Telomeres are genes. They are just a part of genes. They are a small section of DNA at the end of chromosomes. Before this, people did not pay attention to telomeres, but focused on chromosomes. Human genetic engineering mainly involves mapping chromosomes.

model, but gradually, people discovered that telomeres actually have another role.

Biological researchers have discovered that the older a cell is, the shorter its telomeres are. When the telomeres are worn down to the last segment, they completely lose their ability to divide. On the contrary, the telomeres of newborn fetal cells are exceptionally long.

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Therefore, telomeres are also called the "life clock" by many people.

After paying attention to this phenomenon, people learned a conclusion: every time a cell divides, the new cells intercept some information from the telomeres as a template for cloning.

When humans are born, there are 10,000 base pairs in the telomeres of cells, and each time they divide, the number will be reduced by 30 to 200 base pairs.

If telomeres are depleted of base pairs, the body is prone to errors and collapse.

With the development of science and technology, people still cannot fully grasp the causal relationship between this morphological change of telomeres and human aging.

Is it because of the cell biological clock that causes this change, or is it because of the loss of telomeres that causes people to age?

After research, people discovered telomerase.

Telomerase is a biological enzyme that makes telomeres. It exists in the human body and only exists in bone and hematopoietic cells that must constantly divide, as well as stem cells and zhi cells, showing a moderately active state.

As for other cell tissues in the human body, telomerase is not found at all.

People hypothesize that because telomerase promotes the growth of telomeres, cells can continue to divide and slow down the onset of aging.

Biologists were ecstatic, thinking they had found the secret to human immortality.

This hypothesis has been confirmed even in tumors.

There is also no telomerase in non-malignant cancer cells, but in the cancer cells of incurable cancer patients, telomerase is found in an extremely active state!

Due to the presence of telomerase, telomeres are no longer intercepted when cells divide to serve as templates for replication.

In this way, cells can divide without limit and become "immortal cells".

However, with a large number of divisions, some cells will inevitably mutate.

These mutated cells are harmful.

Because they are immortal cells and continue to divide and proliferate, they will not be excreted from the body through metabolism. A large number of mutated cells continue to accumulate, absorbing human nutrients, gradually weakening the human body, and eventually leading to death.

When Chen Weidong heard this, he was completely fascinated, but soon he thought of the key issue and couldn't help but said: "Isn't this a contradiction?"

"The existence of telomerase makes it possible for humans to stay young forever, but on the other hand, the existence of telomerase is very likely to cause cell mutations and evolve into cancer cells."

Professor Kruger nodded seriously and said, "That's the reason. When we repeatedly culture cells, we use telomerase to promote cell division and proliferation."

"At the same time, we are also thinking of ways to make this change controllable."

"If this problem can be solved, humans dare not say that they will live forever, but at least their life span can be greatly extended, and their body and skin can always be kept in a vibrant and optimal state!"

Chen Weidong touched the back of his head and knew that he had been tricked by Professor Kruger.

The reason why he said this in a roundabout way was naturally to let him see the benefits brought by the research, so as to support the biological department to continue, and maybe increase investment and expand the scale of the experiment.

He looked to the side with a wry smile. Lin Zeju was silent. It seemed that he was also moved. Li Xi'er blinked and looked at him with a slight smile, wanting to see how he would respond.

Chen Weidong did not want to be an immortal old monster. As a reborn person, he believed that he had come into contact with the secret of reincarnation.

For him, death is just the beginning of another life experience.

However, he could not resist this temptation.

Assuming that Professor Kruger's research is successful, even if it is only partially successful, how much value can be created by applying it to those scientists and restoring their youthful vitality!

You must know that, except for a few geniuses among geniuses, most scientists, before the age of thirty, are basically in the process of accumulating experience.

Because they overuse their brains for a long time, and brain cells cannot be regenerated.

When they were in their forties or fifties, when they were in the prime of life and creating value, they entered old age earlier than ordinary people.

The time to truly create scientific research results may only be twenty or thirty years.

The bodies of researchers are usually relatively weak. Chen Weidong often painstakingly creates opportunities for researchers to take vacations and recuperate, and sometimes even forces them to rest, but the results are not good.

The company-set 9-to-5, weekends, and various holidays are completely ineffective for researchers. When they are seriously involved in a project, the day and night, life-threatening research method, persistence and concentration

His spirit is both admirable and terrifying at the same time.

Infinity Company has only been established for a few years, and more than 30 scientists have died due to sudden illness, which has brought immeasurable losses to research work.

Not to mention that graduate students can be trained in advance as successors. In fact, it cannot be generalized at all.

Because scientists' research ideas are often vague inspirations derived from analogies. Some just see something or something, and an idea comes to them. Even they themselves can't explain it clearly, let alone hand it over to others.

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Only when he encounters problems during the specific research process can he generate new inspirations to solve difficulties and break through certain technologies.

Many studies can achieve results only because the original project proposer can carry it out from beginning to end and guide the specific implementation of the research so that it can continue to move forward.

If it were another person, he would most likely not be able to understand the thinking of the original project leader, so he would follow his own thinking, regardless of whether he could succeed.

Even if he achieves results, he still has to go through the process of thinking, understanding, adjusting research direction, etc., which takes a lot of time.

Not just around the world, but in a certain region, if a leader in a certain subject dies suddenly, the ongoing research projects will be stagnant for a long time, and may never even return to the original progress.

The card lasts for decades.

Therefore, in scientific research, it is very taboo to change project leaders frequently.

Chen Weidong felt extremely sorry when he thought of those scientists who suddenly gave up and left during the research process.

This is not only a loss for the infinite company, but also a loss for the country, the nation, and even the entire human race.

Some losses can be made up by just taking some detours and wasting more time, but some losses may cause subsequent scientists to no longer be able to complete their original ideas.

This loss is immeasurable!
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