Lu Yongchang's proposal greatly shocked Mao Zhengzhi.

but,

Shocking as it may be.

He had to admit that, although it was somewhat simplistic and crude, it was the easiest experimental method to eliminate various negative situations.

A mouse's body is, after all, a whole.

Strengthening a single organization can easily trigger a series of chain reactions.

Just like the heart-strengthening hormone, the heart muscle was indeed greatly strengthened.

However, the blood vessels were not strengthened accordingly.

The final result was a ruptured aorta, which killed the mouse.

Fortunately, this happened to mice.

If it were in humans...

Mao Zhengzhi didn't even dare to imagine that scene!

After a moment's thought, he nodded in agreement with Lü Yongchang's proposal.

...

With the experience gained in preparing cardiac-strengthening hormones, the difficulty of preparing other types of hormones immediately decreased significantly.

Therefore, Lü Yongchang continued the glorious tradition he had when he was on Earth.

After assigning all the tasks, he turned his attention to another genetic engineering project.

Magna visceral omentum gene implantation project.

Unlike hormone-based projects, this project is far more technologically advanced.

After all, they need to implant the gene from Magna into an adult mouse and ensure that the gene is perfectly expressed.

"Has the secondary compilation of the visceral omentum genes been completed?"

As Lü Yongchang walked toward another experimental table, he asked Mao Zhengzhi.

"It was just completed recently."

Mao Zhengzhi quickly responded, "They are currently conducting an inspection, and if all goes well, the experiment can begin soon."

Lü Yongchang nodded and quickened his pace again.

...

Editing genes in adult mice is actually not difficult to achieve.

Even in Earth's early days, humankind had already acquired some basic knowledge of related technologies.

CRISPR/Cas gene editing system.

CRISPR is a repetitive sequence within the genome of a prokaryotic organism.

Viruses can integrate their genes into bacteria and use the bacteria to complete gene replication.

Similarly, in response to viral invasion, bacteria have evolved a system called CRISPR-Cas9.

This system can remove viral genes from the bacterial genome.

This is the immune system unique to bacteria.

Through research on the CRISPR-Cas9 system, humans have successfully mastered the CRISPR/Cas gene editing system.

Through this precise and inexpensive gene-editing system, humans have achieved initial control over genes.

As time has progressed, this technology has become quite mature.

After completing a series of preparatory steps, it can easily insert the target gene into the genome of the target organism.

For example, white mice.

For example, the individual human being.

Of course, as of now, human gene editing technology remains a forbidden area in science and technology.

In other words, they cannot currently use this technology on humans.

But this did not prevent the experiment from proceeding.

After all, the experimental subjects now are mice.

As for what to do after the experiment is successful, Lü Yongchang has already made preparations.

first.

He needs to submit the proposal to the Academy of Sciences and the People's Union Parliament.

To ensure the safety of human civilization, this "forbidden" level of technology requires not only the permission of the Academy of Sciences but also the consent of Parliament.

In some cases, a global referendum may even be held to decide the outcome.

Of course, as the chief scientist, he was confident that he could secure the support of the Academy of Sciences.

only……

As for the parliament, it depends on Hung Kai-ming's abilities.

"Professor, all preparations are complete."

Mao Zhengzhi's voice interrupted Lü Yongchang's thoughts.

He shook his head, putting his worries aside.

The experiment hasn't succeeded yet, so what's the point of worrying about it?

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, tubes of silvery-white nanobots were slowly injected into the bodies of laboratory mice.

These hundred or so white mice clearly have no idea what has entered their bodies.

After breaking free from the mechanical arms, they all ran to a corner of the glass cage, using food to alleviate their fear.

Under Zero's control, these nanorobots began their "invasive behavior" as soon as they entered the blood vessels.

They locate the epithelial and connective tissues of the target organs and inject the Magna visceral omentum gene they carry into individual cells.

With the help of the CRISPR/Cas gene editing system, these foreign genes were integrated into the genome of mice without anyone noticing.

Next comes the process of waiting for the visceral omentum genes to take effect.

"I hope it will succeed."

Mao Zhengzhi, who was standing to the side, stared intently at the white mouse in the glass cage and muttered to himself.

...

A few days later.

As soon as Lü Yongchang entered the laboratory, he heard a cheer.

"professor!"

"It's a success!"

Mao Zhengzhi excitedly ran to Lü Yongchang, reached out and tightly grasped his hands, shaking them vigorously as he said, "Professor, we succeeded!"

Lu Yongchang was slightly taken aback, then realized what was happening.

A faint hint of joy rose in his eyes: "The visceral omentum gene has been successfully expressed?"

Mao Zhengzhi nodded repeatedly and reached out to turn on the holographic projector next to him.

"Just now, we made a small incision in the abdomen of a white mouse and conducted a simple observation using an endoscope."

"This is what the endoscope sees."

As soon as he finished speaking, a red and white image appeared in front of him.

The red parts are, of course, the slowly wriggling internal organs of the white mouse.

Judging from its shape, it should be its intestines.

Unlike the smooth exterior of a normal intestine, this mouse's intestines had light-colored, vein-like structures spreading across their outer surface.

These meridian-like substances are interconnected, forming a complete mesh that perfectly wraps around the mouse's intestinal tissue.

This scene is exactly the same as the Magna internal organ anatomy diagram in the Proxima Centauri civilization's data!

However, the vein-like structures on the surface of Magna's internal organs are thicker and more prominent.

Considering the size of the mice, this slight difference is acceptable.

"How is the mouse's physical condition?"

Suppressing his excitement, Lü Yongchang asked in a deep voice.

He was more concerned about the physical condition of these mice than the successful expression of their genes.

If this gene causes abnormalities in mice, then this is clearly not a successful experiment.

"So far, no obvious abnormalities have been found!"

Mao Zhengzhi's face flushed slightly as he spoke, word by word.