My black tech brain

"Is this the mutated alien virus this time?"

Looking at the virtual image floating in the air, Chen Hao couldn't help but feel a little stunned. The scene in front of him was so beautiful, like deep space.

However, Chen Hao knew very well that the "starry sky" in front of him was a viroplasm model simulated by Jarvis through an algorithm, but the microscopic appearance of the virus resembled the night view of the starry sky in the dark.

It is also because of the "starry sky pattern" in front of him, which is the main reason why Lao Fan has not yet woken up.

Because this is the virion.

The so-called virus itself is a non-cellular life form. It is a shell composed of nucleic acid chains and proteins. The virus itself does not have its own metabolic mechanism and no enzyme system.

Therefore, if the virus leaves the cell of the host, there will be no life activity and no self-reproduction of chemicals.

But once the virus enters the host cell, he can use the material and energy in the cell to replicate, transcribe, and translate, and then generate a new generation of virus exactly like him according to the genetic information contained in his own nucleic acid, and this is what is called Spread of the virus.

However, when a virus enters the human body, because of the characteristics of the virus itself, there will be no fusion of multiple viruses, because each virus contains different data.

However, due to some special reasons, the virus in front of us has merged with its own data, thus forming a very special virus.

This new type of virus itself carries the virus's autonomous transmission, and because of the complex virus data, it is difficult to be controlled by others, let alone the subsequent inactivation procedures.

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"The most important thing now is to analyze the data of the new virus, and then find out the corresponding inactivation methods."

Looking at the virus model in front of him, Chen Hao's brows slowly frowned.

Unlike ordinary viruses, this new type of virus is difficult to eliminate by conventional methods. After all, if it can be eliminated by conventional methods, Lao Fan will not be unconscious in the isolation ward at this moment.

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"Jarvis, immediately analyze the virus data, analyze all the nucleic acids in the virus, and then give me a detailed report."

Without much hesitation, at the moment when he saw the virus model, Chen Hao quickly issued an order to Jarvis.

"Sir, this time may be a bit long, please be patient." Jarvis replied Chen Hao.

Without waiting for Chen Hao to reply, countless characters suddenly appeared in the void, jumping in the air like beautiful elves.

That is, Jarvis is working hard to run the server, analyzing the RNA of the virus in front of him.

Seeing this scene, Chen Hao's heart couldn't help but pick up.

Although the server has been replaced for Jarvis before, the data in front of him is not ordinary data. After all, this is a mutated virus at the junction of countless viruses. It is still difficult to analyze the RNA in the virus.

As time passed, Chen Hao waited patiently in the basement. During this period, apart from being hungry and going out to get takeaways, he never moved any more than half a minute.

I don't know how long it took, just when Chen Hao was full of sleep, the characters jumping in the void slowly stopped.

Chen Hao, who was drowsy, saw this scene and suddenly felt a shock.

"Jarvis, have you analyzed it all?"

Looking at Jarvis floating in the air again, Chen Hao said these words with some anxiety.

"Sir, all the RNA in the virus has been analyzed. Do I need to build a virtual RNA model of the virus for you now?"

"List me the RNA virtual model of the virus!"

Chen Hao nodded, then took a deep breath, trying to calm his mood.

No wonder he was not at peace. Although he knew that Jarvis was able to analyze the RNA of each virus, it was only Chen Hao's guess. In fact, he had no bottom in his heart.

Fortunately, Jarvis did not live up to his expectations and finally calculated the RNA of this mutant virus.

This also means that a big step has been taken from treating Lao Fan.

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While Chen Hao was thinking, a spiral pattern similar to DNA but different from DNA appeared in front of Chen Hao. When he saw the pattern in front of him, Chen Hao couldn't help but frown again.

That's right, this DNA-like pattern is RNA, also known as ribonucleic acid.

This is a genetic information carrier that exists in biological cells and some viruses and viroids. It is a type of nucleic acid composed of at least dozens of ribonucleic acids connected by phosphodiester bonds, referred to as RNA.

RNA is an intermediate carrier of genetic information for organisms with cell structure. It is produced in protein synthesis and also participates in gene expression regulation. For some viruses, RNA is the only genetic material.

