The Memoirs of Cultivating Immortals

Chapter 100 Thesis
If New York is the heart of the capitalist country of the United States, then the Manhattan district of New York City is the surging blood in this heart.

Manhattan is the economic and cultural center of the United States, where the headquarters of most of the world's top [-] companies, Wall Street, NASDAQ, the New York Stock Exchange and even the United Nations headquarters are located.

Such a string of titles has naturally created the real estate situation in Manhattan where every inch of land is expensive. Ordinary people have worked hard all their lives, and the money they have accumulated may not be enough to buy a lot of land the size of a public toilet.

And in midtown Manhattan, there is such a tall building standing arrogantly, its exaggerated and avant-garde shape is far more eye-catching than the Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center, and Chrysler Building next to it.

The shape of this building is roughly K-shaped, in the shape of a wine bottle, and on the top is a huge letter composed of steel frames: S
Stark, Stark Tower.

Needless to say, the owner of this tall building is the playboy, billionaire, scientist, engineer, and arms tycoon—Iron Man Tony Stark.

At this moment, the world-renowned superhero is holding a private party on the top floor with a group of celebrities.

It is said to be a party, but it is actually a group of red men and women indulging in the materialistic flow of loud music and interlaced wine.

Normally, Tony Stark would definitely be the center of the party and the focus of everyone, but he took the initiative to avoid the crowd, came to a secluded corner of the rooftop, went straight to a deck chair and lay down, humming with his legs drooping tuned songs.

Another recliner next to him had already been owned by him. After humming, the man poked his head out from behind the magazine, rolled his eyes and said helplessly, "Even if you don't want to stay in it, don't bother me." Okay?"

The person who spoke was Bruce Banner, a nuclear physicist. Tony Stark graduated from MIT (MIT), and Bruce Banner had also worked at MIT, so he was considered a half alumnus.

The two are both internationally renowned physicists. Apart from being congenial, they have more common languages ​​and have a close personal relationship.

"It's not that I don't want to stay in it, but to accumulate energy," Tony Stark blinked and said with a normal expression, "I still have a lot of work to do tonight."

Bruce Banner rolled his eyes and complained: "If the job you're talking about is having dinner with those Russian ballet dancers, then I can understand very well, but I don't know what your assistant secretary Pepper thinks. "

"What's the secretary doing~" Tony pulled out the ending, skipped the topic, randomly picked out the publication in Bruce Banner's hand, and flipped through it twice, "Isn't this "Nature"? What, you have another book? New paper?"

The so-called "Nature" magazine is the academic journal "Nature", which was founded in 1869 in the United Kingdom and enjoys a very high status in the academic world.

If this description is too pale and distant, let's put it another way: for scientists, being able to publish articles in "Nature" journals means promotion of status, substantial funding and media attention.

Strict difficulty, rich rewards, and the crown of "representing the world's cutting-edge technology" make all people in the field of science flock to it. If you can make a splash in "Nature", it means you will stand out in academia.

Bruce Banner, as a long-established nuclear physicist, had no trouble publishing papers in journals. However, Tony Stark unexpectedly discovered that the papers that Bruce read carefully and even carefully marked on them were actually related to nuclear physics. It is completely irrelevant, but a medical paper on the comprehensive cultivation of tracheal stem cells.

While reading the paper, Tony Stark frowned and said casually: "Interesting, the stem cell culture technology on this is quite mature."

"That's right," Bruce Banner nodded and said, "Do you still remember who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2012?"

"Hmm." Tony Stark rubbed the delicate stubble that had been taken care of, and said uncertainly: "It seems to be a Japanese scientist named Yashin Yamanaka?"

"It's Shinya Yamanaka, a professor at the Institute of Regenerative Medicine at Kyoto University." Bruce corrected: "He led the technical team and discovered a way to induce human epidermal cells to differentiate into embryonic stem cells, and successfully differentiated stem cells into cardiac muscle or nerve cells." cell."

"I have a little impression." Tony slumped heavily on the recliner, casually took a sip of the cocktail on the glass table, and said lazily: "Didn't the media at that time always emphasize it? It was said that stem cell technology would be the future of human medical treatment As a result, no real results have been produced yet.”

"Scientific research takes time." Bruce emphasized: "It's not like you don't know that any epoch-making scientific and technological achievements will take decades from being proposed to being put into practical use."

Tony Stark frowned slightly, and his old friend actually used the word "epoch-making", which made him have to pick up "Nature" magazine again and read the paper again.

This time he raised his head, with a hint of surprise in his eyes, "This paper also implies that there are follow-up experimental results. If we go further, I am afraid that some practical results such as artificial organs can be produced. .”

This is incredible. Artificial organs that can be replaced at will mean that countless diseases can be easily overcome, and countless terminally ill patients can be saved. It also represents the first time that the pharmaceutical industry has touched the "supreme key" to master the health of all mankind.

Tony knew it in his heart. If Bruce was so enthusiastic about it, he probably planned that stem cell technology could help him deal with the transformation of Hulk.

Not only that, Tony also found a little strangeness in the paper. This article on the comprehensive cultivation of stem cells is too simple, without citations, long-winded essays, and the entire text is surprisingly small. Even in the signature column, it does not follow the rules of the academic world. Unspoken rule—add the names of some well-known scholars, but simply print the two pinyin of "li'ang".

"From the name, he is still of Chinese descent?" Tony Stark read back and forth, but did not find out from the paper the scientific research institution where this 'li'ang' works or other information that can identify his identity.

This is unusual. Scientists are eager to put their identities into QR codes and paste them at the top of their papers, for fear that others will not know their surname and origin from a certain research institute.

"Wait, li'ang" Tony suddenly remembered something, stared at Bruce and said, "You know that I participated in the National Industrial and Agricultural Seminar held by the White House a few days ago?"

"know."

This kind of seminar is not very authoritative. In fact, it is to convene giants from all walks of life to sit together with the think tank of the White House to discuss the future direction of industrial and agricultural development of the country.

"There is a rather novel, even revolutionary patented technology at the hearing, hydroponic meat," Tony Stark said in a condensed voice: "If I remember correctly, the patent applicant for hydroponic meat technology, His name is also li'ang."

(End of this chapter)