Break out of the courtyard

Chapter 850 Four generations living under one roof

After hearing that Mr. Zhuang was coming, Mr. Hua, Mr. Li, Mrs. Zheng and others returned to Shenzhen Peace College one after another, wanting to inquire about the follow-up testing of the Lifespan 160 potion.

However, the cell drug administration test is not that fast, and we still need to observe the cell division of Mr. Zhuang.

The current problem with the Lifespan 160 drug is that the cells of an ordinary elderly person will divide about 50 times during the drug administration test, and the cells in the same group will collapse.

Here we need to mention again the length of telomeres at the ends of chromosomes and the corresponding number of cell divisions.

The average number of somatic cell divisions in modern humans is between 40 and 60 times, and the normal division cycle of somatic cells is between 2 and 2.4 years.

From this, it can be calculated that a modern person's theoretical life expectancy can reach 80 to 144 years if there is no disaster or disease.

But the reality is very complicated. Due to the influence of many factors such as genetics and environment, it is difficult for a person's lifespan to reach the theoretical value.

The Shouyuan 100 drug was previously claimed to activate telomerase activity and extend the length of telomeres at the ends of chromosomes.

There is a key data that has not been released here, that is, how many times the somatic cells of the test subjects divide after using the life span 100 potion?

50 times!

Yes, only 50 times!

Why did Zhang Heping emphasize that drug testers must be at least 90 years old before they can apply for the 100-year life-extending potion?

Because only when we reach the age of 90 can those somatic cell carriers that do not divide enough times or have a fast division cycle be eliminated, thus ensuring that there is sufficient cell activity for overdraft, in order to achieve the amazing effect of delaying aging.

As for whether the 100-year life potion has the effect of prolonging life, that depends on how outsiders understand it!

Currently, most people believe that a potion that can extend one's lifespan to 100 years can make an old person from his or her eighties or nineties return to the appearance of a person in his or her fifties or sixties, which is a manifestation of extending lifespan.

The life-extending potion that cannot be mass-produced can extend the lifespan by 120 years, but it has not exceeded the limits of normal humans.

It simply extends the length of the telomeres at the ends of chromosomes that have divided less than 60 times to the level of 60 times.

Then some cell activity is sacrificed to achieve the effect of delaying aging.

The reason why Zhang Heping did not develop the potion that could extend his lifespan to 140 years was because this potion also failed to break through the limits of the human body.

If one wants to extend his lifespan to 140 years, there won’t be enough cell activity to delay aging, and the effects won’t be visible to outsiders.

The new drug, Longevity 160, which claims to theoretically extend life to 160 years, can allow human cells to divide at least 80 times, which has already exceeded the human body's limit of 144 years.

But the problem now is that when an ordinary person's cells are tested with the 160-year lifespan potion, they can only divide about 50 times before they collapse.

Only Mrs. Zheng's cell tissue was able to divide more than 160 times after testing the lifespan 80 potion.

For this reason, the biological and genetic experts who participated in the experiment speculated that only the cells of people who had used the longevity potion could withstand the effects of the longevity potion of 160 years.

But the result was not like that. At least for those who had used the potion that extended their lifespan to 100, their body cells could still only divide 160 times after testing the potion that extended their lifespan to 50.

Therefore, everyone set their sights on the person who tested the 120-year lifespan potion.

So, the idea came up to invite Uncle Zhuang to participate in the experiment.

Experiments have proven that Mr. Zhuang's body cells can indeed withstand the effects of the lifespan 160 potion.

Now, the lifespan potion of 120 years that cannot be mass-produced has become an entry-level drug for extending life and delaying aging.

If people want to live longer, they can’t avoid the 120-year life span potion!

The reason why the Longevity 120 drug cannot be mass-produced is that there are not enough blood donors whose cells can divide 60 times, which makes it impossible to extract more active enzymes to develop the Longevity 120 drug.

This question did not stump the biology and genetic experts, because they quickly threw the question to the testers of the Lifespan 120 drug.

The number of cell divisions of the test subjects of the drug that extends their lifespan to 120 has been rewritten at the genetic level, and theoretically has reached 60 times.

Therefore, in theory, the active enzyme used to develop the Longevity 120 drug can also be extracted from the blood of people who have tested the drug.

A new problem arises!

The cells divide 80 times, and who is the blood donor that provides active enzymes for the development of the life span 160 drug?

Zhang Heping did not answer this question. Although other biology and genetic experts had guessed the clue, they all chose to remain silent tacitly.

Because, as long as the blood of the test subjects of the Lifespan 120 drug can be extracted, the active enzyme can be used for the production of the Lifespan 120 drug.

Then, theoretically, the blood of the test subjects of the Shouyuan 160 drug can also be used to extract active enzymes for mass production.

In this way, there is no need to worry about who was the first blood donor to provide active enzymes for the development of the Shouyuan 160 medicine!

It’s just that knowing the theory is one thing.

