Hogwarts: Becoming a god from reselling fresh food

Chapter 394 Deep Diving

"In addition to the unique chromosomes of vampires, vampires and ordinary wizards also have about 0.01% base pair difference in other chromosomes. There are about 140 genes involved. Some genes have very small differences, and some have very small differences. But it’s completely extra.”

Jawad, the leader of the vampire research team, handed a report to Murphy to introduce him to the recent research progress.

"Among them, there are twenty-three genes whose purpose we can roughly determine, and the rest we basically know nothing about." Jawad said, "If we want to carry out targeted treatment, we'd better treat these genes Find out the purpose of special genes, find the key gene that causes them to become photophobic, and then modify or knock it out."

"How long will it take?" Murphy asked.

"This... it's hard to estimate..." Jawad said, "Our understanding of the genome is still very rudimentary. No one has done this kind of research before. There is almost no data in this area. We have to start from scratch. Start conducting controlled experiments to find the corresponding molecular channels... Even with a time accelerator, the time for character expression can be shortened a lot, but the overall experimental volume is too large, and it is difficult to give a specific time..."

It was only 1996. Historically, the Human Genome Project had just begun. Humankind’s understanding of genes was still at a very basic stage. Umbrella and the Magic Laboratory were already moving much faster than the world, but even so, they were only just getting started. .

In fact, there are no very big technical bottlenecks in many of the remaining tasks. With Cas9 gene editing technology and time accelerators, it may only take four or five years for human beings to catch up with the achievements in this area in the next dozen or two years. Ten years of progress.

But Murphy can't wait any longer. Now Sophia is feeling a little world-weary. In another four or five years, people may be depressed.

There are other ways to solve the Queen's illness through magical means. For example, through advanced Animagus transformation, there is a probability of replacing the vampire gene in the Queen's body.

However, the details of the high-level Animagus transformation are still in a black box state. After the transformation, the degree of combination and retention of human and animal genes is uncertain. If things go well, it may be possible to recover, but there is a big chance that it will become a worse state. possible.

Murphy himself is a victim of the black box status of the transformation pathway. His genetic defects have not yet been solved. This is one of the reasons why he vigorously promotes the genome project.

The more you know, the more you know about those specific genes, the more you can control the overall change process. What is missing now is "knowledge".

However, there are ways to gain knowledge.

Murphy thought for a moment and said, "Make a list of the positions and numbers of those genes for me, and mark the initial thirty base pairs."

Most of these differential genes are existing genes in humans, and most of their corresponding traits and possible uses have been discovered in the future. Murphy plans to dig through his memory to see if he can find some relevant information.

After getting the list, Murphy returned to the Suzhou Science and Technology City and the Central Supercomputing Laboratory.

Comprehensive recall consumes a lot of mental energy, and being closer to one's own super-computing Horcrux will help ensure the support of computing power.

After getting ready, Murphy lay down on a special reclining chair, and then chanted the spell to himself, "Total Recall!"

Memories like a sea rolled, spreading to the endless horizon. Murphy's consciousness was like a wind-like tentacle falling from the sky. He was pulled along the channel of memory echo caused by the gene list. Then he dived into the sea.

"The original intention and mission of the Human Genome Project (HGP)", a post on the 20th anniversary of the genome project, a general introduction and popular science, useless...

"The four maps constructed by the Human Genome Project are genetic map, __, __ and __."

Well, it turned out to be a test paper, probably a biology test. I don’t know when I saw it.

"Third generation gene sequencing technology..." I have already seen this.

"Sleep-related gene, ABCC9..."

Murphy took a look and found that this one seemed to be on the list, but the genetic vampire and the wizard were basically the same, with only two base pairs of differences. However, the Queen's main symptom was narcolepsy, which may be an important research direction.

"Research on light-sensitive diseases caused by genetic mutations..."

oh! This may be useful, but Murphy only glanced at the paper at that time, and basically only the first two or three sentences were clear.

But having used Total Recall many times, Murphy already has experience dealing with this.

He stared at the clearer words, and then focused his consciousness on them, as if he was reading the paper immersed in it.

After a while, some blurred writing became clear, "Researchers found that the HEF gene is the cause of 90% of this light-sensitive disease. The HFE gene is responsible for transferring the iron produced by the body to different cells..."

"HFE gene, what is this..."

The gene naming rules of the human genome project in Murphy's original world and the genome project in the laboratory of this world are not completely consistent.

This makes it difficult to find the corresponding gene location based on the gene name alone.

However, he also asked Jawad to mark the first thirty sequences in the list. If there were no mutations, these sequences would be enough to serve as the unique identity code of the gene.

Using the "HFE gene" as a search point, Murphy continued to search his memory. He wanted to find the base sequence of this gene for comparison.

He kept diving into the deep sea of ​​memory, diving down and down again, trying to dig out the smallest fragments.

As he continued to dive deeper, Pioneer's computing power consumption also began to increase exponentially.

"HFE, HFE..."

The tentacles of his consciousness were like a net that was getting wider and finer, constantly drilling downwards.

The entire Pioneer supercomputer has reached more than 90% of the power output state. Just when he thought he would get nothing this time, his thinking tentacles suddenly touched an extremely distant memory.

"Genetic testing interpretation: HFE, hereditary hemochromatosis gene..."

Murphy immediately concentrated all his computing power here.

In an instant, his thinking tentacles seemed to penetrate a barrier and finally touched the paper.

"Hemochromatosis is a chronic iron overload disease. Due to inappropriate increase in intestinal iron absorption, excessive iron is stored in parenchymal cells such as liver, heart and pancreas, leading to tissue and organ degeneration and diffuse disease. Fibrosis, metabolism and dysfunction.”

"Most cases of hereditary hemochromatosis are associated with two HFE variants, both point mutations, the most common of which is C282Y, for which testing is standard practice; and the other, H63D, which is tested by many laboratories …”

He tried to move his "sight", and gradually the entire paper was revealed.

He saw a piece of yellowed printing paper with many stains on it. Gradually, he could see clearly the hands holding the page, which turned a rusty yellow-brown color.

"...No..." He heard his own voice, "No, it's not this..."

"It's not hemochromatosis. They are bloodthirsty because the hemoglobin has lost its vitality and needs to be replenished in this way...The pigment deposited on the surface of the skin is due to the massive death of blood cells..."

"But the increase in iron element is not iron element. Their super strong defense like steel on the body cannot be ordinary biological factors..."

"Bang! Bang!" Suddenly, there was a crashing sound.

"They're coming! They're coming!" He stuffed the printing paper into his arms in panic, "Run, they're coming!"

"They? What are they?" Murphy was confused.

"Zombie! Are you stupid?! Wait, who is talking?!"

The next moment, a strong repulsive force pushed him away.

His consciousness seemed to be pulled upward from a person's head, causing his field of vision to expand rapidly. He saw a collapsed European-style building, followed by a street filled with thick smoke, and countless roaring and running figures rushing in. Inside the building, there seemed to be a terrifying scream coming from a distance.

Then, his vision went dark, and then he opened his eyes.

The roar of the surrounding Pioneer engine room was deafening, but Murphy looked confused.

What just happened?

Whose memory do I see?