World Natural Science Congress

Irie Jack's report generated a huge response. After the report, he moved to a small conference room to hold a Q&A session.

Today, Shen Qi treated himself as an ordinary scholar. He entered the small conference room, took a seat in the back corner, and participated in Irie Jack's Q&A session.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we have two hours for a face-to-face conversation, which means each of us only has about three minutes on average. I would very much welcome you to visit my laboratory in Tokyo in the near future, where we can talk freely for a whole month. For now, let's cherish these two short hours." Irie Jack possessed both the politeness of a Japanese person and the mysterious confidence of an American; his multicultural background made him stand out from the crowd.

The first question came from a scholar from Europe: "Professor Irie, your team's ACE78 has been shown to have high bioavailability in rats and beagles. However, I also understand that this compound with sub-nanomolar activity has caused some peculiar changes in rats and beagles. It is said that male rats injected with ACE78 have grown to the size of rabbits, while female beagles injected with ACE78 have become extremely agitated and aggressive."

"I am a researcher conducting clinical trials, and the information I have is that ACE78 is applying for European Union clinical trial approval. Professor Irie, I strongly agree with your views on extending human lifespan and the golden age of scientific research, but I oppose ACE78 entering the clinical trial stage because this experimental drug carries extremely high risks."

The first question was very targeted, even critical.

This is no longer a simple chemical problem; it involves many other issues.

Chemistry today is vastly different from the chemistry of Nobel's time.

Chemistry is intersected with and integrated into many disciplines, including biology, medicine, physics, mathematics, Computer Science, and even social ethics, while chemistry also interacts and permeates these disciplines.

The European scholar who asked the question is, strictly speaking, a clinical medical researcher, and chemistry is only his second degree, serving as an important tool for his clinical medical research.

The World Congress of Chemistry should perhaps be renamed the World Congress of Natural Science. As people jokingly say, the Nobel Chemistry Prize has evolved into the Nobel Prize in Natural Science.

European scholars did not care about the Irie Jack had devoted many years to studying. He directly denied the value of ACE78 and was aggressive from the start.

It was a bit tense, quite interesting... Shen Qi observed with great interest. He believed that true academic exchange should be like this: there were targets and counter-targets, some people raised questions, and others offered reasonable explanations for those questions.

Phrases like "Awesome!" and "Wow, that's amazing!" are irresponsible attitudes towards academic exchange.

Raising questions requires more profound thinking and reasoning than simply shouting "666".

Even if you shout "666", you should have a specific and clear reason for it.

It's not just about doing "666" for the sake of doing "666".

Shen Qi hadn't been targeted by anyone for a long time; all he heard was "666".

It's that kind of "I don't understand what you're saying, I just need to shout 666" (a Chinese internet slang for "awesome").

666 is a very low-tech answer.

Shen Qi had grown somewhat bored with this kind of low-tech "666".

At this moment, the sharp questioning and heated debate allowed Shen Qi to rediscover that feeling he once had—a nostalgic academic feeling.

European scholars launched a fierce attack on Irie Jack Irie Jack calmly and confidently smiled and said, "Any drug, during its experimental phase, carries a certain degree of risk, high or low; the risk cannot be zero. I am a Medicinal Chemist, and I also have some research experience in biology and genetic engineering. Therefore, I will now address Dr. Crede's questions regarding the risk assessment of ACE78 from the perspectives of biology and genetic engineering..."

European scholar Crede: "Okay, I'm happy to listen."

Five minutes later.

Medicinal Chemist Irie Jack explained the necessity of ACE78 entering clinical trials and their team's core approach to risk management for this Gene Drugs, using the theoretical framework of biology and genetic engineering.

After listening, Dr. Crede, a European scholar, shuddered and exclaimed in German, "666! OK! I understand! That's great!"

In experimental science, verbal arguments rarely yield a definitive conclusion.

The most effective way to verify the authenticity and academic validity of experimental data and results is to regress the experiment, using one experiment to prove or refute another.

In order to prove his conjecture about the information paradox, Shen Qi personally flew to European Organization for Nuclear Research to conduct a collider experiment, and succeeded.

If anyone wants to overturn Shen Qi's experimental results on "Quantum Supremacy and Information Reincarnation," then they will have to conduct the experiment again.

This is especially true in chemistry; the most authentic experimental data is the most effective weapon in debate.

Due to confidentiality considerations, Irie Jack did not list all the core experimental data of ACE78.

With limited data, a deep theoretical foundation, and excellent debating skills, Irie Jack answered the doubts and concerns of European scholars in just 5 minutes.

"Yes, he's a master..." Shen Qi thought to himself. "Irie Jack's chemistry skills are probably at least level 12, or even level 13, which is no less than mine."

Shen Qi had actually considered the scientific concept proposed by Irie Jack "extend human lifespan and the golden age of academia by regulating gene expression through drugs" many years ago.

In ancient times, this kind of medicine would have been the ultimate academic achievement pursued by alchemists and pharmacists—an elixir of immortality.

An elixir of immortality must be extremely difficult to develop.

However, theoretically, it should be possible to extend lifespan and prolong the prime of one's academic career through scientific means.

If a "gold capsule" or "gold injection" were actually developed, Shen Qi would definitely give himself an injection first, then his wife an injection, and then his other immediate family members an injection.

Shen Qi believes that regulating gene expression through drugs is a relatively safe approach.

The core of ACE78, developed by Irie Jack's team, is an extremely complex and uniquely structured compound.

Shen Qi was more concerned that Irie Jack's team used all known, traditional, and classic synthetic reactions and methods in the synthesis of ACE78.

This is not to say that this synthesis strategy is bad; comprehensive application is also a kind of innovation.

However, based on the limited amount of data presented by Irie Jack, Shen Qi has reservations.

Irie Jack then said, "Thank you for the question, Crede. Shall we move on to the next question?"

Shen Qi had several questions he wanted to ask Irie Jack in person, so he raised his hand.

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