Zhang Heping has not yet taught anyone the key technology of how to extract active enzymes from the corresponding blood to extend the length of telomeres at the ends of chromosomes.

Similarly, Zhang Heping did not disclose the key technology of accelerating the cell division cycle to delay aging.

In addition, with the launch of the No. 3 Shouyuan Space Capsule and its successful docking with the No. 2 Shouyuan Space Capsule, the space capsule remote control center on the top floor of the biological gene laboratory building started the development of the Shouyuan 200 medicine.

The previous question once again surfaced in the minds of the researchers: Who is the blood donor who provides the active enzyme for the development of the Lifespan 200 medicine?

Whose cells can divide 100 times?

cancer cell?

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Time flies, and more than a month has passed.

The news that the Cosmetology Department of Shenzhen Peace Hospital is conducting clinical testing of a drug that can extend one's lifespan by 120 years has spread throughout the country and abroad.

The news spread abroad because after my father-in-law Tang Ming and mother-in-law Xu Jiefeng were discharged from the hospital, they went to Hong Kong Island with their appearance restored to that of people in their fifties or sixties.

Then, the relevant news spread from the mouths of Tang Ren's concubines.

Zhang Heping returned to the capital with his family and Grandma Yang, who had also become much younger.

Finally, he also left a life-extending medicine of 1 years developed by using active enzymes extracted from the blood of Mrs. Zheng and Mr. Zhuang, leaving it to Mr. Hua and Director Wang to use as they wish.

At this point, the life-extending 120-year potion that originally could not be mass-produced was only limited by Zhang Heping’s confidentiality of the key technology!

"Mr. Hua, we also know that there is only one potion that can prolong life to 1 days." A retired old man who did not go to the capital said to Mr. Hua who was pacing back and forth in the living room:

"Why don't we draw lots to decide who gets to try out the longevity potion?"

An old man sitting next to the sofa said, "Mr. Hua, we have been with you through thick and thin for so many years. You decide who to give the longevity potion to, and we will not hesitate."

"That's right, we won't argue with you!" Another old man said, "For those who don't get a turn this time, the worst that can happen is that we can wait for the longevity potion that will be developed later!"

Director Wang Sumei heard the noise in the room at the door and wanted to turn around and leave, but Secretary Chen who was waiting outside helped her knock on the door and rescued Mr. Hua who was in a dilemma.

"This 120-year lifespan potion is not suitable for any of you now!" After saying this, Old Hua walked out.

It was not until this time that Mr. Hua began to regret that he should not have allowed these old subordinates to enter the Peace College.

At the same time, he also understood why Zhang Heping left behind a potion that could extend his life by 1 minutes. It was very annoying!

After Director Wang waited for Elder Hua to come out, he frowned and said, "Three people from the Middle East came to the Cosmetology Department of Heping Hospital and wanted to spend money to buy the Life 3 Medicine!"

When Mr. Hua heard this, he couldn't help but frowned, "Have you told Heping about this?"

"Yes!" Director Wang's tone was a little strange. "Heping offered 120 billion yuan and asked the other party to bring the old man here to the cosmetic department of Shenzhen Heping Hospital for physical conditioning and drug injections."

"A bottle of life-extending potion worth 120 billion yuan?" Elder Hua looked at Director Wang with shining eyes and asked in a complicated tone, "Isn't it too expensive?"

"Peace is not expensive!" Director Wang said with some emotion: "He said that 120 billion RMB converted into magnesium dollars is only more than 20 billion, which is nothing to those wealthy people in the Middle East."

"120 billion RMB?" Mr. Hua asked in surprise, "He won't accept magnesium dollars this time?"

Director Wang frowned again, "He said that he wanted to change the global status of the magnesium dollar to prevent the magnesium countrymen from being too arrogant."

Mr. Hua was surprised and said, "Magnesium is linked to oil. Does he want to link RMB to longevity potion?"

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After Old Lady Yang and Old Man Zhuang followed Zhang Heping's family back to the capital, they first went to the Zhang family compound on the north bank of Houhai Lake and sat for a while. They talked with Ma Xiuzhen and Zhang Bing, asked them when the full-month banquet would be held, and then went home.

On the 19th of last month, Roy gave birth to a fat boy for Zhang Yi, the first baby of the fourth generation of the Zhang family.

Zhang Heping brought his family back, firstly to attend the full moon banquet for the little one Zhang Bo, and secondly to learn about the work transfers of his eldest sister, second sister, two brothers-in-law, nephews and nieces.

Grandma Yang stayed at Shenzhen Peace College for more than a month and managed to convince some old men and women to realize that they had no relationship with Zhang Heping.

Then, some old men and women who thought they still had some connections started to take action and no longer stayed in Shenzhen Peace College.

Soon after, the families of Zhang Heping's eldest and second sisters, as well as the brother and sister Zhou Xiaochun and Zhou Xiaopeng, all received invitations from some departments and units, wanting to transfer them to work there.

