Chapter 345, Major Discoveries
In the tropical rainforest of Congo, Africa, the huge anti-gravity spacecraft has brought a modern atmosphere of science and technology to this primitive world. The collision of primitive and modern, technology and nature is perfectly integrated.
Inside the anti-gravity spacecraft, Liu Daoming, Li Jingxuan and others are carefully analyzing the samples just collected today. The spacecraft is very large and has various advanced research equipment and instruments. It is completely a mobile scientific laboratory.
"A major discovery, the SIV virus was found in these apes captured today."
Soon, the person in the research team who was in charge of analyzing the blood of the monkeys made a discovery, and sure enough, the HIV virus was found in the ancestors of the SIV virus in these apes.
"This is a tree that has never been discovered before. I compared the global biobank. Whether it is from the shape of this tree, leaves, fruits, flowers, etc., or from the genetic form of this tree, it can be It was determined that it was a new species that had not yet been discovered."
Li Jingxuan was also very excited, because he conducted an in-depth analysis of the samples collected today and found that the towering tree turned out to be a new species that had not yet been discovered.
"I think this tree can be named Jingxuan Tree. This name is still very good, and it has a poetic feeling."
Then Li Jingxuan touched his chin and thought about naming this kind of tree.
"Jingxuanshu... I found this tree anyway. It should be named after me. The Daoming tree is quite good."
When Liu Daoming heard this, he shook his head again and again. Li Jingxuan has already named many newly discovered creatures after himself, such as Jingxuan grass, Jingxuan ants, Jingxuan insects, etc. Liu Daoming can't remember clearly. After all, there is a new species called Jing Xuan.
"Aren't you disgusting? Name it after your own name. The key is that you have to have a good name anyway, Daomingshu. I don't feel anything just listening to it, no, no~"
Li Jingxuan almost jumped up when he heard it. It was his Li Jingxuan's privilege to name a new species. It was absolutely unacceptable that Liu Daoming wanted to snatch his naming right now.
"Disgusting... Since you insist on saying that, I think this tree is called the cheeky Jingxuan tree."
Liu Daoming was speechless. He had never seen such a brazen person before. He was completely convinced.
"Jingxuanshu is Jingxuanshu, why add a cheeky one."
Li Jingxuan pouted and successfully defended his naming rights, and then happily began to study the characteristics of this Jingxuan tree.
As for the researchers and scientists under the two men, they all held back their laughter, and it was a joy to work under the two trolls.
At least speaking, the atmosphere of this work is still very good, very relaxed, very happy...
"Since this ape carries the SIV virus, do they eat the fruit of the Jingxuan tree to satisfy their hunger, to supplement salt, or to treat a certain disease in the body."
Li Jingxuan said to himself.
In the primitive tropical rain forest, apes basically eat the fruits of trees to satisfy their hunger. In the tropical rain forest, there are too many natural fruits.
Dozens or hundreds of edible fruits, shoots, rhizomes, flowers, etc. can be produced casually. In such a paradise, these apes will always have inexhaustible food.
However, although the food is very large, in this tropical rainforest, things rich in salt are very rare and very precious. Only a few rocks and soil have some salt in them, so animals will gather in these places to eat stones. Or soil to replenish the salt in the body.
But there are also very few fruits that contain a small amount of salt, and these fruits are also the favorite things of animals.
However, in nature, after a long period of natural evolution, animals will slowly learn to eat some plants to prevent certain diseases in their bodies.
For example, dogs sometimes eat grass to clean up their stomachs and help digestion. This instinct is derived from the ancestor of dogs, wolves. Wolves use meat as food, but they cannot digest meat for a long time, so they also need to eat grass to help digestion and clean up. stomach.
Therefore, Li Jingxuan also suspected that these apes ate this red fruit to treat some kind of disease in the body.
"Experiment item by item~"
Li Jingxuan began to lead his team to get busy.
Liu Daoming was not idle either, and analyzed the collected sap, flowers, fruits, leaves, rhizomes, and surrounding soil of the Jingxuan tree.
