Infinite Life: Trapped in a lifetime

If we talk about the study of cancer mechanisms, it had been plaguing the academic community for a long time before Mo Dao took over.

Then the history of mankind's pursuit of extending life span will be even longer.

Almost from the time humans became aware of the existence of death, the fear of death has always existed. In contrast, the pursuit of extending life has always existed.

There are also various ways to pursue life extension, including religion, fantasy about the afterlife, elixirs, and even medicine and genetic technology, which are all products of the fear of death to a certain extent.

To a large extent, this one of the most fundamental human desires has shaped the current social form and human understanding of the world.

However, as human beings have a clearer understanding of life and themselves, the goal of extending life span and significantly exceeding the limit of life span seems to be becoming more and more difficult.

This seems to be a problem that as humans become more advanced in science and technology, they become more aware of the difficulties involved.

Just like looking at the sky in a well, thinking that it is only one step away from one end to the other.

Only when you really go one step further can you understand the difficulties involved.

Mo Dao got some information based on previous research,

Basically, he is the person who has gone furthest in this area of ​​research in this era.

He probably has the clearest understanding of this.

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At the end of 2029, after officially starting research in this area,

Although I didn’t have much expectations, Mo Dao didn’t slack off when researching and thinking.

Still trying from all angles as much as possible to find out whether it is possible to break through the limit of human lifespan.

Based on the research foundation obtained from previous studies on cancer mechanisms,

Mo Dao naturally started by studying the mechanism of aging.

In extreme cases, if we can decipher the aging mechanism of the human body as in the study of cancer mechanisms,

So it will naturally become clear how to break this aging mechanism and achieve longer human lifespan.

It's just that based on the existing information, Mo Dao is a bit pessimistic about the possibility of cracking the aging mechanism to achieve longer life.

certainly,

Some more traditional and specific research directions regarding breaking through the high limit of human life span,

Mo Dao did not give up, and continued to explore further along the current research direction.

It's just that this exploration leads to a dead end most of the time.

On the contrary, research on the mechanism of aging has gradually revealed another less optimistic possibility.

However, Mo Dao had nothing to be depressed about, and his mood had always been quite peaceful.

For Mo Dao, the biggest benefit of starting this research is to gain a deeper understanding and understanding of various mechanisms of the human body.

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This time, Mo Dao’s research on human aging mechanism and life extension,

There is far less fanfare than previous studies on cancer mechanisms.

There are far fewer cooperative research units than before.

Considering the particularity of this research topic and the particularity of Mo Dao’s identity at this moment,

This research topic has not been announced to the outside world, and even in the face of a few cooperative units, the utmost confidentiality has been achieved.

Research on life extension is actually not too unpopular. It can even be said that there are always people willing to invest in such projects.

But the researcher of the life extension project is Mo Dao, who has cracked the mechanism of cancer before and can be called a great contemporary biologist and researcher in the field of life sciences a hundred years later.

The situation is somewhat different.

People will inevitably have some expectations for Mo Dao to break through the life limit again.

In serious cases, there may even be some exaggerated situations.

After all these considerations, we decided to keep this subject as confidential as possible.

For most people, at this moment they just know that Professor Mo is just continuing his research.

As for the specific research, Professor Mo has not announced it to the outside world, and the media has not reported it.

In fact, the public is not that concerned about the research direction in this academic field.

More often than not, when Professor Mo is mentioned, the research on cancer mechanisms and tumor suppressor mechanisms is mentioned.

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As for the outside world, it actually did not affect Mo Dao's research progress.

Although there are fewer cooperative units than before, there is no shortage of research resources for Modao's research projects.

Even if he doesn't apply for funding from his superiors,

I don’t deliberately go to the big ATM machine in the world to withdraw some money.

The annual share from the sales of Guangyi 03 is enough to support his research in this lifetime.

And in this state of focusing on one problem,

Mo Dao's attempts and research on extending life span lasted for almost eight years in total.

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In eight years, in addition to Mo Dao's own research,

Something else happened.

30 years,

Based on Mo Dao’s previous historical research results in the field of cancer,

After receiving recommendations from many academicians,

Mo Dao was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences that year.

For Mo Dao, this title does not have much influence.

On the contrary, Mo Dao's mentor, Professor Chang, the dean of the School of Life Sciences of Capital University, is very happy.

Of course, many different people on the Internet also sent congratulations to Mo Dao, and they were sincerely happy for Mo Dao.

33 years,

Professor Chang found another special time to chat with Mo Dao.

This year, Mo Dao was almost forty years old.

Professor Chang, on the other hand, was over seventy and gradually withdrew from scientific research work.

He is mostly responsible for some of the daily affairs of the college, but even so, his energy is gradually waning.

The purpose of chatting with Mo Dao is to hope that Mo Dao can take over his job after he officially retires.

At this time, Mo Dao was actually the vice president of the college.

However, he only focused on the scientific research work at hand and did not take care of the affairs of the college. The expectations of him from above were also in the field of scientific research.

Professor Chang also had the same idea,

Just tell Mo Dao that he will still be responsible for scientific research when the time comes.

Specific affairs can be left to the management of several college vice-presidents.

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Of course, during these eight years,

Mo Dao still spent most of his time on researching this topic.

In addition to three meals a day, I would still sit and eat with Miss Qin Huaishi and exchange a few words,

Occasionally I go out for a walk with Qin Huaishi.

Most of the time, Mo Dao was in the laboratory or study, thinking about some problems.

On the matter of extending human lifespan.

On the surface, there are probably two directions.

It is nothing more than extending the lifespan of the cells themselves and the cell division limit.

But in these two directions, when you think about it, it seems that it can be extended infinitely.

Just like the division limit of a cell, and further down is the mechanism that restricts the division limit.

And what is the underlying logic of this mechanism, and what kind of gene fragments constitute this mechanism.

This kind of deepening seems to have no end.

Mo Dao's thinking and research continued in this way for eight years.

Some attempts have been made from various directions,

As for the research on the mechanism of aging and the study of life span limits,

For the direction of extending the life limit,

Mo Dao also gradually came to a rough conclusion.

Just, not that satisfying.

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"...Why didn't you go to the laboratory today? Do you have the leisure to sit here with me and kill time?"

in the office,

Professor Chang and Mo Dao each poured a cup of tea and chatted.

In the past few years, Professor Chang has gradually stepped down from most of the affairs of the college. He is just waiting for Mo Dao to completely take over his work before retiring.

The whole person is a little more relaxed than before.

After smiling and saying something to Mo Dao, Professor Chang didn't wait for Mo Dao to reply.

After hesitating for a moment, he still asked,

"...Is that research project over?"