Chang Xing, who worked at the Geological Bureau, heard that other units had invited him to join. This brat agreed on the spot without even discussing it with his family.

Now, he is already a small section chief in the Logistics Department of the Tobacco Bureau, and most importantly, he is a deputy!

No one else expressed their opinion. This incident was too sudden and made people feel that there was something fishy going on.

"My suggestion is that you can wait a little longer!" Zhang Heping looked at his eldest brother-in-law Chang Sheng, who was hesitant to speak, and explained slowly:

"You just saw that after using the 120-year life span potion, Grandma Yang looked at least years younger."

"Of those who wanted to obtain the 120-year life potion from me through job transfers, only the one behind the Tobacco Bureau succeeded so far."

Zhang Heping said, and then looked at Chang Xing who had an embarrassed expression on his face, "This medicine can make people younger and prolong their lifespan. I don't need to explain it to you. You should all understand how precious this medicine is!"

The second sister Zhang Pandi frowned and asked, "Brother, will this matter of ours make things difficult for you?"

"No!" Zhang Heping looked around and said to the family members sitting around him, "I made this longevity potion because we need it ourselves and it can help those who want to live longer."

"After all, the examples of Shen Wansan and Lou Bancheng are there. A family cannot just be rich!"

"Heping!" Brother-in-law Chang Sheng finally couldn't help it, "The Municipal Bureau wants to transfer me there. They said that a deputy director is about to retire and they think I can take over his job. What do you think..."

"Oh, Dad!" Chang Wen looked helplessly at her father who was about to turn 50. "Uncle San just made it so clear. Let's wait a little longer and wait for a better job transfer!"

"But that's the city bureau in the capital!" Chang Sheng said unwillingly, "I'm just a deputy director, and I can be transferred to the city bureau and promoted to deputy director. I think it's pretty good!"

"It's up to you!" Zhang Heping said indifferently, "In two years, maybe the leaders of the Municipal Bureau will contact me through you. You can seize the opportunity then."

Chang Wen shook her head helplessly, "I finally understand why Chang Xing was so impulsive in changing jobs. It's all inherited from my dad. It won't cost you a thing to wait a little longer!"

Zhang Pandi stopped her eldest daughter, then smiled at her third brother and said, "I have only been transferred to the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation for a little over two years, and I don't want to move for the time being."

"Besides, you said before that there will be tax reforms in the country, and I want to wait for this opportunity."

"It's up to you!" Zhang Heping said with a smile, "I came back this time to explain the details to you so that you don't think you owe others a big favor."

After a few brief words, they heard Ma Xiuzhen asking everyone to bring their bowls and have dinner.

After dinner, when the family went out for a walk, the eldest sister Zhang Zhaodi found Zhang Heping again and asked her parents-in-law Chang Guoxing and Dai Qiuye whether they could use the longevity potion.

Zhang Heping thought for a moment and said, "It depends on their current physical condition. If they have difficulty moving or symptoms such as Alzheimer's disease, we can use the Lifespan 120 potion in advance."

"However, if used in advance, the effect of extending life span is not very good. It can only be regarded as improving the lives of the elderly and allowing them to take care of themselves."

"His father is 71 years old and his mother is 68. I think they are in good health." Zhang Zhaodi, the eldest sister, said uncertainly, "How about I ask Changsheng to pick them up tomorrow and you can check their pulses."

"Yeah!" Zhang Heping said casually, "These are all small matters, just arrange them. The main thing is with my brother-in-law, you have to explain it to him clearly, don't misunderstand that I am reluctant to give the medicine, after all, our parents haven't used it yet."

"Your brother-in-law understands this principle, don't worry!" After Zhang Zhaodi finished speaking, she walked towards Chang Sheng, who was at the back of the car, to discuss picking up his parents for dinner tomorrow and for a physical examination.

Seeing that her eldest daughter had finished her talk, Ma Xiuzhen pulled Zhang Heping aside and asked, "Son, your Aunt Chen is 64 this year, and your Uncle Zhou is 66. They probably don't need your anti-aging medicine, right?"

"Mom!" Zhang Heping responded helplessly: "Let me explain it to you this way. If you take that kind of medicine in your 60s, you can live to 110 at most. If you take it in your 120s or s, you can definitely live to ."

"There are 10 years missing in between, you do the math!"

Ma Xiuzhen was surprised, "He can live for more than a hundred years!"

Zhang Heping smiled and said, "Why else do you think those outsiders wanted to transfer and promote the jobs of my eldest and second sisters?"

"You mean, your Grandpa Zhuang and Grandma Yang can live to be over a hundred years old?" Ma Xiuzhen still couldn't believe it. "I thought that kind of medicine just made them younger..."

Zhang Heping did not explain any more. He turned his head to look at the little guy Zhang Bo in Tang Xin's arms, wondering when his own children would be able to have children and have their own families.

Compared with those big families, the Zhang family has fewer people.

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