Giving a lecture is already something Shen Guanglin is familiar with.

However, Shen Guanglin was still a little uncomfortable standing on the podium in front of a huge crowd like today.

For no other reason than that the people in the audience were all comrades in uniform.

Whether students or teachers, everyone is wearing military uniforms. This is the first time for Shen to experience this kind of scene.

This is an auditorium used for conferences. There are many seats, but when Shen Guanglin came, the audience was already full. Everyone was sitting upright with serious faces.

Shen Guanglin looked at his watch. It was not yet the start time of the lecture, but everyone was silent.

Faced with this scene, Mr. Shen was still nervous, but he had no choice but to sort out his lesson plans and water glasses to relieve his mood.

However, with so many people, there was no sound in the auditorium, not even a whisper, and no one stepped forward to ask Professor Shen questions or wanted to challenge his authority.

Everything was very quiet.

This is too uncomfortable.

After being a teacher for so many years and giving so many lectures, Shen Guanglin has never seen anything like this. He has seen more people than this, higher standards than this, and more complicated scenes than this.

It's the first time it's been so quiet like today.

When I give lectures at some world-class prestigious schools, their students have their nostrils turned up in the sky, often showing an expression like: Come on, please come and impress me.

Moreover, there are schools in some countries where the discipline of their meetings is extremely poor. No matter who comes, they will hold small meetings with chattering in the audience.

It was among such a diverse group of people that Shen Guanglin slowly established his prestige, improved his reputation, and earned a large amount of money along the way.

However, when I faced the teachers and students of the National University of Defense Technology today, they were too quiet and too self-disciplined. Everyone was sitting upright, and there were not many opportunities to even shake their heads.

Class discipline is great for such lectures, but what should we do about the classroom atmosphere and how to break the ice?

Unconsciously, Shen Guanglin also adjusted his stance and became more formal in his attitude: "Now, let's start my lecture today."

Moreover, Shen Guanglin did not introduce his past achievements as usual. First, he got a wave of vanity. He got straight to the point and started talking directly: "Today, the topic I want to talk about is the Human Genome Project."

At this time, several professors in the audience who had communicated with Shen Guanglin in advance couldn't help but be surprised. Before the lecture started, he said that he was going to talk about aeronautics and astronautics, and he wanted to teach everyone a lesson about the meaning behind his words. of.

They were all ready to have a serious discussion later, but they didn't expect you to fake a shot.

Moreover, the National University of Defense Technology does not have a biology class at all. If you talk about this, no one can question you.

However, Shen Guanglin didn’t mean this at all:

"Originally, I planned to discuss some insights about aerospace with you. Now, I have temporarily changed my mind. What I want to talk about today is the Human Genome Project, a topic I am currently researching."

Afterwards, Shen Guanglin wrote the words Human Genome Project on the blackboard behind him, and attached the English words.

Afraid that everyone would not understand, Shen Guanglin explained it in detail, considering that some people in the audience might not have heard of what the Human Genome Project is all about.

Speaking of which, the Human Genome Project was proposed by Nobel Prize winner Dalbecco. The purpose is to sequence and rank all human genes, understand the expression and function of genes, and aim to completely conquer cancer and other genetic diseases. It can be said to be extremely ambitious.

Of course, even 40 years later, cancer has still not been conquered.

However, it would be difficult for Shen Guanglin to talk about this kind of thing now.

What Shen Guanglin can proudly say is that before the implementation of the Human Genome Project, his laboratory, the Shen Guanglin Laboratory of Kyungseong University, had taken the lead in completing the use of gene-targeted therapy to treat leukemia. Moreover, This drug is already on the market in China.

The audience burst into applause!

This is the pride of the Chinese people. This pride belongs not only to Shen, but also to everyone.

The atmosphere is up!

This is what Shen Guanglin thinks a lecture should be like, a lecture? This is how it is passionate.

Shen Guanglin continued: He said this not to brag or promote himself, but purely to prove that mastering the distribution of human genes can really cure some major diseases.

“During this period, the media are saying that the Human Genome Project is like the Manhattan Project in the 1940s. It is extremely large, but also of great significance.

That's right. Watson, the head of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, is responsible for the entire international human genome project. We in China are also one of the participants and are responsible for sequencing about 1% of the human genome.

