Science on the Rise: Starting with Cell Editors

　　However, Lu Li also made a decision to make some money as soon as possible, buy the world's top equipment, and build his own, the world's most advanced biological laboratory.

　　As for the way to make money... Of course, it is to develop a cure for AIDS.

　　Thinking of this, Lu Li couldn't wait a little, and went directly to Professor Tian's laboratory.

　　"Xuedi Lu, the teacher is in a meeting at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, but he has already told me that I will help you prepare what you want."

　　As soon as Lu Li entered the laboratory, a female doctor wearing glasses greeted him. As she spoke, she looked at Lu Li curiously. She was really handsome, and could be eaten as a meal. If it weren't for me already having a boyfriend I will definitely try to attack him.

　　"Then I'll trouble you, senpai."

　　Lu Li responded politely and followed the female doctor to the biological cold room dedicated to storing viruses.

　　"The HIV samples you want and the macrophage samples are all here."

　　While speaking, the female doctor opened an aluminum alloy box. This is a reagent box specially used to store biological samples. There are many reagent tubes neatly placed in it. There are labels on the reagent tubes, and the corresponding information is written on the labels. .

　　"You fill out this form and you can take the sample with you."

　　At this time, the female doctor spoke again.

　　Lu Li nodded, filled out the form, and was about to leave with the reagent box. The female doctor said again, "These HIV samples have not been inactivated. You must be careful when you conduct experiments."

　　The so-called inactivation, is to eliminate the activity of HIV.

　　Inactivated HIV is not at all dangerous, there is no risk of infection and self-replication.

　　The average student conducts experiments with inactivated HIV.

　　But the HIV in Lu Li's hands is not inactivated, which means that he may be infected with HIV if he is not careful.

　　This happened to a student once, and the whole person collapsed.

　　"Sister, don't worry, I will definitely be more careful."

　　Lu Li said with a smile.

　　After speaking, he left here and came to his laboratory.

　　He then opened the reagent box and picked up a reagent tube containing an HIV sample.

　　"This is HIV?"

　　Lu Li looked at the liquid in the reagent tube indifferently, and a series of information appeared in his mind.

　　HIV, also known as human immunodeficiency virus, was first discovered in Central America in 1981, and then spread rapidly around the world. 3200 million people have died of AIDS, and the number of existing AIDS patients has reached a terrifying 4000 million. , all human beings are terrified like tigers.

　　However, when Lu Li looked at the HIV sample in front of him, not only was he not afraid at all, he was also a little happy.

　　"HIV, come on."

　　Lu Li took a straw from the shelf on the table next to him, took a drop of liquid from the reagent tube containing the HIV sample, put it on his left index finger, and then gently swiped the left index finger with the blade. , created a small wound, and bright red blood flowed out immediately.

　　This is because HIV is transmitted through sexual contact, blood transmission, and mother-to-child transmission.

　　He needed to create a bleeding wound to get HIV into him.

　　"If others see this scene, they will definitely think of me as a lunatic."

　　Lu Li smiled.

Chapter 20 The experiment was successful!

　　With a diameter of about 120 nanometers, HIV is invisible to the naked eye and must be seen with a microscope.

　　But at the moment.

　　With the help of the cell editor, Lu Li was able to see HIV clearly.

　　under his watch.

　　HIV got into his body and wandered around until it encountered a special kind of cell called T cells.

　　T cells are an important immune cell of the human immune system.

　　however.

　　Under Lu Li's gaze, the HIV virus directly entered the inside of the T cells, and then replicated. One became two, two became four, and the children and grandchildren replicated.

　　Next, the replicated HIV burrows out of the T cell and continues to wander around.

　　As for the discarded T cells, they are already dead.

　　"That's the scary thing about HIV."

　　Lu Li couldn't help sighing.

　　The immune system of the human body is extremely important. Those foreign invading microorganisms, viruses, mutated cancer cells and senescent cells in the human body are all cleared by the immune system.

　　HIV directly kills immune cells and destroys the human immune system, so that when a virus invades, it can be destroyed unscrupulously.

　　To make an image analogy, the immune system is equivalent to computer anti-virus software. If a virus invades the computer, the anti-virus software will kill the virus. If the anti-virus software crashes and another virus invades, it will kill your computer properly. .

　　Next, Lu Li continued to observe.

　　Finally, he discovered that macrophages and HIV met.

　　Macrophages are also immune cells that engulf bacteria, viruses, cancer cells, and other pathogens.

　　however.

　　Macrophages can't fight HIV either.

　　Lu Li saw with his own eyes that HIV entered the macrophage directly and started to replicate.

　　Of course, Lu Li is not simply watching a play, he is observing the dynamic changes of macrophages in detail and collecting data.

　　For him, it was a rigorous experiment.

　　His attitude towards experiments is very serious.

　　He was so engrossed in it that he almost forgot the passage of time.

　　I don't know how long it has been.

　　bell bell bell.

　　The phone rang.

　　Lu Li picked up the phone and found out that it was Senior Sister Qin Wei who was calling, so he answered the phone and asked, "Sister, what's the matter?"

　　"I want to go to the movies, you go with me."

　　Qin Wei's voice trembled a little.

　　"I'm sorry, I'm doing a very important experiment. I can't go today, and I may not be able to go in the next few days. After I've been busy for a while, I'll accompany you."

　　Lu Li's mind is now full of experiments, so he directly rejected the invitation from Senior Sister.

　　"Okay, then you'll be busy first."

　　Qin Wei hung up the phone, then looked at Durex in her left hand, with a big embarrassing word written on her face.

　　"Wow haha……"

　　Seeing this scene, Zhou Jingjing, who was standing on the side, couldn't help but laugh and let out a pig's cry.

　　She offered Qin Wei a plan and asked Qin Wei to call and ask Lu Li to watch a movie together. After watching the movie, she went shopping. After shopping, she was just hungry. When she was hungry, she went to have a barbecue. More, at this time, the school dormitory has been closed, and then...it is logical to go to the hotel to open a room, and then...everything will fall into place.

　　Qin Wei also thought it was very reliable, and even Durex bought it for Lu Li.

　　result.

　　Qin Wei finally mustered up the courage to call Lu Li to see a movie, but was directly rejected.

　　Just laughing at her.

　　……

　　For the next two weeks, Lu Li was completely immersed in the experiment.

　　Although he has always been doing experiments in his own cells, in order to hide from the public, he stayed in the laboratory all the time and hardly ever left.

　　In the past two weeks, Lu Li observed in detail the process of HIV invading immune cells such as macrophages and T cells tens of thousands of times.

　　The macrophages are then genetically modified directly.

　　If genetically modified macrophages are still no match for HIV.

　　Then modify it.

　　Anyway, he only lost one cell at a time.

　　Moreover, he can control the division of cells. No matter how many cells are lost, they can be quickly replenished. As for the substances and energy needed by replenishing cells, they can be replenished by eating.

　　In general, he can not only observe the movement of HIV in the body in detail, but also easily edit the genes of macrophages, and there are infinite opportunities for trial and error... These three conditions are all dreams of other scientists all want to have.

　　inside the laboratory.

　　Lu Li stuffed a few pieces of chocolate into his mouth to replenish energy and sugar, and continued to concentrate on the experiment.

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Gene editing... FAIL! "

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Gene editing... FAIL! "

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Gene editing...haha!It worked!This gene-edited macrophage can beat HIV. As long as it encounters HIV, it will devour HIV and decompose HIV, but that's not enough. I want to remember this macrophage's The genetic code was then modified so that it could recognize those HIV-infected cells, and if successful, engulf those cells and kill them as well. "

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Gene editing... FAIL! "

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