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 grandmothers hip replacement, a fathers bypass operation, a babys vaccinations, and even a pets 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.
Much can be done. Scientists could adopt middle school classes and present their own research. They should be quick to respond to letters to the editor, lest animal rights misinformation go unchallenged and acquire a deceptive appearance of truth. Research institutions could be opened to tours; to show that laboratory animals receive humane care. Finally, because the ultimate stakeholders are patients, the health research community should actively recruit to its cause not only well-known personalities such as Stephen Cooper, who has made courageous statements about the value of animal research, but all who receive medical treatment. If good people do nothing there is a real possibility that an uninformed citizenry will extinguish the precious embers of medical progress.
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为了解释18世纪政治家爱蒙德伯克的话,被误导的运动要想成功,所需的只是好人不作为。现在,就有这样的运动寻求终止生化研究,其依据是动物有权要求人们在研究活动中不再被使用的理论。科学家应该对动物权利倡导者做出有力的反击,因为这些人的观点正在蛊惑公众,从而威胁到了保健知识与医疗的发展。动物权利运动的领导者之所以将目标对准生化研究,是因为生化研究依赖公共基金,而且几乎没有人理解保健医疗研究的作用。听到有关在研究中残忍对待动物的断言,许多人感到困惑,以为任何人都会故意去伤害动物。
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