Black technology: a super empire spanning two worlds

Chapter 182 [Yun Shu's Surprise]

Lingjing Technology's newly established modern bioengineering business department officially started operations half a month later. However, the department is not located in the company's current headquarters. Instead, it has built a separate building as the department's office space and R&D center.

However, this is only temporary. Once the new headquarters park in Dongcheng District is completed, we will all move there.

The construction efficiency of the new headquarters park is very fast. According to the plan, it will be able to relocate after the second half of this year. Not only Lingjing Technology, but also AVIC Linfei Company.

In the following days, Xiao Yu also began to discuss the single organ cloning technology with Chu Jinmeng in a planned way. In fact, he hid the "version answer" in the conversation, so as to influence and guide her research direction and ideas.

Chu Jinmeng didn't know Xiao Yu's intention. Instead, she thought his insights were unique and opened up many new ideas for her. Therefore, she often took the initiative to discuss issues related to monomer organ cloning technology with Xiao Yu.

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The time came to mid-to-late February.

Chu Jinmeng was in Xiao Yu's office at the Lingjing Technology headquarters. Half an hour ago, she came to the company headquarters from the R&D center of the bioengineering department to find him. This was her first time here. She had never been to Xiao Yu's company before.

"Brother-in-law, I have some new research ideas recently. Can you give me some reference? I'm still undecided." Chu Jinmeng looked at Xiao Yu and said.

"What new idea?" Xiao Yu smiled and exchanged glances with her. He felt relieved. It seemed that she had finally figured it out after all the discussions and discussions. Chu Jinmeng immediately said, "My idea is that the monomer organ cloning technology relies on a number of cutting-edge biotechnologies, including somatic cell cloning and stem cell differentiation induction."

She paused for a moment, thought for a moment, and then continued, "Somatic cell cloning is the basis, based on the theory of cell totipotency, which means that under certain conditions, the nucleus of a differentiated somatic cell still has all the genetic information to develop into a complete individual."

"Take kidney cloning as an example. First, you need to obtain a small amount of kidney tissue or other somatic cells from the patient. Skin fibroblasts can also be used. These somatic cells serve as donor cells, and their nuclei carry the patient's unique genetic code."

"At the same time, mature enucleated oocytes are obtained as recipient cells. Through micromanipulation technology, the nucleus of the donor cell is accurately transplanted into the enucleated oocyte. The reprogramming factors in the oocyte cytoplasm are used to dedifferentiate the donor cell nucleus, restart the embryonic development program, and form a reconstruction package."

"This process is like resetting the clock of cell development, allowing the somatic cell nuclei that were originally differentiated to return to their initial omnipotent state and start a new life-giving process."

After Chu Jinmeng finished speaking, Xiao Yu immediately said: "Gene editing technology should be added. This technology can also play a key role in this. During the embryo reconstruction stage or the subsequent cell culture process, gene editing tools can be used to accurately modify the genes of embryonic cells."

Xiao Yu added: "For some hereditary kidney diseases, if the pathogenic gene has been identified, the mutated gene can be repaired at a specific point to ensure that the gene sequence of the cloned kidney cells is normal, thus preventing the recurrence of the disease from the root and providing patients with healthy organ seeds."

As soon as these words came out, Chu Jinmeng suddenly said, "Oh, yes, this problem really cannot be ignored. It is indeed right to come to you to discuss it."

Chu Jinmeng smiled slightly, and then added: "In addition, I think stem cell differentiation induction is also a key link in organ construction. The reconstructed embryos will develop to the blastocyst stage, and the inner cell mass will be isolated from them, and further induced to differentiate into kidney-specific stem cells."

"These stem cells are then placed in a bioreactor or three-dimensional culture system that simulates the physiological environment in the body, following specific signaling pathways and growth factor gradients, and gradually differentiated into various types of kidney cells, including glomerular podocytes and renal tubular epithelial cells."

"Then they are arranged and assembled in an orderly manner according to the natural tissue structure of the kidney, and finally develop into a kidney organ with complete physiological functions. The whole process is like an exquisite 'symphony', which requires close cooperation of various technical links. Only in this way can the magnificent chapter of life reshaping be played."

Having said that, Chu Jinmeng immediately looked at Xiao Yu and said, "Brother-in-law, I want to do this research topic, what do you think?"

Xiao Yu nodded without thinking and said with a smile: "Of course no problem, I promised you before that I can let you lead a project alone, just go and do it, and you can use any resources in the department if you like it." Hearing this, Chu Jinmeng was immediately delighted: "Great, thank you brother-in-law!"

Xiao Yu smiled but said nothing. This was part of his plan, but there was no need to tell her. Now it seems that the guidance was very successful.

Just then, the two heard a knock on the door.

"Come in."

Xiao Yu said something and tilted his head to glance at the office door. The person who came in was Yun Shu.

She closed the door and walked over slowly. Yun Shu soon noticed another slim figure sitting with her back to her. When her eyes just focused on her, Chu Jinmeng also turned her head to look over.

When Yun Shu saw Chu Jinmeng's face, she was stunned on the spot, her eyes filled with a bit of surprise.

Seeing this, Chu Jinmeng looked at her in confusion. Xiao Yu, who was standing by, saw Yun Shu's stunned expression and immediately realized that she had recognized the wrong person and thought Chu Jinmeng was Chu Jintang.

"Oh, let me introduce you. This is Chu Jinmeng, Jintang's sister. They are twin sisters. She just graduated with a Ph.D. and now comes to work here with me, in the bioengineering department." Xiao Yu said with a smile.

Although Yun Shu had followed Xiao Yu in his business since the early stages of his entrepreneurship, she did not know much about Xiao Yu's family affairs. Yun Shu knew that Chu Jintang had a younger sister, but she did not know that they were twins, let alone that they looked so strikingly similar.

This was the first time they met, so it was no wonder that Yun Shu mistook her for Chu Jintang.

"It turns out that I recognized the wrong person..." Yun Shu, who was originally stunned, suddenly realized after hearing Xiao Yu's explanation, but she couldn't help but look at Chu Jinmeng again for a while, and couldn't help but say: "They look alike, so similar. If you didn't say it, I really thought she was Jin Tang."

Xiao Yu turned to look at Chu Jinmeng and said, "This is the financial director of Lingjing Technology Company, Yun Shu."

The two girls looked at each other, and Chu Jinmeng smiled and said, "Hello."

Yun Shu also smiled and replied, "Hello."

Chu Jinmeng immediately turned her head and looked at Xiao Yu with a smile, "You guys chat, I'll go to the laboratory first to prepare for the research project."

Xiao Yu nodded: "Go ahead."

Yun Shu looked at Chu Jinmeng walking out of the office, and suddenly she breathed a sigh of relief. She was stunned just now, and mistook Chu Jinmeng for Chu Jintang. She once thought that Xiao Yu and Chu Jintang had reconciled again. Then, wouldn't it be embarrassing if her relationship with Xiao Yu continued to heat up?
Upon learning that it wasn't Chu Jintang, Yun Shu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately it was a false alarm.

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(End of this chapter)