296 Alpha Substance

In fact, it is very simple to irradiate cells with Yamanaka factor, but how to put it into the body to achieve precise irradiation without overdose is the most difficult, let alone maintaining this state and irradiating cells throughout the body.

Considering that there are 40 to 60 trillion ordinary cells in the human body, this workload is actually very terrifying.

Even if he is a monk, it is difficult for him to bear such a workload.

Fortunately, there is a workaround. Relying on the spiritual consciousness born after entering the Qi refining period, he can observe the changes in cells under the irradiation of the mountain factors in real time without observing the effects.

For this reason, he deliberately looked for similar cells for comparison, and then discovered the differences between the two.

The difference is that after being irradiated by the Yamanaka factor, some virus-like substance will be produced in the cell organelles and the nucleus.

This substance can modify certain base pairs of DNA, and these base pairs should correspond to the imprint of cell aging and death.

This substance is produced very slowly inside the cells, so it takes thirteen days of Yamanaka factor exposure to complete the modification.

However, Yamanaka factor is highly inducible and will further promote DNA mutations, such as the repair of telomeres, so that there is no chance for telomeres to wear out.

However, cells that do not die have another name, called cancer cells. As they survive and divide rapidly, a malignant tumor will be completely born.

Substances that modify base pairs and substances that induce telomeres are not only small in quantity and low in concentration, but also very similar. They are both small molecule proteins. They can be called α substances and β substances respectively.

Switching to Blue Star's technology, this small molecule protein, which is about the same size as a virus, can be detected very well. It is impossible to tell the difference between these two small molecule proteins. After all, the difference between them is The difference between a certain pair of protein molecular chains can be regarded as two isoforms of a protein.

But all of this is clearly revealed in front of spiritual consciousness. Even if you can't distinguish it at first, you will eventually be able to see it clearly as the experiment progresses.

Change the test conditions until α-substance can appear in large amounts, while β-substance is suppressed and does not appear or rarely appears. This test is considered a success.

All that's left is to pass this mixed substance through a special molecular sieve, and then it will be completely separated by beta substances.

So far, this alpha substance that can rejuvenate people has been completely tested successfully.

Although the preparation of α-substance has been completed, more verification work needs to be carried out further.

The first is mice. A large number of aging mice were injected with different amounts of α-substance to observe their reactions.

This step confirmed that the α-substance was indeed effective on the mice, allowing the aging mice to return to their youthful state.

But the experiment is not over yet. The young mice have recovered and will need to be observed for a long time to see if the α substance is real and will not cause tumors.

This process is very long, and even though certain measures are taken, a trial period can last up to ten months.

During this period, we also need to look at the impact of the external environment on α-substance during its existence.

Theoretically, alpha substances will be quickly absorbed into the cell nucleus, but even within the cell nucleus, they cannot escape the overall body fluid circulation.

After these are verified, the next step is to use larger mammals, rabbits, pigs, or primates, such as rhesus monkeys and other experimental animals.

Fortunately, before leaving Blue Star, Yang Qing collected a large number of reproductive cells from various organisms around the world, and then cultured them using artificial wombs.

In this way, he will soon be able to have a large number of experimental animals whenever needed.

Following these processes, this experiment has taken more than three years.

This is because with the support of cultivators, many detours can be avoided. However, even cultivators must follow the traditional drug testing process of Blue Star. After all, even Yang Qing cannot wait until the alpha substance enters. Will the reaction occur in different people's bodies?

In this way, although α-substance has completed the process of testing animals and is preparing to enter human testing, more than four years have passed.

Four years have passed since the Lunar Palace Base's first spacecraft went to the asteroid belt to capture asteroids.

At this time, the moon has been completely lit up, with solar panels covering almost the entire surface of the moon, making this ancient satellite shine with dazzling light.

The consequence of this is that even during the day, you can see the light of this satellite whose brightness has increased several times, that is, the midday sun can slightly obscure its existence. At other times, it openly displays this own edge.

The entire moon has turned into a large mining field. Yang Qing's Mars plan has a huge demand for metal mineral deposits. There is a smelting furnace near each mine pit, and the excavated mineral deposits will be beneficiated and crushed here. , sent into the smelting furnace for smelting.

It is not the redox reaction of the traditional blast furnace on Blue Star, although it is equally feasible to produce metals through hydrogen reduction here.

However, when the energy and conditions were sufficient, Xiao Ai still chose the direct heating method.

A nearly pure mixture of iron oxide and iron will decompose when heated to 1565 degrees. The melting point of ferric oxide is 1597 degrees. In short, when these mixtures reach 2000 degrees, only pure iron will be left in the furnace. .

Everyone also knows how valuable the decomposed oxygen is on the moon.

The temperature of the furnace will continue to rise, and the impurities contained in it, which are below the boiling point of iron, will vaporize before that time.

By continuing to heat to 2750 degrees, the iron will also vaporize and then be collected by the fractionation device.

The boiling points of the elements on the periodic table rarely exceed 4,000 degrees, so after it exceeds 4,000 degrees, the liquid in the furnace is carbon. Their boiling points are as high as 4827 degrees. They are the best in the universe. Hull material.

Then the nearly pure iron will be taken away by the spacecraft sent, sent to the metallurgical workshop of the spacecraft manufacturing plant, fused into a standard spacecraft outer wall alloy, and then rolled into plates to cover the spacecraft's frame.

In order to rush for time and to facilitate manufacturing, these spaceships are actually composed of large rectangular boxes. In order to save power, no large overall protective covers are added to them. There is only a front-end shield in front of the spacecraft to prevent it from contacting meteorites. Or the asteroid hits directly.

In order to make up for this shortcoming and increase its own weight, its wall thickness was increased to an astonishing one meter thick.

The material inside is not ordinary steel. The thickness of one centimeter has the same defensive power as sixty centimeters of homogeneous armor.

It can be said that even if they hit an asteroid directly, they will not necessarily deform.