"Aging is a systemic disease. As long as aging is cured, many diseases caused by human aging can be cured without medicine..." Li Xiao spoke eloquently at the press conference. Reporters from many media in the audience also listened.
A bit confused.
Until Li Xiao finished talking about the application prospects of synthetic telomerase, the audience was still quiet.
"Isn't Mr. Li developing a universal biochip? Why is he developing an elixir of immortality?" A balding young reporter finally asked his doubts. Obviously, this person should be in the computer industry and pay more attention to the legendary
Universal biochip.
"Of course, universal biochips are being developed and are still in the design stage. As for telomerase, we can't talk about immortality. It only restores genetic telomeres. In theory, it can allow people to avoid many diseases caused by aging and make people live longer.
Better health and longer life.”
"Mr. Li, there is news that the level of telomerase found in cancer patients is much higher than that of ordinary people. Does this prove that this enzyme will increase people's risk of cancer?" A female reporter wearing glasses also said
A question was asked.
"This is actually a misunderstanding, similar to survivor bias. In fact, the increase in telomerase levels in cancer patients is an instinctive self-rescue mechanism of the body."
"So, inhibiting telomerase activity cannot be used to treat cancer?" the female reporter asked.
"Yes, inhibiting the activity of telomerase, although on the surface it will inhibit the growth rate of cancer cells, it also accelerates the aging mutations of normal cells, thereby increasing the risk of cancer cells spreading throughout the body."
"Mr. Li has relevant animal experiments, so he can't just deny the research results of telomere inhibitors for anti-cancer in just one sentence, right?" Another middle-aged reporter stood up and asked.
"When Dr. Amanda and I were working together on research in Greece, it was Dr. Amanda who was always doing the research on cancer. You can check out her relevant papers for the relevant test results. The mechanism is too complicated, so I won't be here.
Explained one by one.”
Li Xiao's words immediately silenced the middle-aged reporter. It was only then that he remembered that this man could also be regarded as an expert in cancer. At least when Dr. Amanda was interviewed, he said many times that he was not like Li Xiao.
Xiaota simply cannot complete the development of broad-spectrum anti-cancer drugs.
"One hundred groups of comparative experiments have been done on white mice. Compared with the control group of white mice injected with telomerase once a month, no increase in the risk of cancer was found, and the average life span was at least doubled..."
Seeing that everyone stopped asking questions, they also released some animal experimental data on the synthesis of telomerase. As for how much the life span of mice was extended, it is not yet known, because at that time, the experiment only took two years in the world of Resident Evil before an unexpected return occurred.
to this world.
The designed life span of the experimental mice was about one year. Most of the mice that were not injected with telomerase died in about a year. However, the mice that were injected with a small dose of telomerase once a month lived for two years.
He is still active and active after many years and looks very healthy.
Although we only saw the results of the experiment on mice, there was still very warm applause.
Especially when I heard Li Xiao clearly stated that if synthetic telomerase passes human clinical trials, the price in the future will be as cheap as vitamins and will be a product that everyone can afford, the applause and cheers were even greater.
A bit more intense.
The press conference caused a huge sensation, and many media outlets even directly described this synthetic telomerase as an elixir of life, after a lot of embellished publicity.
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However, although the press conference attracted the attention of countless people, it did not have any impact on Li Xiao's life at the time. He spent almost every day in the laboratory, and now primate experiments have officially begun.
Although the research center now employs dozens of researchers, and most things can be completed by others, Li Xiao still likes to stay in his own laboratory when he has nothing to do.
Of course, I also like to wander around various independent laboratories occasionally, not only to learn some common sense from other serious researchers, but also to impart some very cutting-edge biological knowledge.
I am not worried at all that knowledge will be hollowed out by others. In fact, I hope that others can master more knowledge, which can accelerate the development of many biotechnologies.
If you study the cutting-edge information obtained from the world of Resident Evil by yourself, even if it takes a hundred years, you will not be able to finish it. For example, Li Xiao worked hard for more than two years, but he only mastered less than 1% of the information in the database.
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Tina, who had been staying in the office, answered the phone and immediately went to the underground laboratory to find Li Xiao, who was designing a sketch of the first-generation biochip. Of course, it was just a copycat of a ready-made product.
Seeing that Li Xiao was concentrating on his work, Tina did not come forward to disturb him. Instead, she stayed quietly in the distance, silently watching Li Xiao's back and lost in thought.
"Is there something wrong, Miss Tina?" Li Xiao asked suddenly, which also woke up Tina who was deep in thought.
When he met Li Xiao's gaze, he had the illusion that his thoughts were being read, but on the surface everything seemed normal, and he calmly walked towards Li Xiao holding a folder.
On the contrary, Li Xiao looked a little unnatural, and even blushed, because his mental power was too strong, and he had inadvertently sensed the thoughts in Tina Si's heart just now. It seemed that he had become the object of his fantasy, and he was even quite wild.
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"Boss, the experimental monkey you ordered has arrived."
As if nothing was wrong, Tina handed the printed information to Li Xiao. Li Xiao also quickly adjusted his mentality and checked the relevant information.
The experimental monkeys introduced this time were all old monkeys that had lived for nearly 30 years, or even more than 30 years ago, a total of 38 monkeys.
"I never expected that such an old experimental monkey could really be introduced."
"They were also recruited from various laboratories with the help of government departments. However, these monkeys have already entered old age and most of them have health problems. Why does the company introduce such experimental monkeys?"
"Primates have a very long lifespan. If you introduce small monkeys and want to conduct controlled experiments, you will have to waste at least decades to see the test results. If you introduce old monkeys, you can quickly compare the experimental results."
"Wouldn't this leave many excuses for others to say that we were opportunistic and shortened the test time, which led to a reduction in the probability of genetic mutation, thus denying our company's experimental data?"
"If the effect of reversing aging appears after a period of telomerase injection, then it is not something that any organization can deny just because it wants to."
"Can our company's synthetic telomerase really reverse aging?" Li Xiao's words made Tina fall into infinite wonderful imagination.
"Well, the effect won't be as obvious as you think, but in theory it is true."
"...Can the boss sense my thoughts?"
Chapter completed!