Chapter 190 Is this the truth? !
Wait.
Zhang Yang felt that his brain was about to explode. He had to carefully sort through the current clues.
"T14 protein" is a new type of specific protein discovered in the latest lung adenocarcinoma cells. Its main function is to interfere with normal cell division and proliferation, thereby inducing normal cells to mutate into cancer cells.
Normally, "T14-specific protein" should have the same interference and induction effects on all cells, but data analysis shows:
The newly discovered "T14-specific protein" is only abnormally sensitive to a certain type of host cell, and the cell response is extremely high; but it is not sensitive to another type of host cell. The pathway connection between normal cells and the "T14 protein" Poor response.
In other words,
Hosts with a high response to the "T14 protein" have a significantly increased chance of being induced to develop cancer, while hosts with a poor response have no significant increase in the chance of developing cancer!
“This situation is most likely caused by differences in the response of different host cells! I even judge that it is the genetic difference between East Asians and Westerners!”
“This also explains Director Dai previously searched the data and found that the incidence of lung adenocarcinoma has increased by about 10% in East Asians in recent years, but there is no obvious abnormality in European and American peoples! ”
"However, more experimental data is needed to be 100% confirmed, which must be determined first!"
Zhang Yang took a deep breath and nodded:
"Then The two questions are:"
"How did this lung adenocarcinoma cell with 'T14 specific protein' come from?"
Zhang Yang frowned.
The current time in the simulator is 2018. Based on comparison with the previous "lung adenocarcinoma cells", it can be determined that before 2018, there was no "T14-specific protein" in the previous lung adenocarcinoma cells.
In other words, lung adenocarcinoma cells with "T14-specific protein" only appeared recently!
Could it be that a large number of lung adenocarcinoma cell gene mutations in the past year have caused the internal production of "T14-specific protein"?
This answer made Zhang Yang laugh.
This is almost impossible!
It is impossible for cancer cells to mutate genes into an inducible protein with obvious "responsiveness differences" for no reason...
The problem is back to the original point.
Where did the “T14-specific protein” carried by the latest lung adenocarcinoma cells come from?
Suddenly, he thought of Wei Tian,
Thought of the argument that Wei Tian mentioned before that "pneumonia virus" may cause "lung adenocarcinoma"!
Could it be that
the "T14-specific protein" is brought about by the "pneumonia virus"? !
Pneumonia virus? !
It’s not impossible!
Zhang Yang looked startled,
The pneumonia virus can completely wrap the "T14 specific protein" in the viral nucleic acid. After the pneumonia virus invades the lung tissue,
the virus will then release the "T14 protein" and interact with the normal cells of the lung tissue. The receptor binds, allowing the "T14-specific protein" to interfere with normal cells and induce cancer!
In this way, there will inevitably be a large amount of "T14 protein" in the cancerous "lung adenocarcinoma cells"!
Hiss!
Everything seems to make sense!
Pneumonia virus!
It is really possible that it is the "T14 protein" carried by the pneumonia virus!
But!
Another question arises!
If the hypothesis is true, where does the "T14 protein" carried by the pneumonia virus come from? !
Evans!
Zhang Yang’s expression paused, and the appearance of Evans suddenly appeared in his mind!
He clearly remembered that when he asked Evans about his work tasks before, Evans was obviously a little nervous, and even directly said something that required a high degree of confidentiality!
Is his work related to the pneumonia virus containing the "T14 protein"? !
Or... the pneumonia virus is related to the "Adelev" biological laboratory?
In an instant, Zhang Yang felt a chill coming to his heart. He had realized that the complexity of the matter seemed far beyond his imagination.
He even vaguely realized that he might be falling into an extremely huge trap. In the abyss!
After a few minutes, Zhang Yang came to his senses:
“It’s all just conjecture now, and we have to verify it step by step!”
“First of all, we need to make sure Does 'T14-specific protein' really target East Asians? ”
In the following time, Zhang Yang suppressed his emotions and devoted himself wholeheartedly to the experiment of "T14-specific protein" on cells of different human species.
