Infinite Life: Trapped in a lifetime

As for Mo Dao’s research direction in the past few years after completing his research on cancer mechanisms,

As the head of the college, Professor Chang was still informed.

It’s just that Professor Chang rarely inquires about the progress of research on aging mechanisms and lifespan.

It’s not that he doesn’t believe in his student’s research ability,

On the contrary, I believe too much.

In the past, research on the mechanisms of cancer has puzzled the academic community for a long time without any clues.

Under the auspices of Mo Dao, it was completely resolved.

Now, Mo Dao has turned his research direction to the study of lifespan, which is considered one of the ultimate issues in the field of life sciences.

This research direction is nothing to any other researchers of this era.

Because few had high hopes for this research,

But when it comes to Mo Dao, this research direction has become quite sensitive.

Even for Professor Chang, it is difficult for him to say whether Mo Dao is right or wrong to invest in this research direction.

I am afraid that I will waste precious scientific research time on this ultimate issue.

It is also impossible to determine whether it will be a good thing or a bad thing if the limit of life span is really exceeded.

even,

Professor Chang himself can hardly say that he has no expectations for Mo Dao to make a breakthrough in this research project.

The breaking of the lifespan limit means immortality, and it is difficult for many people to resist the temptation of immortality from ancient times to the present.

In fact, the temptation of immortality is actually even greater for atheists like Professor Chang.

Superstitious people can also look forward to the world after death. For atheists, death is actually more terrifying. It is the death of 'I'.

Most of the time, Professor Chang did not mention such topics at all when communicating with Mo Dao.

"...Did it succeed?"

Professor Chang hesitated for a moment and then asked.

At this time, Professor Chang himself may not know what kind of answer he hopes to hear.

"...Purely from the perspective of the research itself, this research topic has been completed. From the perspective of the goal of this research, it has failed."

Mo Dao looked at Professor Chang and gave Professor Chang an answer.

When Professor Chang heard the words, he understood and relaxed as if he was relieved.

"...Theoretically, breaking through the lifespan limit is impossible to achieve?"

Professor Chang, who relaxed, was a little curious and asked again.

"It can't be achieved."

Mo Dao smiled and shook his head.

This continued eight years of research on lifespan limits and aging mechanisms,

The final result was actually pretty much what he expected.

In eight years of research, with a deeper understanding of the entire aging mechanism and the underlying mechanisms of multiple human systems,

Mo Dao finally proved the possibility of breaking through the life limit.

Looking at Professor Chang, Mo Dao did not mention too many numerical values ​​or related body mechanism logic.

Just mentioned a metaphor,

"The Greenland sleeper shark may be able to live for four hundred years, and the maximum lifespan of a human may be 130 years old. If a person wants to live four hundred years, he must become a sleeper shark."

Mo Dao's research on the mechanisms of aging eventually led to something similar to the research on the mechanisms of cancer.

The genome is the underlying code that constitutes the entire survival mechanism of the human body.

In order to remove the restrictions on the limit of human lifespan, it is not enough to tamper with one point.

It is necessary to revise the entire human survival mechanism framework along this point.

The human body mechanism that limits the limit of human life span is also the growth and survival mechanism of the human body.

In other words, the collection of many mechanisms in the human body that shape human existence also limits the limit of human lifespan.

If the human body reaches the limit of its lifespan, it will be impossible to move the survival mechanism on which the human body depends.

This means that Mo Dao has proven from the underlying mechanism that the path to breaking the limit of human lifespan is unworkable.

At the practical level,

Even if it goes in the direction of tampering with the entire survival mechanism of the human body,

What kind of technology can be used to completely edit the entire survival mechanism of the human body or unformed embryos as well as the underlying genes of the human body.

Secondly,

Even if we could follow one point and completely change the various mechanisms in the human body and the entire genetic framework of the human body,

There's no telling what it could be, but there's a high probability it won't be a human being.

This is also what Professor Mo Dao said to Chang.

It's basically equivalent to forming a paradox.

The mammoth system of the human body can only allow humans to live so long.

Professor Chang was thoughtful after hearing Mo Dao's words.

Then smiled,

"Then the results of your research this time are not good news for most people."

Mo Dao also smiled.

Research on breaking through the lifespan limit has come to an end for the time being.

However, it is not too disappointing for Mo Dao.

After all, some of the information obtained after the original research on the mechanism of cancer had already shown signs of this.

The current research results can be regarded as confirming Mo Dao's initial conjecture.

"Of course, the current research results are only based on existing technology and cognition. Maybe in a few years, there will be new, lower-level breakthroughs in technology, and there will be some new possibilities."

Professor Chang listened to Mo Dao's words, smiled and said no more.

Even if someone can go further based on Mo Dao's research and find a breakthrough in the underlying mechanism.

That will happen no matter how long it takes.

It is even said that based on trust in Mo Dao,

In fact, it can be expected that even if it is limited by current technology, the logic of Mo Dao's research results must be extremely strict.

Perhaps in the future, there will be further research based on Mo Dao's research, but there is a high probability that it will not overturn Mo Dao's current conclusion.

Just like gravitation in classical mechanics, in the era of relativity, it doesn't mean it's wrong, it's just not comprehensive enough.

But now,

Mo Dao's research results this time can be regarded as completely breaking many people's expectations.

…

Year 38, the beginning of the year.

It took some time to sort out the research results of the past few years.

It has not been submitted to any journal.

Just like before, it was posted directly on the official website of Capital University for everyone to download for free.

At the same time, it can be regarded as facing the test of the entire academic community.

Compared to papers,

This paper is actually more like an academic work.

Whether it is the length or the name of the paper.

March 1938.

An article titled "Research on Aging Mechanisms and the Paradox of Lifespan Limit", which is more than 200 pages long, is a blockbuster paper in the field of life sciences.

Although it was not published in any top journal,

But Mo Dao’s name in the author column is enough to give this paper enough weight to attract attention.

First, the media conducted a round of reports.

Then, a large number of people from within the academic community and outside the academic community who were just joining in the fun crowded into the official website of Capital University.

The last cancer mechanism paper was shared by multiple universities.

This time it was done simply and the server of the university's official website was overwhelmed. After a short period of time, it went down.

But fortunately,

After all, someone downloaded the two hundred-plus pages of the paper before getting here.

So, without waiting for Capital University to restore its official website,

Through the entire Internet, this paper, which is generally a work of art, spread on the Internet by itself.

and then,

Many people spontaneously interpreted this paper.

Some are more professional and interpret the academic content.

Some simply state the value of this paper and what it means.

For most people, the latter is more interesting.