It is said that the initial investment in the research center was less than 200 million, but there were more than a dozen research and development projects launched at the same time.
There are technologies such as synthetic telomerase and biouniversal chips that are closely related to bioengineering, but there are also supercapacitors, laser holographic projections, high-power and high-efficiency nuclear batteries, high-strength synthetic materials technologies that have nothing to do with bioengineering, etc.
It can be said that it has greatly promoted the development of cutting-edge technologies in the country. Therefore, with the efforts of the public relations department, the synthetic telomerase technology has also successfully obtained permission for a phase I human clinical trial in the name of emergency use.
Although those who sign up to participate in clinical trials will not receive any financial subsidies and even have to pay for their own travel expenses, millions of people still apply.
However, due to the current production of synthetic telomerase, there are only 100 people in the first-phase clinical trial. Therefore, for the sake of fairness and justice, the number of people has to be determined through a lottery.
Of course, Li Xiao did not personally participate in these matters. The most important thing to do now is to focus on refining the energy in his body. Everything else is just a cloud.
This world is far from being as simple as imagined. In the past six months, I have seen many strange mutant creatures, and the white rat spirit has not left this world because I saw traces of the white rat spirit again on the news.
But this time the location was deep in the Amazon jungle, shot by an expedition team accidentally.
What's a little strange is that the rat spirit didn't kill anyone, but only killed a hound that was hunting the pedestrian. It seemed that the hound took the initiative to provoke him and was slapped to death.
It seems that the existence of this monster is not as great a threat to humans as imagined, and it even deliberately avoids humans. However, it is not clear why it appeared in the city last time.
But based on the later investigation of the last incident, it seems that the rat spirit did not go there to kill people. Otherwise, it would not have only caused more than a dozen casualties. Maybe a dozen innocent casualties were only affected by the battle.
of.
But even so, you can't take it lightly. Although that thing doesn't seem to be interested in hunting ordinary humans now, if you stand in front of that monster, it will definitely be very interested in killing yourself.
I met him a few times in the past, but he always wanted to kill me. It seemed that he had some deep hatred against me...
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The days of staying at home are still going on, and half a year has passed before I know it. Because I was distracted by too many chores some time ago, the energy refining speed in my body is much slower than expected.
However, everything is difficult at the beginning. After everything was on the right track, life finally became a lot more leisurely, and the energy refining in the body was also on the fast track.
Also, although the school has already opened, its reputation is too great now, and because of my strong mental power, I can sense other people's thoughts from time to time, so I can't study with peace of mind at all.
In fact, it would also affect other people's studies, so before I found a way to block other people's thinking activities, I had only been there for a few days after the school started for more than a month, and then I started to live a life of skipping classes every day.
However, I still rarely go to that office. Most of the time I either stay at home refining the energy in my body, or I stay in my independent personal laboratory and do some weird experiments, and I also make many magical discoveries.
For example, when analyzing some mold samples recently, a very special mechanism was discovered. If combined with special biochip technology, it should be possible to develop the kind of gaming helmet that often appears in online novels.
It is even more powerful than that kind of game helmet, because in theory, people who enter the virtual world through that kind of helmet will experience the game and receive certain stimulation, and their spiritual energy will grow.
The most amazing thing is that, according to speculation, while people who play the game gain spiritual energy, at the same time, as the virtual world provider, they can also use the server to intercept part of the spiritual energy for their own use.
This situation is somewhat similar to the situation where devout believers provide spiritual energy to the gods they believe in, although the intercepted energy is certainly not as effective as devout believers.
But in this technologically advanced world, it can be said that there is only one devout believer in a million. However, if a fun and exciting virtual world can be successfully developed and then managed to be promoted, it will surely attract hundreds of millions of players to participate.
As long as a small part of the mental power is intercepted, it will be an extremely huge amount of energy...
Thinking of this, I was very excited, and even the energy in my body was a little restless. After taking a few deep breaths, my restless heart calmed down.
"Taichu, have you developed the function of the virtual world?"
"...Not now, but as long as the owner needs it, I can collect relevant data models through the Internet, and then build a complete virtual world."
"Then let's collect relevant data online."
"Understood!" Taichu responded. The server installed in the underground hive base also quickly activated the superconducting induction array. After forming a connection with the laboratory's data port, it quickly collected relevant data information from the quantitative network.
Li Xiao also made some functional adjustments and modifications based on several biochips brought back from the world of biohazard, and created a chip that can be attached to the nerve center to obtain nerve signal reading and input.
Thanks to the assistance of synthetic normal-temperature organic superconductors, this magical information transmission chip has the possibility of success.
However, if this kind of helmet is to be promoted on a large scale, it seems that the Sun Step Flower must be cultivated on a large scale, because the synthesis of organic superconductors requires the extract of the Sun Step Flower...
"Forget it, let's leave this matter to be a headache later. The most important thing now is to get that magical gaming helmet out first. Even if it is not promoted on a large scale for the time being, even if you play it by yourself, it will help improve your mental strength.
"
I explained to myself, but then I concentrated on my work again.
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As time goes by, the first-phase human trial of synthetic telomerase is in full swing, with hundreds of millions of people paying attention, and the first injection of hundreds of people participating in the trial has been completed.
Those who were younger did not feel much, but those who were already in their twilight years clearly felt an overall improvement in energy and spirit.
After nearly a month of careful observation and comparison in trials involving hundreds of people, no side effects were found.
The only side effect is that some of the old men who participated in the experiment have had a lot more dreams while sleeping recently.
Not only did they dream about many forgotten things, they even dreamed about long-dead relatives. This situation really worried these experimenters who were already in their seventies.
"This is actually the repair of nerve cells, which reactivates those nerve cells whose functions have gradually deteriorated, allowing those forgotten memories to gradually recover. This is an excellent phenomenon, indicating that telomerase is gradually working at the gene and cell level.
Reverse aging..."
Li Xiao deliberately sent a video message to explain Meng Duo's situation.
This is not to deceive those old men. In fact, it is true. The effect of synthetic telomerase on those over seventy or eighty years old is indeed very good.
After listening to the explanation from Dr. Li, the old men were completely relieved and continued to participate in the second round of synthetic telomerase injection tests.
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"The boss should actually stop posting video explanations and let those people quit voluntarily." Seeing Li Xiao turn off the video connection, Tina, who was standing next to her, said weakly.
"Why?"
"The first-phase clinical trial requires three injections, one injection per month, and the current cost is as high as 200,000..."
"We don't have enough money?"
"The money is enough, but the boss selected hundreds of people for the first time to carry out the experiment without charging any fees. Such expenditure is really too much for our company's working capital."
"... Then for the second phase of clinical trials, cost fees should be charged."
"It's definitely not possible within the country, unless you go overseas."
"That's not possible. It's better to contact the bank for an interest-free loan."
"That's all we can do, but it's best to recruit fewer clinical staff for the second phase. Even if it's an interest-free loan, you still have to pay it back."
"Calm down, I'm not short of money. If things don't work out, I'll inject some funds into the company."
"..." Tina did not continue to persuade, but directly contacted several banks about interest-free loans.
Chapter completed!