The "Adelev" biological laboratory itself is a professional lung cancer laboratory. There are a large number of cultured cells of different human types in the experiment, which is convenient for Zhang Yang.
One day, two days, three days.
Zhang Yang observed the proliferation and division of cells of different human species every day. At the same time, he also began to make insinuations, hoping to get a little bit of information about the "pneumonia virus" from Evans.
But every time Zhang Yang mentioned the pneumonia virus, Evans interrupted and told Zhang Yang not to inquire.
In desperation, Zhang Yang turned his attention to the laptop that Evans carried with him every day.
In the first stage of the plot, Evans did not have a laptop, but this time with new work tasks, Evans will carry it with him every day.
Obviously, there is a high probability that the laptop contains information about new work tasks!
Even, it is very likely to be data related to the "pneumonia virus"!
“It seems that in order to find out the truth, we must find a way to look at Evans’ laptop.”
"But the notebook should have a password, and it is not easy to check it..."
In this way, Zhang Yang waited patiently for the time, while also waiting for the results of the "T14 protein" racial response experiment .
After continuing the simulation for twenty days, the detailed ethnic experimental data of the "T14-specific protein" was released, and it was exactly as he thought!
The "T14-specific protein" does not interfere strongly with the genes and cells of Western people. Only 2 of the 50 pieces of cell data showed genetic mutations.
The gene cell response of East Asians is extremely sensitive. As many as 8 out of 50 pieces of data showed cell gene mutations and obvious cancer characteristics!
At the same time, some experimental cells, although not cancerous, also showed various benign cell shape changes... This is a precursor to pulmonary nodules.
At this moment, Zhang Yang was completely sure that the "T14-specific protein" was indeed abnormally sensitive to East Asians.
This also explains why in reality, the incidence of "lung adenocarcinoma" has not increased significantly among North American and European populations in recent years, while only East Asian populations have increased by 10% in just a few years!
Everything is the reason of "T14 specific protein"!
The next step is to determine whether the "T14-specific protein" really comes from the pneumonia virus?
Early in the morning, Zhang Yang entered the simulator again.
Ever since he noticed the secret that there might be a pneumonia virus in Evans' laptop more than 20 days ago, he has been secretly paying attention to the laptop.
But for more than twenty days, although Evans carried it every day, he never opened it in the office, which gave him no chance to even peek at the password.
Of course, Zhang Yang was not completely fruitless. More than twenty days of close attention allowed him to know the password of Evans' desktop office computer!
It’s just that he is not sure whether the passwords on the desktop office computer and the laptop are the same. Thinking of this, looking at the empty seat of Evans who had not come to work yet, I could only sigh in my heart:
"Can't be anxious, we have to wait and see!"
After a while, Evans walked into the office with his laptop as usual.
“Good morning, Zhang!”
“Good morning, Evans.”
Zhang Yang greeted Evans skillfully and glanced at the laptop quietly.
Evans placed the laptop on the desk, then sat down and turned on the desktop computer.
Taking advantage of this gap, he turned to look at Zhang Yang and continued:
"Zhang, how is the analysis task of T14 protein completed? I see that you have done a lot of new ones recently. Experiment."
"Well, the pathway analysis of T14 protein has basically been completed..."
While speaking, Zhang Yang subconsciously glanced at the translucent taskbar and was suddenly stunned.
[Task content: Analyze T14 protein cellular pathway, current progress: 99%. 】
99%!
He remembered that the progress was 95% when he exited the simulator yesterday. After entering the simulator today, the progress reached 99%!
Zhang Yang’s heart tightened and he understood instantly!
The main task of this simulation plot should be to analyze the "T14 protein cellular pathway". As for how the T14-specific protein comes from, it is not one of the tasks.
In the past few days, I have almost analyzed the "T14 protein cell pathway", and the task has been completed. There is a high probability that after completing today's work simulation, I will complete the task and get a reward, and then the simulator will enter cooling down.
“This can’t work!”
Zhang Yang’s eyes subconsciously fell on the laptop. He still had many questions that he had not yet clarified. He had not yet determined whether the “T14 protein” was pneumonia. Is the virus brought about by the "Adelev" biological laboratory related?