"This Jingxuan tree should be the only tree of this kind within a radius of dozens of kilometers. Maybe there are not a few of these trees in this tropical rainforest. If there were many, they would have been given away long ago. Found."
"Its fruit is not rich in protein and has very little sugar. Basically, it can be ruled out that this group of apes came to eat this red fruit to satisfy their hunger."
"These apes should also know that in the primitive rainforest, the bright red things are poisonous, and they should not eat such things to satisfy their hunger if they have a choice."
"The salt in the fruit is zero, and it can also be ruled out that the red fruit is eaten to supplement the salt, so there is only one possibility. They eat this fruit to treat a certain disease in the body."
"No, there may be a possibility that it is used to supplement some trace elements in the body."
Thinking of this, Li Jingxuan frowned again. There are many kinds of trace elements in the body, and it is not easy to figure out.
"Let's analyze some of the things contained in this fruit first."
Li Jingxuan quickly loosened his frown and continued to work.
On the other hand, Liu Daoming is more direct. He has been studying HIV for a long time, so when he learned that these apes carried the SIV virus in their bodies, he was very excited.
"This original SIV virus is hard to find. I didn't expect it to be collected today. This is of great significance for studying the origin and mutation of HIV virus."
"I've always wanted to get some of the original SIV virus, but I've been able to find it all the time."
Liu Dao was obviously very excited. Viruses are constantly mutating and evolving. If a virus can find its original origin, it is of great significance and effect for the study of this virus.
The teams led by Liu Daoming and Li Jingxuan were in a state of excitement. Coming to this primitive tropical rainforest was like walking into a treasure house of nature and life.
There are too many, too many things here to attract them, let them go into it tirelessly, especially the discovery of new species, it makes them excited.
"Major discovery, major discovery~"
A few days later, Li Jingxuan couldn't help shouting.
"You are yelling every day, can you not make such a fuss?"
Liu Daoming couldn't help shaking his head, as soon as Li Jingxuan found something, he couldn't help shouting.
"The fruit of the Jingxuan tree contains a substance that we have never discovered before. I temporarily named this substance Jingxuansu. This Jingxuansu chemically reacts with pepsinogen in animals to form a The substance that can resist the erosion of SIV virus, I named it Jingxuanase”
Li Jingxuan danced and danced, the whole person was very excited, and told his major discovery.
"Jing Xuansu?"
"Jing Xuan enzyme?"
"What the hell~"
When Liu Daoming and others heard it, they were all speechless. Li Jingxuan's stinky problem named after himself was really unbearable.
But soon, Liu Daoming and others also got excited. This Jingxuan enzyme was able to resist the SIV virus. It was immediately clear to everyone why this group of apes carrying the SIV virus went to pick the fruit of the Jingxuan tree. It may be used to resist the erosion of the SIV virus in the body.
"Is this Jingxuan enzyme effective against HIV?"
Liu Daoming regained his energy all of a sudden, and no longer bothered about the name.
"I don't know, I haven't done the experiment yet."
Li Jingxuan shook his head and said.
"Then what are you waiting for, give it a try."
When Liu Daoming heard it, he started to re-experiment without stopping.
"Haha~ Really useful, this Jingxuan enzyme also has resistance to HIV virus, but the effect is not so obvious, I think it may be that the purity is not enough."
Soon, the results of the experiment were obtained, and the whole team became extremely excited. They have been studying HIV for a long time, and now there is finally some hope and signs.
"No, it's not a matter of purity, there should be other factors involved."
"I told everyone to come back. We are going to go back. We must go back to the laboratory. Now that we have found Jingxuanase that can resist HIV virus, we have many ways to extract drugs that can treat AIDS."
Liu Daoming thought for a while and shook his head, then pondered for a while and said.
He can't wait now. He wants to go back immediately. There are more advanced equipment and instruments at the Galaxy Science Research Institute. He is confident that he can manufacture medicines to treat AIDS.