Scientists must communicate their message to the public in a compassionate, understandable way — in human terms, not in the language of molecular biology. We need to make clear the connection between animal research and a grandmother’s hip replacement, a father’s bypass operation, a baby’s vaccinations, and even a pet’s shots. To those who are unaware that animal research was needed to produce these treatments, as well as new treatments and vaccines, animal research seems wasteful at best and cruel at worst.
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科學(xué)家必須以一種富有同情心的、可理解的方式向公眾傳達他們的信息——用人類的語言,而不是用分子生物學(xué)的語言。我們需要弄清楚動物研究與祖母的髖關(guān)節(jié)置換手術(shù)、父親的心臟搭橋手術(shù)、嬰兒的疫苗接種,甚至寵物的注射之間的聯(lián)系。對那些不知道需要動物研究來生產(chǎn)這些療法以及新療法和疫苗的人來說,動物研究往好了說是浪費,往壞了說是殘忍。
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對那些不知道需要強大能力去負擔(dān)家庭開銷的年輕人來說,結(jié)婚往好了說是浪漫,往壞了說是依賴。