Fortunately, whether you want to mass-produce viruses or produce corresponding antiviral agents and vaccines, you need to grow the virus in an appropriate environment.
The cultivation of viruses cannot be separated from suitable organic matter, air temperature, humidity and soil where the virus grows.
This is somewhat similar to the culture of bacteria.
This is the first time for everyone to see this thing that will change the structure of the entire world and even the destiny of mankind, so both the professional scientific researchers and Qi Zhen are a little cautious at this time, for fear of any accidents. .
First of all, they need to analyze the composition of the virus. It may not be accurate to say the composition. To be precise, they need to figure out what the virus in their hands is.
After figuring out what it is, the next step is to figure out its growth process. If you can figure out the mechanism by which it infects the body, that would be the best thing.
Once the logic of the infection is clear, it will naturally become clear which tissues and cells it destroys and then affects those organs, and what kind of symptoms it will cause.
Finally, combined with all the information mentioned above, we can take advantage of the situation to find a treatment plan or even a prevention strategy for the virus.
At the final step, the development of antiviral drugs and vaccines can begin simultaneously.
When it comes to analyzing virus components, since these researchers are among the country's most advanced virus experts, it is naturally something they can easily do.
Judging from the progress of the current feedback, even if the capabilities of these "national teams" are slightly worse than those of the most cutting-edge talents in Qizhen Company, they are not far behind.
The most important thing is that these scientific researchers signed confidentiality agreements before coming here, and shouldered a very important mission - this is a battle for the survival of all mankind.
Almost all of these people are party members. They have experienced the large and small bacterial and virus analysis tasks encountered after the founding of the People's Republic of China. They are among the top talents in this country in terms of work attitude and ability.
Correspondingly, they are all very young. The youngest Qi Zhen looks to be nearly fifty years old, and the oldest one has gray hair and looks like she is seventy years old.
But what Qi Zhen could not imagine was that these respectable scientists worked as if they were risking their lives. It seemed that they had become accustomed to this rhythm of racing against viruses, even though the C virus had not yet infected anyone in the world. However, there is no doubt that people still firmly believe in their hearts that if the corresponding drugs could be developed one minute earlier, the harm caused by this virus in the world would be one point less.
Not only Qi Zhen, but also Zhang Zhiwen and He Li were in awe of these scientists. Just from their sleepless state, the three of them understood to a certain extent why this country could be as powerful as it is today.
After only three days in the laboratory, the analysis results for the virus came out.
This virus is a type of coronavirus, some of which resemble a variant of the pneumonia epidemic that broke out in China in 2003.
However, the origin of this virus has yet to be traced, but what is certain is that the growth and transmissibility mode of this virus is very similar to the original virus, and the similarity is as high as 75%!
Now that you know what your opponent is, the next step will be much simpler.
But what is unexpected is that cultivating this virus is so simple and boring.
According to an old researcher, this virus is just like the foxtail grass that can be seen everywhere on the roadside.
Foxtail grass means that this thing is easy to feed. Once the seeds are thrown into the ground, they will grow into a large area. They will grow wherever they fly. No matter whether it is temperature, humidity or even soil, they have no high requirements. It had been many years since he had seen a virus with such vigorous vitality and such indifference to the environment.
In those petri dishes with different temperatures, humidity, and culture environments, these viruses all showed disgusting and widespread virus spots, which looked like spider webs waiting for prey.
These viruses will be significantly inactivated only when the high temperature reaches 70 degrees or even higher, and the low temperature is even more terrifying. The lowest temperatures known to be found on the earth are found at the two poles of the earth, but even at minus 50 degrees In low-temperature environments, these viruses still maintain strong vitality. Once the temperature rises above minus 30 degrees, these viruses will become active again, just like a pile of penguins who don't even know they are tired.
After completing the initial analysis of the virus, trucks began to enter the laboratory building of Fudan University from the outside to transport wooden boxes that did not look like serious things.
There are big and small wooden boxes. The big ones are about the height of a person. The small ones can only be called wooden boxes. The smallest ones are even only the size of a person's palm.
Whether it is a large box or a small box, there are four large characters written on it - Experimental Supplies.
The workers who were transporting them didn't quite know what was inside, but there were occasional noises inside when moving the boxes, which didn't feel like dead objects.
It is true that they are not dead animals, these are living animals used to test the effect of infection.
Although it is not possible to have all kinds of animals, it can be said that all the animals that can be seen in the market are here.
Insects, reptiles, amphibians, in addition to these, the most numerous are mammals.
Not to mention mice, there are also monkeys, cats, dogs, etc. The purpose is naturally to test the possibility of these animals carrying the virus, and the most important thing is the infection pattern among the experimental subjects.
The results of the final experiment were ideal, quite ideal, but for these professional scientists, it was not a good thing.
Of course, it is the best thing for the three people in the team.
Viruses rarely discriminate against people of different races.
This thing is very scary, which means that no matter what kind of animal it is, these viruses can complete a considerable degree of infection.
Has there ever been a virus like this in the world?
These scientists consulted many documents and even opened history books, but found nothing. The final conclusion made them feel a little scared.
They got a virus that has never appeared in this world, with the most powerful range of infection and even the most powerful infectivity.
Another thing that made them even more unbelievable happened. All the animals showed no obvious symptoms after being infected by the virus.
Even the malaise caused by two snakes during transportation was much better after being infected by the virus.
These scientists once suspected that what they had obtained was not a virus but a stimulant.
Unfortunately, this was still a virus, because after the seventh day, one of the mice finally began to show symptoms of infection.
The initial reaction of this white mouse was the same as that of a normal cold. It began to sneeze frequently and its body temperature began to rise. It only increased slightly at first, and then suddenly became high after three days.
