Chapter 287: Discovery of Powerful Genes (Part two)
âMiss. Lin, donât be anxious, I might need some time to observe him. To be honest, itâs my first time seeing a phenomenon like this. As a doctor, I wonât give up on any chance of saving my patient. But, this is indeed my first time encountering this kind of situation, and to be honest, I donât have the confidence to find out why heâs in this kind of dormant state. So, as his family members, I need to ask for your permission. If you agree to let me do some observations, I will definitely try my best to save him. If you donât agree, then you can also transfer him to another hospital.â
Lin Chuxue looked at the doctor and asked, âTell me the truth, how likely is he to be able to survive this?â
The doctor didnât hide it and said, âWith his current state, once his blood and oxygen supply is cut, he might just die right away. Maybe heâs still hanging on because there are still things he canât let go of in this world.â
Lin Chuxue wiped off her tears, took a deep breath, and said, âDoc, then please do what you can to save him.â
Jacob nodded and then walked into the surgery room alone. He pulled down all the curtains and began to dissect Xu Chengâs body. When he opened up Xu Chengâs chest, as expected, he saw the heart beating slightly and very slowly. It would only beat faintly once after dozens of seconds, and one wouldnât even notice it if they didnât pay attention closely.
Jacob was amazed.
Normally, when a person was on the verge of death, their heart wouldnât beat at this kind of interval, refusing to die. He noticed that Xu Chengâs heart was still beating mysteriously at a very stable interval. Jacob was very curious as to whether Xu Cheng was already dead or not, suspecting that the heartbeat was just a kind of illusionary sign of life that was being caused by some parasites.
He was quite confused.
Then, he sutured up Xu Chengâs body, collected some tissue samples, and then he directly pulled an experimental table beside the operation table and began conducting analysis. He prepared a smear of a few drops of Xu Chengâs blood and began identifying the cells.
The more Jacob studied, the more surprised he became, because he found active genes that didnât belong to humans being expressed within these cells!
This discovery shocked the doctor to his coreïŒNormally, cells of different organisms couldnât coexist peacefully in one body. That is, if a powerful bacterial parasite enters his body, it would usually trigger the human bodyâs immune system and get attacked or destroyed.
Also, human genes were actually very weak, and if any external genes were introduced, it would destroy the humanâs chromosomes and cause death.
However, Jacob actually made the shocking discovery that not only were those genes not destroyed nor did they damage Xu Chengâs original genes, they actually perfectly integrated into Xu Chengâs body!
He was an expert scientist in the field of genetics, and for the first time in his life, he encountered a case where a variety of genetic chromosomes existed in one body. The genetic structures seemed to be more precise and powerful.
He then opened up the biological cell data profiles and began comparing with the genes picked up from Xu Chengâs blood.
What he actually found was that there were DNA sequences that didnât belong to the human genome inside Xu Chengâs body, and the sequences were found in other species of animals.
Leaf ants! He looked through his database for a long time before being able to finally find a match. There were also tardigrades, which were known colloquially as water bears!
Jacob couldnât believe his eyes as he double-checked over and over with the water bear genes that scientists have studied for more than a decade. The genetic sequence was 100% the same, it couldnât be wrong!
He started breathing faster and faster too.
The most tenacious animal in the world, one that almost couldnât be killed, was actually these acute little micro-animals named water bears! Why did Jacob recognize the water bear right away? Because the research community has studied water bears for a long time now, and they were no strangers to this cute little creature.
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