Chapter 7 Chapter VII

Wonderful!In the laboratory, Victor placed the glass slide under the light of a microscope with a well-adjusted focus, and clearly saw the paper-thin slices of brain tissue sandwiched between them, and couldn't help crying out. That's the stained Golgi bodies, Robert explained, the Cajal cells and the Birshofsky bodies.If you want to see anything, just ask, this is a chromosome sample.As he spoke, he handed Victor two labeled plates. Thanks.He took the specimen tray to the optical microscope in the central laboratory, took off the glass slide with the words Hoppes | Anterior Lobe and put it under the lens.

OMG!The child did not die from hydrocephalus. The mitosis of the brain nerve cells can clearly be seen under the lens, just like the brain development of a newborn baby. Victor quickly compared the brain tissue sections of Hopps and Murray, and found that the symptoms were identical. It was deduced that the cause of the child's death was due to the rapid increase of neurons in the brain, which swollen the skull and compressed the spine. Victor was terrified, took out the glass slide and entered the scanning electron microscope room. It took more than an hour to finally find the sixth pair of chromosomes, which was the mutation region injected into the gene.

He couldn't help but gasped, the main protein in the DNA mutation region was either weakened or disappeared, and the usually tightly arranged DNA chains had disintegrated and broken, indicating that transformation was taking place, in other words, the previously injected genes were reactivated. He couldn't wait to turn to VJ's blood sample and select a cell from it.Half an hour later, he found the sixth pair of chromosomes. After repeated inspection, the region where the gene was injected was covered with the normal main protein. He rocked the chair back and forth, unable to figure out the exact same gene injection experiment, VJ was fine, but the other two children died, how to explain to Martha?She would definitely leave him, and he wasn't sure if he had the courage to live.

He got up abruptly and walked around the room. What turned on the gene? The only possibility is the intrusion of cephalosporins, antibiotics he uses to stimulate the development of brain cells in early embryos.How can children take these medicines?His parents had been specifically warned at birth that antibiotics were absolutely prohibited, and Victor was sure the Hopes and Murrays would take that to heart. It was no coincidence that two children died of the same disease at almost the same time, and Victor couldn't help but stand on end. He began to wonder if the sixth pair of chromosomes he chose to inject the gene into was the only region in the DNA where the original starter gene is often located. Activation is caused by some unexpected organizational structures.In this way, VJ is also on the verge of danger, and perhaps the decline in intelligence is a certain manifestation of genetic instability.

Victor's mouth was dry, he took all the samples, took a few sips of water from the drinking fountain in the large laboratory, and hurried into his office. His heart was beating wildly, and he couldn't forget the photo of VJ's sixth pair of chromosomes taken six and a half years ago. He rushed to the filing cabinet and frantically searched for it. He was not relieved until he carefully compared the miniature photos taken when VJ's IQ dropped with the one just now. VJ's chromosome is exactly the same as it was six years ago, without any sign of disintegration.Victor breathed a sigh of relief, and opened the door to look for Robert: Dude, I'm afraid I will cause you trouble again, I want the disbanded DNA to recover, the sooner the better.

This takes a lot of time.Robert laughed. Also boring.Victor said, but I have a radioactive pointer to lend you. That's much better.After Robert left, Victor sat in the office thinking hard about the reason for the activation of the gene. The children died between the ages of two and a half to three, and they were in the developmental slowdown period. The NGF gene was activated at the same time in the two children. Incredible.What they all have in common is that they are both entrusted with the Kindergarten of Zimmera Children's Centre.