The rise of nanometers

Huang Xiuyuan's plan is to use transitional organisms to provide humans with the correct choice for evolution.

The so-called "transitional organism" is a human clone that has basically the same functions as humans except that it has no thoughts.

It seems that this is no different from direct human experiments.

But after Huang Xiuyuan's explanation, everyone knew the underlying technical route.

The transition body is not in the laboratory, but is semi-permanently attached to the human body, similar to those nano-bionic bodies that are implanted into the human body after nano-transformation.

This is the first characteristic of transitional bodies.

That is: semi-permanently attached to the human body itself.

As for the transitional body to be attached to the human body, especially if it is attached to the human body for a long time, it can only be a clone of the human body itself, so that the rejection reaction between the transitional body and the human body can be suppressed to a minimum.

This is the second characteristic of transitional bodies.

That is: the transitional body must be a clone based on the host's genes.

So what is the use of transition bodies?

The answer is evolution.

Huang Xiuyuan's purpose is to use transitional bodies to promote rapid human evolution.

The significance of the existence of the transitional body is to serve as a long-term biochemical laboratory attached to the human body. Various mutant genes are initially screened, tested, and evaluated in the transitional body. When the mutant gene is determined to be a benign mutation, the gene is allowed to be integrated. in the human genetic sequence.

If the mutated gene is determined to be a malignant mutated gene, it will naturally not be integrated into the human gene pool.

And how to determine the transition body, whether the mutated gene is good or bad?

This is the fundamental reason why Huang Xiuyuan wants the transitional body to be attached to the human body. Only by attaching to the human body and coexisting with the human body at all times can the transitional body be able to analyze the "required genes".

The reason why we do not talk about benign mutant genes but call them "need genes" is because the quality of a gene is not an absolute event.

Suppose that the transitional body now mutates a gene that allows humans to obtain organs similar to fish gills. Is this mutant gene good or bad?

When humans were on land, the organs derived from this mutated gene were naturally useless and redundant.

But what if humans enter a body of water?

The situation was completely different again. At this time, the fish gill organs derived from this mutant gene became very useful again.

Therefore, the quality of genes is not an absolute event, but a relative event.

This concept is very important because if humans are to become a truly cosmic species, they must adopt this concept to evaluate genes.

In the solar system alone, there are very obvious differences in the environments of Blue Star, the Moon, and Mars.

Among these differences, some can be overcome artificially, such as air composition, light intensity, humidity and temperature.

There are also differences that are difficult to change, such as the strength of the planet's gravity. Huang Xiuyuan estimates that this difference will not be fundamentally overcome in the next 50 years.

Even if you use a rotating space city, use centrifugal force to replace gravity, or use hydraulic force to replace gravity, it is difficult to simulate gravity 100%.

As for artificial gravity technology, don't have any wishful thinking. This technology is not something that can be overcome at the current level of human science and technology.

Gravity is extremely important to humans. It seems that the Federation has now built a large space station in low-Earth orbit, and established bases such as Guanghan Palace City on the moon.

But in fact, the Federation still has no way to completely escape the constraints of Blue Star. The key threshold is that the Federation cannot 100% simulate the gravity of Blue Star.

It is this problem that limits the Federation's march into the universe.

If the Federation overcomes the limitation of gravity, with the productivity of the Federation at this time, it will be more than enough to colonize the satellites of Mars and Jupiter, let alone the moon.

"Academician Huang, although I am optimistic about the future of this plan, how should the transition body be developed?" asked Shi Chaomin, chief researcher of the 3069 Research Institute.

"yes!"

"It's not difficult to create clones. What's difficult is how to transform and control clones."

"The other thing is how to isolate the two."

A group of researchers expressed their opinions, and it was clear that they already understood the technical difficulties involved. The current cloning technology of the Federation was acceptable. The cost and time of cloning a primate were relatively controllable.

However, the moral and ethical issues, loss of control, and infection issues are all very difficult.

There are still some restrictions on moral and ethical issues, and if the clone is only used on oneself, it is estimated that many people can accept it.

But the problem of out-of-control and infection is very troublesome.

After all, the transition body is equivalent to a portable biochemical laboratory. After being infected by viruses and bacteria, if the transition body cannot withstand it, how can the host ensure that the host is not affected?

The huge risks involved make many researchers doubtful.

"I understand everyone's concerns, but technology is advancing, and I believe nanotechnology and biotechnology can solve these two problems." Huang Xiuyuan said confidently.

Everyone looked at each other in confusion, although Huang Xiuyuan was one of the top leaders in the federal academic circles and had developed many core technologies.

But authority does not represent truth. This is what Huang Xiuyuan himself often said. If there is no reasonable explanation, other researchers may not be convinced.

Researcher Ma Shiting from the Northern Transgenic Research Institute asked: "Academician Huang, you are an authority on nanotechnology. I would like to know to what extent the federal nanotechnology can reach now?"

Huang Xiuyuan explained: "Our top nanotechnology, combined with semiconductor and software technologies, can create multifunctional nanorobots with a diameter of 120 nanometers."

"120 nanometers?"

He then added: "Yes, 120 nanometers is the current smallest size nanorobot. This kind of nanorobot can perform some difficult operations, many of which can reach the atomic level with precision."

After speaking, he called up part of the technical briefing and sent it to everyone present.

"If it reaches this level, nanorobots should be able to be applied to transition bodies within the next 10 years."

Another old academician subconsciously raised his glasses and realized that he was in a virtual state. After carefully reading the briefing on nanotechnology:

"Xiuyuan, is the technology for implanting nanorobots into the human body expected to be mature within 10 years?"

"Almost. In fact, nanorobots can now be initially implanted into the human body. Even though their functions are relatively simple, their control has certain limitations. But according to our development speed, I am more or less confident that they will enter the practical stage within 10 years. "

Huang Xiuyuan's confident answer made many people feel relieved.

In fact, they are very confident in Huang Xiuyuan. The Federation's achievements today are directly related to Huang Xiuyuan's foresight over the years.

If the stakes weren't so high, they wouldn't be so harsh.

The virtual meeting continues.

Everyone started a heated discussion on how to realize all the functions of the transition body.

Nanorobotics technology, combined with cloning technology, transgenic technology, artificial organ technology, etc., has many details that need to be improved.

The virtual meeting lasted for more than three hours, and everyone was still unfinished. However, considering that many researchers were older, Huang Xiuyuan announced that he would take a day off and continue the discussion tomorrow.

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