However, some people know and some people don't know that I took the initiative to challenge them. I want to complete the sequencing of human genes alone, and I have to complete this work before them. This is my human genome project. "

Shen Guanglin bowed passionately, explaining what he was doing now as if taking an oath. He thought it was great and meaningful, but there was only sparse applause from the audience, and the people who supported him did not many.

Shen Guanglin expected this situation, and he went on to explain:

"You may ask: Since they are already doing this, why do I have to work so hard and thanklessly to compete with them? Is it just for the sake of face?"

Yes, everyone is also wondering, why, why do you want to do this?

Shen Guanglin asked and answered:

"To a certain extent, it is indeed for the sake of face, but not entirely. Here, I will talk about a point of view: people are different, and the genes between different races are also the same. The purpose of doing this is to be the first to find Find out the genetic differences between us and other people, for example, yellow people and white people or black people.

Of course, my purpose in doing this is not to harm others, but to protect myself.

Because genes can not only cure diseases, but also kill people. Have you ever thought about how we should respond if someone uses genes to develop genetic weapons for different races?

What if someone really develops this kind of genetic weapon, and it is specifically targeted at us yellow people, or more specifically, specifically targeted at Chinese people, what should we do? How to prevent it? How to respond?"

Shen Guanglin raised such a question, which is very hot in the 21st century and many people have raised this point of view.

Is there any other attack method like this?

Everyone in the audience were military technicians, and this was closely related to them. However, genetic weapons were indeed a completely new topic for his mother, and they were all dumbfounded.

"We are teachers and students of the National University of Defense Technology. I feel that since I am here today and since I have the honor to stand on this podium, it is necessary to instill this concept into everyone. This is the reason why I changed the topic temporarily."

Shen Guanglin spoke in a quiet tone, and everyone in the audience listened with excitement, exclaiming in surprise and breathing deeply from time to time. Finally, everyone could no longer listen quietly.

"Professor Shen, will such a weapon really appear?" Someone finally couldn't help but ask this question, which subverted their previous understanding of weapons.

"It really does happen. Let me give you two examples. They are both realistic examples. You can learn from them."

Sure enough, when Shen Guanglin said this, everyone immediately listened attentively and held their breath, wanting to see how Shen Guanglin gave examples.

"Some people may know that we have successfully researched a kind of cotton called insect-resistant cotton. It is specifically designed to target cotton bollworms. It uses genetically modified technology to allow cotton to produce a kind of toxicity that is harmless to humans and animals. , but when the cotton bollworm eats it, it is waiting for death. This insect-resistant cotton was successfully researched in my laboratory."

There was warm applause from the audience.

This Professor Shen is still a fast person. The example he gave is probably for everyone to praise him. However, their achievement deserves applause.

"I'm not here to boast. I'm here to ask everyone to think about it. If we humans were bollworms, and our favorite food in the past turned out to be poison, what would we do in the future?"

Finally someone started to think deeply.

There is some truth in what Shen Guanglin said, but it cannot be said that there are genetic weapons targeting the human race. At worst, everyone will die. Weapons with universal destructive properties are not uncommon.

Of course, the example Shen Guanglin gave was just to show off how powerful he was. Then, he gave a second example:

"There is a disease of wealth called gout. It is a metabolic disease caused by the body's own metabolism or excessive intake of purine from food. The reason is that the body's uric acid is too high, and the solubility of uric acid is limited. Therefore, uric acid will be in the joints of the human body. The site is the first to crystallize, and the body's immune system detects this crystal and attacks it, causing acute arthritis. This is the origin of gout.

For this disease, foreign countries have developed a drug that lowers uric acid called allopurinol. This drug has a very obvious effect of lowering uric acid. However, it has been clinically found that people of yellow race are very susceptible to allergies when taking this drug. When European and American white people take this medicine, the possibility of allergies is very low.

This is how the same drug behaves differently when faced with different races. It is the differences in human genes that cause different races to have different side effects when taking this drug. This is already the prototype of genetic weapons.

If, one day, some enemies invent a virus that is effective for some people but not for some people, will those people in front of them suffer a fatal threat or even a crisis of genocide?"

Everyone was frightened by Shen Guanglin's words.
Chapter completed!