“We must find a way to figure it out today!”
"Now that I am in the 'Adelev' biological laboratory, there is such strict confidentiality. After exiting the simulator, it will be even harder to figure out the truth of the matter in reality!"
"But what should I do now?"
Zhang Yang’s mind is racing. The only information he can look up now is the laptop that Evans carries with him. But Evans has always carried it with him, so he can’t just grab it, right?
And!
According to the usual simulation scenario, Evans would only stay in the office for about 15 minutes before leaving every morning. In other words,
I only have fifteen minutes left to think about this problem!
In the blink of an eye, an unprecedented sense of urgency suddenly hit. The huge pressure and sudden changes caught Zhang Yang off guard.
What to do?
Zhang Yang could not hide his anxiety. At this moment, Evans stood up suddenly.
Zhang Yang was startled, slightly startled, and said hurriedly:
"Evans, what's wrong with you?"
"My God, I don't know if I ate something bad yesterday. My stomach hurts so much now. I have to go to the toilet!"
Zhang Yang is anxious. A glimmer of light suddenly flashed in his eyes, and he immediately realized that this might be his only chance!
Seeing Evans running towards the bathroom with toilet paper, he didn’t hesitate at all. He hurriedly sat down at Evans’ workstation and quickly opened the notebook that Evans had always carried with him. computer!
Press the power button.
After about ten seconds, the login screen appeared on the laptop.
As expected, a power-on password is required.
Zhang Yang quickly entered the password for Evans' desktop office computer in his memory, and then pressed Enter.
One second, two seconds.
Enter the desktop, successful!
Zhang Yang took a deep breath and suppressed his inner excitement. Unexpectedly, Evans' laptop password was the same as his office computer!
However, he had no time to get excited and hurriedly scanned the folders on the computer desktop.
Soon, a folder named "Work" immediately caught his attention.
As soon as he clicked in, he instantly found the answer he wanted in the secondary directory!
A folder named "T14 Pneumonia Virus" is listed!
"Damn, there really is a pneumonia virus carrying the 'T14 protein'!"
"Evans' latest work is really related to the 'T14 pneumonia virus'!"
This moment He even felt that his hands were trembling, and his heart seemed to be about to pop out!
Quickly opened a detailed virus information, and after about 20 seconds, he was completely sure that Evans' job was to study and analyze the pneumonia virus carrying the "T14 protein"!
In other words, the entire "Adelev" biological laboratory actually knew and discovered the "T14 pneumonia virus" at this time!
At the same time, they should have discovered, like themselves, that the "T14 pneumonia virus" is very likely to cause "lung adenocarcinoma" and increase the incidence of lung adenocarcinoma!
Phew!
Zhang Yang's heart trembled slightly, he couldn't tell whether it was shock or fear.
He continued to look down, and a minute later, he saw a conclusion that shocked him even more!
Based on Evans’ experimental research!
After the "T14 pneumonia virus" carrying the "T14-specific protein" enters the human body, even if the pneumonia virus is eliminated, the "T14 protein" will still remain in the lung tissue with a half-life of up to half a year!
Continuously inducing lung cell cancer within half a year!
! ! !
This!
This is simply a huge thunder!
Seeing this, Zhang Yang was extremely frightened, but there was one last question!
So where did this pneumonia virus carrying the "T14 protein" come from?
Previous pneumonia viruses have never had T14-specific protein.
Could it be artificially produced by the "Adelev" biological laboratory? !
He suppressed the shock in his heart, held his breath and prepared to continue looking for more clues, but at this moment, a hand suddenly placed on his shoulder.
Before he could react, a cold voice suddenly appeared.
"Why are you sitting in Evans' seat?"
"And, are you touching his computer?"
Zhang Yang turned around suddenly, a A strange and stern face appeared in front of him.
He was sure he didn’t know this person, but!
The voices from other colleagues not far away suddenly made his hair stand on end:
"Hello, Dr. Eric!"
Dr. Eric!
Head of Adelev Biological Laboratory!
Zhang Yang suddenly felt goosebumps all over his body!
(End of this chapter)