Black technology: a super empire spanning two worlds

Chapter 147 [Single Organ Cloning Technology]

The villa area where Xiao Yu currently lives is very large, with a total of 36 villas, and is far away from the city center.

The overall area is large and it is definitely not in the city center. Moreover, most single-family villas pursue a quiet and comfortable living environment. They are basically built on the edge of the city or in the suburbs, away from the hustle and bustle of the city center.

This location was chosen mainly to provide better privacy and environmental quality, as city centers are usually associated with higher noise and population density.

The disadvantage is that it is far from the city center, which is not conducive to commuting and living. You have to travel a long way to buy groceries and other things.

But then again, those who can afford a single-family villa are all wealthy people. They don't have any problems with commuting or living inconveniences. If they need to buy anything, they can hire a housekeeper to take care of it.

Linzhou City is not a first-tier city, and relatively speaking, the price of villas with the same hardware configuration is not expensive.

The 36 villas in the villa area where Xiao Yu lives have a total value of more than 13 billion yuan, and the average price of each villa is less than 4000 million yuan. However, if such villas were placed in a first-tier city like Shanghai, the price of each villa would be at least 2 million yuan.

Qin Yue was very efficient. After Xiao Yu instructed him on this matter, he directly contacted the developer of the villa to obtain the contact information of other villa owners in the villa area, and the developer personally helped to contact these owners.

Originally, only 12 villas were sold in this villa community, but in the past six months, all the remaining ones were sold out, and the prices increased by several million.

The most direct reason for the sudden popularity is that the world's richest man lives here, making this villa area a hot commodity.

This matter was handled very smoothly and was completed today with almost no resistance. When all the villa owners learned that Xiao Yu wanted to buy their houses, they readily agreed after a brief discussion and communication.

On the one hand, Xiao Yu's double premium would allow them to make a fortune, but on the other hand, they did not want to offend Xiao Yu, who was currently at the peak of his career.

They bought all the houses in the entire villa area and then demolished them all. They gave a very sufficient reason, which was for safety reasons.

After all, Xiao Yu’s current safety issue is a very important matter, and even the country attaches great importance to it.

The other 35 villas in this villa area were bought and demolished, leaving only the one where Xiao Yu currently lives. The entire villa area was then converted into a large private manor to prevent outsiders from entering.

At the same time, a no-fly zone is set up in this area. If any DJI drones fly nearby, they will be shot down by electromagnetic interference.

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It was dinner time, and there was one more person at the table tonight, it was Chu Jinmeng.

Xiao Yu glanced at her and asked casually while picking up some food: "You've graduated for half a year, why don't you find a job?"

Hearing this, Chu Jinmeng said nonchalantly: "Some domestic research institutions are very seniority-based, and I can't get many project resources. I don't want to go. There are a few research institutes abroad that have invited me, but I don't want to go abroad..."

Xiao Yu shook his head: "Pick and choose."

Chu Jinmeng and her sister Chu Jintang are twin sisters of the same age, but her sister graduated as a freshman, while Chu Jinmeng started studying for a master's degree and received her doctoral degree in the first half of this year.

At this time, Chu Jinmeng bit her chopsticks and looked at Xiao Yu with a smile and said, "Brother-in-law, how about I use your connections to find a job for you?"

Without even looking up, Xiao Yu said, "You are engaged in the field of bioengineering, which has nothing to do with the business of my two companies. What can I do with you?" After dinner, Xiao Yu sat down on the sofa in the living room. After a while, Chu Jinmeng sat down next to him. Xiao Yu tilted his head and asked her, "I remember you said before that you were studying the clinical application of single-organ cloning technology, right?"

Hearing this, Chu Jinmeng nodded and said, "Why are you asking this?"

Xiao Yu said concisely: "Are there any results?"

When Chu Jinmeng heard this, she immediately had a bitter face: "I can only say that the prospects are bright, but the challenges are numerous and the difficulties are numerous."

Xiao Yu, who was sitting next to him, couldn't help but think of the Blue Star world. The cloning technology there was extremely advanced, and the single-organ cloning technology had long been extremely mature, and could even allow a person to literally "transplant consciousness and memory" to another clone.

A successful transplant is equivalent to allowing a person to live a new life and achieve immortality in an alternative sense.

Chu Jinmeng complained: "Single-organ cloning technology has too many thorny issues. The vascularization issue is the first. A complete and functional vascular network needs to be built inside the newly cloned organ to ensure adequate blood perfusion. However, current technology still lacks precise and effective regulatory means in key links such as inducing endothelial cell proliferation, migration, and vascular branch formation."

"Organ prototypes cultivated in vitro often have insufficient angiogenesis and cannot seamlessly connect with the host's vascular system in time after implantation into the body, resulting in ischemia and hypoxia of the organ, making it difficult for the organ to function normally, or even causing necrosis."

It is worth mentioning that the current level of cloning technology on Earth can completely clone individual life, but cannot clone a single organ.

Moreover, the cloning of a complete individual cannot be achieved entirely in vitro. A single cell needs to be cultured into an embryo, which is then implanted into the uterus of a female animal for development.

Single-organ cloning technology does have a bright future because the resistance at the ethical level will be greatly reduced, and the market demand is needless to say.

When talking about her specialty, Chu Jinmeng immediately started to talk non-stop: "Reconstructing neural innervation is also very difficult. Nerve fibers are like precise 'wires' that are responsible for transmitting electrical signals and regulating the physiological activities of organs. The connection between cloned organs and the nervous system is very complex, involving many microscopic processes such as the directional growth of nerve axons and the precise matching of neurotransmitter receptors."

"At this stage, the industry is still unable to fully understand the mechanism of action of neural guidance factors, and it is difficult to simulate the in vivo neural development environment in vitro, and it is impossible to respond accurately to the body's instructions. For example, after a heart transplant, it cannot work with the autonomic nervous system to maintain a stable heart rate, and after a liver transplant, it cannot accurately sense the body's metabolic needs to regulate bile secretion."

"Functional maturity is also a major technical difficulty. Even if the structure of the cloned organ is initially formed, there is still a gap between its cellular function and that of the natural organ. Last year, I conducted an experimental project on cloning kidneys. The renal tubular epithelial cells of the cloned kidneys were far less efficient and accurate than normal kidney cells in terms of reabsorption, secretion, and fine regulation of water and electrolyte balance."

"My preliminary conclusion is that this is due to the fact that the complex signaling pathways, protein expression and synergy within the cells have not yet reached the physiological optimal state, which has greatly reduced the overall function of the organs and made it difficult to maintain the body's metabolic homeostasis in a long-term and stable manner."

Xiao Yu who was standing next to her glanced at Chu Jinmeng with secret surprise. This girl's doctoral degree certificate seemed to be very genuine and had a lot of value. It must be real stuff.

Xiao Yu has never tried his hand at the advanced bioengineering technology in the Blue Star world. The main reason is that it is too far away from his major.

Xiao Yu's plan was to create an organic body and give the second incarnation the identity of a biologist. Then Lingjing Technology invested, and Xiao Yu had a keen eye for talent, so he brought the bioengineering technology of the Blue Star world to Earth, thereby lighting up the biotechnology tree one by one.

However, it is also very troublesome to create a second incarnation and forge an identity for it.

Now it seems that there is no need to create a second incarnation. Chu Jinmeng is a very good candidate.

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(End of this chapter)