Let's use the Western fable as an example:
The purpose of cloning was to expel the original "egg cell nucleus" king from the egg cell and support a new "somatic cell nucleus" king to ascend the throne.
However, the change of regime was a major event after all. If the people's hearts were in turmoil during the change of regime, it could easily lead to a coup d 'état or even the destruction of the country.
Therefore, the role of caffeine became obvious. It was like the "minister" who maintained the normal operation of the country during the transfer of power. In this turbulent period, it could constantly calm the people and finally ensure that the "somatic cell nucleus" smoothly ascended the throne...
There was an old saying in Mainland China that the predecessors planted the trees, and the descendants reaped the shade. It was the contributions of the scientist named Mitalipov that kept the cloning technology of mankind from completely stagnating, which led to everything that Samuel was seeing now.
Looking at the life-changing scene in front of him, Samuel revealed a look of awe.
This batch of cloned chimpanzees had already differentiated enough hematopoietic stem cells and mesenchymal stem cells, which could completely repeat Chen Chen's original experiment.
As long as this experiment could be carried out smoothly, then soon, aging would no longer be an irreversible phenomenon. The average human lifespan was expected to increase by another twenty to thirty years.
Of course, this technology was not yet mature. There were still many difficulties to overcome, such as the damage to the body caused by chemotherapy, the high failure rate of immune system reconstruction, and so on. These would have to be overcome one by one in the future.
Only when the risk of this technology was reduced to less than one percent would the technology be mature enough to be available to the public.
...
Meanwhile, on the other side, Chen Chen had just sent Cheng Cao off when he received the news of Samuel's successful cloning.
"It took less than two months to clone a chimpanzee. This person, Samuel, has a lot of potential..."
Seeing the content of the message, Chen Chen pondered for a moment.
As long as the subsequent chimpanzee experiments were also successful, then all that was left was the human clinical trials.
Of course, if he wanted to conduct clinical trials in Switzerland, he must pass the review of the ATP (Therapeutic Products Agency) and the FOPH (Federal Office of Public Health), just like how he had to pass the FDA review in Northern America and the CFDA review in Mainland China.
However, it was precisely because of this that a painful situation arose —
Sometimes, the time taken by the country for review was even greater than the time taken for drug and technology research and development. It was even possible that the time taken was so long that the company could be completely dragged out.
Therefore, Chen Chen would certainly not conduct the third phase of clinical trials in Switzerland, where the medical system was well-developed.
He planned to move the third phase of the experiment to Namibia.
Now that he was in the honeymoon period with the Namibian officials, it should be easy to get the approval of the country's Ministry of Health.
It was easy.
If it did not work out, he could also conduct secret clinical trials first...
Therefore, Chen Chen thought about what he had to do next, then dialed the number of the head of the Swiss branch, Wynn.
"Mr. Wynn, I have a favor to ask of you...
"I want to buy the most advanced bioelectronic equipment on the market today... Yes, price and tariffs aren't a problem, nor are political contributions...
"I know this will require a lot of effort and connections. I heard that your son is getting married recently. It just so happens that I recently bought a luxury apartment next to the Zurich Opera House. I'll give it to him."
"Alright, it's best if it can be done as soon as possible. You know what the company is researching recently. If it's successful, you'll definitely be the first beneficiary."
After hanging up, Chen Chen could not help but shake his head.
At this rate, the four billion US dollars that he had swindled from Facebook was not going to last much longer. It seemed like it was time to swindle again.
Chen Chen could not help but rub his chin.
After Samuel's experiment yielded results, he could indeed go around the world to scour again.
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