When Su Yun was looking for relevant information, he suddenly saw a picture. He frowned and immediately flipped it over.
"Boss, every time I see people eat bats, I feel that this kind of death can no longer be described with words," Su Yun frowned and said with some disgust.
"Well, have you seen Man vs. Wild?"
"Yes," Su Yun said. "You're talking about the one with Bear Grylls, right? I was about to talk about him too. Bear Grylls really dares to eat anything. Man vs. Wild, many things are directly in his mouth. But that's the experience accumulated by the British special forces for countless years. Dead zebra meat, elephant dung juice … It's disgusting to look at. "
"Yes, in the episode where he ate bats, I saw him roast them for a full five hours. When he ate them, his hands were shaking," Zheng Ren said.
"Bat sashimi … and soup … Sigh." Su Yun sighed. "This thing looks cold and evil. Old Mister Yuan has already stopped us from starving, so why do we still eat these things? "
"Bats themselves carry a large number of viruses. They don't respond to viruses, so it might be a weapon for them to protect themselves. If it weren't for these viruses, bats would have gone extinct long ago. There would be no need to wait for white-nose syndrome, "Zheng Ren said.
"Someone has already done it. By studying the immunity of bats to the virus, they want to find a new way to treat the virus. Then they found that … bats don't respond to the virus at all. " Zheng Ren sighed. "That's why bats are very powerful. From a certain point of view, they're the most awesome mammals. We have to be respectful."
"Speaking of which, what's with the longevity you mentioned?" Su Yun asked.
"Bats are the only mammals that are not limited by the terrain …" Zheng Ren said.
"You can just say that it can fly. You don't have to make everything sound like a report." Su Yun disdainfully interrupted his boss's words.
"I'm afraid that you'll argue with me," Zheng Ren said lightly.
"Let's get down to business." Su Yun changed the topic.
"As I said just now, the genes related to DNA damage repair in bats are very unusual. It can be said that their ability to repair DNA damage is very high.
In other words, the increased metabolic rate caused by flying is more likely to cause DNA damage. In long-term evolution, bats resist by increasing their DNA damage repair ability.
"The expression level of heat shock protein in bat cells is very high, and the genes related to the type I interferon pathway will also provide new ideas for future clinical drug research."
"There are also studies that say that bats lack the PYHIN family genes, so inflammation is rare, and tumors related to inflammation and dysplasia are also rare."
Zheng Ren said some fragments intermittently. As he spoke, he summarized and reflected on himself to make his words more complete.
"In other words, the white-nose syndrome and the fungal infection in the bats are a side effect of their ability to resist tumors?!" Su Yun asked.
"It's possible. That's the purpose of Christian's research." Zheng Ren said, "However, by saving the bat, we can treat cancer first. This is really an unexpected gain. And Kerry's research … If we can use the bat gene research to conquer tumors, it will have a very far-reaching significance. "
"Boss, watch your words," Su Yun said. "For us humans, being able to treat cancer is a huge thing."
"Who knows? It's possible that opening a Pandora's box will cause a series of side effects," Zheng Ren said. "Who knows what will happen in the end."
"Bats choose to fly, so their metabolic rate will increase, so the level of oxidative stress will also increase. In order to resist these results brought about by flying, bats have evolved to adapt to a high level of DNA damage repair.
"It's not that bats chose to fly, but that bats are the only mammals left that can fly," Zheng Ren said. "Sometimes, natural choices are full of the strangeness of fate. The creatures that could have ruled the earth died because of fungi. "
"I never thought that bats could rule the earth. Only you would think so. However, when I was young, my family said that bats were mice that could fly, and they were the two largest mammals. Boss, do you think there will be a lot of them if they look like that? "Su Yun's questions were always very strange.
"Don't talk nonsense. We're talking about bats not being able to resist fungi," Zheng Ren said. "If Christian's research results, I'm afraid bats will have no natural enemies for the time being."
"Why don't you save the world and humanity?"
"It's just like what we're doing. Christian is trying to save bats, and we're trying to save Little Rock and cure cancer. After we cross this hurdle, there will definitely be another mountain to climb, "Zheng Ren said." Therefore, a perfect body does not exist … "
"What's there to be afraid of?" Su Yun said disdainfully. "The final direction of evolution will definitely be the spirit body."
"There will be many problems with the spirit body."
"You're getting further and further away from the topic!" Su Yun immediately stopped Zheng Ren. "Boss, you said that bats have a stronger innate immune response system, so when they carry the virus, they rarely or never get sick. Can this be used to develop some drugs to treat the virus? "
"We don't have money," Zheng Ren said. "This research is not something we can do. A large laboratory will be thrown into it for ten or twenty years, and there may not be any results. "
Su Yun shrugged.
"If we can solve the problem of human immunity to the virus once and for all, who knows what will happen in the future."
"You're too pessimistic. We'll take one step at a time. I remember that you said this. Why did it split on its own? "Su Yun said disdainfully.
"So, let's think about Little Rock first," Zheng Ren said. "Bats are the second largest group of mammals after rodents. They account for 20% of the world's mammalian species, more than 1,300 species. Moreover, they are extremely widely distributed. There are bats in every part of the world except the North and South Poles. Moreover, bats have a long history, dating back almost 50 million years.
"Christian's research is very careful and cautious. We don't have this condition, and I'm not very interested in this research. In fact, sometimes I suddenly feel that there was nothing wrong with choosing basic research. I'm just more interested in surgery. "
After Zheng Ren finished speaking, he let out a long sigh. No one knew what he was thinking.
"Let's go and find Chang Yue and Yiren for dinner," Su Yun said. "You made Christian unhappy. He didn't even have dinner tonight."
"It's not that he's unhappy, but he's a little flustered and frightened after being seen through," Zheng Ren said. "Tomorrow, he'll come with a smile and sincerity. Don't worry."
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