Silicon Valley

v2 Chapter 415: Resurrect Mammoth

A mammoth is a mammoth that lived in the Paleozoic Era, a behemoth with an average height of more than 4 meters. There was a mammoth in the previous animated film "Ice Age". The most impressive thing is its long mammoth horn, at least one or two meters long.

Henry heard that they were about to resurrect Meng Huo, first of all he was slightly surprised; secondly, from a technical point of view, the project was feasible! The key to resurrecting the mammoth is to obtain a complete set of DNA. But as everyone knows, DNA has a half-life. According to calculations, it decays about once every 521 years, and every time it decays, the chemical bond between DNA will be broken by half. It may be as long as 1.5 million years before these chemical bonds have been broken completely uninterpretable.

The mammoth survived between 4.8 million and 4,000 years ago, so it is very possible to get a relatively complete mammoth DNA! Then using cloning technology, it is possible to resurrect the mammoth!

In fact, compared to mammoths, people are more enthusiastic about resurrecting the former overlord on earth-dinosaurs. But the tragedy is that the dinosaurs were extinct 65 million years ago, and their DNA is seriously damaged, and only a few genes can be obtained. Therefore, it is almost impossible to resurrect dinosaurs. Of course, everything can't be covered in a coffin. The half-life of NDA is affected by a variety of environments. Perhaps in an extreme environment, the half-life of DNA is prolonged, and people may be able to obtain a more complete genome from it.

So far, people have obtained many genes from dinosaur fossils. Although they are far from complete dinosaur genes, their effects are not small. For example, using multiple dinosaur genes in combination with other animals can create brand-new dinosaur species. There are many close relatives of dinosaurs on the earth. If you choose these animals, the success rate of the experiment will be further improved!

Gene Umbrella has no plans to resurrect animals for the time being. Henry believes that as long as the technology is strong and the animal’s DNA is available, then resurrecting animals is just a pediatric matter. Gene Umbrella has been working on human gene sequencing. Once the project is completed, it will then sequence the gene sequences of all animals and plants in the world.

Once you have mastered the genome sequences of all species in the world, you will have an incomparably huge wealth, which is more valuable than gold and silver mountains!

As biological gene technology becomes more and more powerful, it is possible to artificially synthesize genes and create new species. In fact, this is not difficult. After the 21st century in the previous life, the research team of American scientist Craig Venter announced that they created the world's first "man-made gene."

Artificial genes are arranged and combined through chemical methods to form new genomes, and finally "assembled" into various organisms. And cloning just uses the existing genetic information to "copy" life, which is completely different from man-made genes! The main research direction of Gene Umbrella is to go directly to artificial genes.

What kind of life would be created if all the powerful genes on the earth were integrated into one? Will it have the eyes of an eagle, ears of a wolf, the speed of a leopard, and the power of a bear like the American cartoon "Sheriff Bresta"? Or much stronger than this...

If we use "artificial gene" technology to create a new kind of human gene, does it mean that humans can create humans without parents in the biological sense, that is, completely artificial humans and genetically modified customized humans.

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At this time, Hawking interrupted Henry's thoughts and asked: "Mr. Williams, your decision is..."

Henry raised his head and smiled at him, "Of course it's okay. If they can really resurrect the mammoth, then I can build a Mammoth Park, and I will be soft when I receive the admission fee, haha..."

"Mr. Williams, they are now near my house. Would you like to meet them?"

"It's near your house? That's fine, you can call them over now!" Henry said.

Hawking nodded, looked at his wife, and Elaine took out his cell phone from his black handbag and made a call.

In less than a minute, there was a knock on the door, and the two men came to Hawking's house. The one wearing a suit and glasses is Smalli, and the other with a beard is the Russian expert Lazarev. The two greeted the Hawking couple briefly, and immediately looked at Henry with doubts.

Hawking's wife Elaine smiled and introduced them to both of them: "This is Mr. Williams, and the lady next to him is Princess Ulysses!"

When the two heard this, they were shocked and greeted Henry and Princess Ulysses quickly, but their eyes were still full of doubts, because Henry's appearance was very different from what they knew.

Henry smiled and explained: "After the assassination of the bombing, my face was severely burned. After the cure, my appearance changed...well, let alone this. I heard Mr. Hawking say that you plan to resurrect the mammoth?"

"Yes!" Smally nodded, "Although the mammoth is an extinct animal, the time of extinction is not far from us. It is entirely possible that we can find a complete set of DNA to resurrect this prehistoric behemoth!"

Henry nodded ~lightnovelpub.net~Well, that sounds pretty good. Well, I invested you 20 million US dollars as activity funds, but after the resurrection of the mammoth, I demand more than 70% of the commercialized income! "

Smalli and Lazarev glanced at each other, and both nodded, "No problem, Mr. Williams, we promise your terms!"

"Well, bring the contract to the British branch of Gene Umbrella tomorrow, and they will find you to sign it."

"Okay!" Smalley replied.

Henry nodded, then bid farewell to everyone, and returned to Buckingham Palace with Princess Ulysses.

In the morning of the next day, Smalley went to the Gene Umbrella Company to sign an agreement. It didn't take long for this news to cause a sensation at Cambridge University.

The fact that Smalley wants to resurrect the mammoth is shocking news at Cambridge University, but no one is willing to invest in this "flower in the mirror in the water" project. The risk is too great. What if the money is lost? As a result, the project has been stranded. But now, if an investor is willing to give money, the plan to revive the mammoth can be launched! The thought of a prehistoric behemoth like a mammoth might appear in front of everyone alive, and my blood boiled over.

This incident has also attracted the attention of the global media, and even the investors behind it have been dug out. As soon as the matter contacted Henry, the fire ignited more vigorously. The more the media hyped up, the more mysterious it became, as if it would not take long for the mammoth to be resurrected...

Soon, Smalli and Lazarev formed a 20-person exploratory team to start an expedition to find the corpse of a mammoth. On the same day, Henry sent them on a steamer, the destination was to northern Siberia, Russia, and then Alaska... Only in the frozen ground of the ice and snow can a relatively complete mammoth carcass be found.

Before long, the ship made a "roaring" sound, drifting away...

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