And RNA is a template of a jump strand of DNA, a single strand formed by transcription based on the principle of base complementary pairing. The main function is to realize the form of genetic information on the protein, which is a bridge for the transmission of genetic information.

It is this "bridge" that Chen Hao asked Jarvis to calculate. As long as these "bridges" are found, it is easy to distinguish which viruses are inherited into cells.

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Only after seeing this single RNA strand, Chen Hao's brows wrinkled deeper.

When chatting with Professor Yang before, Chen Hao probably knew that this virus was an RNA virus, not a DNA virus, which made his heart hang.

As we all know, compared with DNA viruses, RNA viruses are more likely to cause disease, more lethal to the host, and more likely to mutate.

Moreover, there are many types of RNA, such as Ebola and AZ viruses, all of which are RNA viruses.

Because RNA viruses have two replication methods: self-replication and reverse transcription.

In the process of virus RNA replication, the enzyme activity of its error repair mechanism is very low, almost none.

Therefore, the mutation of RNA is very fast.

However, vaccines are developed based on the fixed genes or proteins of the virus, so it is difficult to develop vaccines for RNA viruses.

It is also expected that this kind of virus causes the fusion of multiple viruses due to some kind of extraterrestrial radiation, and its activity and transmission are not comparable to ordinary viruses, and it is naturally very difficult to study.

Fortunately, this kind of thing is very difficult for ordinary people, but it is very easy for Chen Hao with Jarvis.

After all, Jarvis Super Artificial Intelligence is not for nothing.

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"Jarvis, use linear time algorithm to predict RNA structure."

At the moment when he saw the base, Chen Hao quickly issued an order.

This algorithm is the algorithm used by Chen Haozi when he wrote Jarvis before, but now it is the most convenient for computing viruses.

You know, the genome of the poison in front of you is 100,000 bases long.

According to the common algorithm, it takes at least twenty minutes, but with this algorithm, the structure can be predicted within ten seconds.

After all, traditionally predicting RNA secondary structure requires a cubic time complexity algorithm.

In other words, if the sequence length is doubled, it will cost 8 times the calculation time.

Now, after using the linearization algorithm used by Chen Hao, it only takes a few seconds to get the virus information, which also indirectly illustrates the power of Jarvis.

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"Sir, according to the data simulation, this mutated virus does not actually cause the slightest harm to the human body."

About ten minutes later, Jarvis finally spoke, but his answer made Chen Hao a little stunned.

"How could it be harmless to the human body?"

Chen Hao looked at Jarvis floating in the air in surprise, he was a little skeptical of Jarvis's persuasion.

"Sir, according to the simulated situation based on the data, these viruses are not destroying the human DNA, but more like modifying the human DNA. That is to say, this mutated virus is actually not harmful to the human body, but slow Slowly strengthening the body's genes."

"Strengthen genes? How is this possible?"

Chen Hao looked at the virus model in front of him in disbelief, and then said with a dry throat: "If this virus is strengthening human genes, then why does Lao Fan fall into a coma?"

"Because there is not enough energy."

Jarvis replied briefly, and then seriously wrote for Chen Hao.

"In fact, when the virus injects the genetic material of the body into the cell, what it needs is the energy of the human body, and the mutant virus is no exception. Its essence is to use the energy of the host to modify the host's genes, but this modification requires The energy of is too great. The reason why my husband and friend fell into a coma is also because of lack of energy."

"Not enough energy?"

"Yes, I found a very special substance in the core of this mutant virus. It is this special substance that is slowly transforming the host's body." Jarvis replied.

"Is this kind of genetic modification harmful to the human body?" Chen Hao still asked what was in his mind with some worry.

"No, this modification increases the metabolism of the host, greatly improves cell activity, and continues to strengthen muscle toughness."

"Improve cell viability? Strengthen muscle toughness? Isn't this a realistic version of Uncle Wolf?"

Chen Hao's expression gradually turned weird. He seems to have only read this statement in a certain science fiction novel. Is it going to become true now?

"In other words, there is no need to develop a vaccine to deal with this virus, just study the nutrient solution that matches the cell?"

Chen Hao rubbed his eyebrows helplessly, thinking that what Lao Fan encountered was a very terrifying virus, but who knew it was a special enhanced virus.

To be honest, this virus seems to be different from the virus in my imagination...