Cyber ​​Heroes

Chapter 899
"Idiot question? That's great!" Xiang Shan suddenly lifted his spirits.

It is definitely a good thing that Yawgmoth described this problem as an "idiot's problem"-this means that this problem has reached a consensus in the academic circle, there is not much controversy, and it may even be considered "common sense" by professionals.

This is great!
Xiang Shan immediately asked, "So what's the answer?"

"Go to Google!" Yawgmoth almost shouted!
"How can there be a search engine now? Do you know about the network control here? You find it annoying, but I find it annoying!" Xiang Shan was not polite.

There was a rustling sound on the phone, it sounded like Yawgmoth scratching his hair frantically.

"Life was born only once...or several times, but only once," Yawgmoth said. "The process of creating a cellular structure from nothing itself cannot be reproduced by the genetic material inside the cell... Miracles only happen After that time, everything after that is the self-continuation of the miracle..."

This is the answer Xiang Shan wanted.

In other words, he already knew about it, but to be on the safe side, he still asked a professional to ask.

"That is to say, genetic information determines how cells grow and divide. But the structure of 'cell' itself has been continued since 40 billion years ago?"

"Almost..." Yawgmoth yawned: "Genetic information can determine the shape of the cell membrane, and you can also add some special proteins to the cell membrane. But... how to put it, the structure of 'cell' has always existed .The cell does not need to rebuild a cell..."

"Hey..." Xiang Shan looked excited: "Then... Does genetic information determine every detail of biological growth? For example... Let me think about it? Does genetic information determine the specific location of embryonic development or cell differentiation?" What?"

"Damn, it's inexplicable..." Yawgmoth was very impatient: "Genetic information cannot directly regulate cells, nor can it edit proteins or generate organelles by itself! Only the products obtained from gene transcription and translation can exert physiological functions and regulate cells." environment inside the cell."

"Hey, hey! So that's how it is! The protein folding process is not precisely regulated by cells, but depends on the principle of the lowest energy? If I remember correctly?"

A clump of unstable matter—such as a polypeptide chain, or the earphones in your pocket—will automatically fall toward the lowest overall energy state.

"Almost... the principle of the lowest energy, self-assembly system... Damn, these are basic concepts!" Yawgmoth said: "Anyway, the products of gene translation and transcription can affect the intracellular environment, and the intracellular environment and The principle of minimum energy in turn determines the final product of protein folding."

"Is this a purely mechanical process?"

"This expression is so fucking weird! It's generally correct..." Yawgmoth said: "Many things in embryonic development are also mechanical...the proportion affected by force is relatively large. Many subdivisions of matter and The synthesis is affected by mechanical factors...the tension change between cells, the fluid pressure around the embryo...otherwise, why do you think it is so difficult for the artificial uterus and the microgravity environment to develop embryos? On hard glass petri dishes and soft culture substrates, Embryonic stem cells can develop into completely different postures, showing that the process is completely controlled by mechanics."

Xiang Shan was stunned: "So the answer is so simple..."

"That's an idiot question. I bet even a high school guy who plays football every day after school can answer it—as long as he doesn't go to a religious school."

"I should have thought of it... this is pure 'fool-proof design'..."

"What is a proper term for 'fool-proof design' (in Chinese)?"

"It's just... structurally preventing idiots from installing wrong things." Xiang Shan replied, but he was already absent-minded.

"Damn, those idiot embryos are not 'fool-proof design' at all...repeated contraction of the cytoskeleton orients, breaks, and rebundles actin filaments, creating cellular anisotropy and plastic deformation and increasing stress in specific directions inside the embryo , to drive those things to elongate in an orderly manner. Details such as the stretching direction of nerve tissue depend on the hardness of the tissue. Many human embryonic diseases come from the internal defects and mechanical abnormalities of the cells during this process..."

"That's right, that's right, it's called 'Prevent fools but not fools, work hard to create miracles'." Xiang Shan was already excited.He said quickly: "Eureka, Eureka! I know!"

Saying that he hung up the phone.

——"It's not that any eight thousand poems have been compressed"

——"The structure of the cell itself is the continuation of that miracle, and has nothing to do with genetic information"

——"There are a large number of mechanical processes in the differentiation and development of embryos"

— I see... I see...

Xiang Shan turned on the computer and began typing on the keyboard quickly to design a research plan.

——One more thing needs to be determined.If I'm right...

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With thick dark circles under his eyes, Yawgmoth took sips of espresso.And David leaned against the tea room with a stack of documents: "Dude, have you really thought about it? Do you want to submit an application to return to China?"

"Otherwise?" Yawgmoth asked back: "There is nothing here for me to study, right?"

"The conclusion hasn't come out yet. Maybe there are still some... Alien organic matter?" David shrugged: "But you are right. For many people, the future of this research is too uncertain. I don't want to waste my life here, uncle is normal."

Yawgmoth rubbed his forehead: "Speaking of which, I'm here to submit a written application. What are you here for?"

"Ask me to apply for some materials." David said: "In order to prevent hackers and spies, some original materials are not yet available in electronic form. He told me this morning that he might need some things, and let me help him go." Procedures—when will those bureaucrats understand that the scientific method relies heavily on freedom of information..."

"To?" Yawgmoth said, "He yelled 'Eureka, Eureka' last night. I don't know if he ran around naked in order to imitate Archimedes. Hehe...he yesterday Know what?"

"Huh? Yesterday?" David said, "He sent me a message this morning saying that he needs some information... Does he have a new idea?"

"I don't know, he just asked a few inexplicable questions..." Yawgmoth said, "I suddenly became a little curious. Ask me in person."

"Didn't you come to submit the application?"

"Not bad for the day."

(End of this chapter)