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Human-animal hybrids mean boom time for bioethicists,NewScientist,June 26th, 2013
人獸雜交催生生物倫理學(xué)家的時(shí)代，新科學(xué)家科技雜志，2013年6月26日
There's something undeniably creepy about an animal that is partly human. And the more human it gets, the creepier it becomes.
動(dòng)物身上有一半是人類基因這無可否認(rèn)讓我們感到毛骨悚然。而且它越像人，就越驚悚。
That is why the news that a Japanese team is well on its way to creating pigs with human organs has been described as something that will "ensure the employment of a generation of bioethicists".
這就是為什么新聞評(píng)論一個(gè)正在緊鑼密鼓地要?jiǎng)?chuàng)造出一只長著人類器官的豬的日本研究小組時(shí)說道他們必將催生又一代生物倫理學(xué)家。
Two years ago, the UK Academy of Medical Sciences released a groundbreaking report on "animals containing human material".
兩年前，英國醫(yī)學(xué)科學(xué)院發(fā)表了一份關(guān)于“長著人類組織的動(dòng)物”的突破性的報(bào)告。
It identified some experiments that should not yet be done because of strong ethical objections.
其中指出鑒于源于倫理方面的強(qiáng)烈反對(duì)，一些實(shí)驗(yàn)尚不應(yīng)當(dāng)進(jìn)行。
One is to breed an animal that has human sperm or eggs. Another is to create a non-human primate with a humanised brain.
其中一個(gè)實(shí)驗(yàn)是培育帶有人類卵子或精子的動(dòng)物，另一個(gè)是創(chuàng)造長有人性化的大腦非人類靈長目動(dòng)物。
It is for Japan to decide how to regulate this new work, but it is still worth asking how close it comes to crossing one of the UK report's red lines,
如何監(jiān)管這一工作取決于日本政府，但是它距離觸犯英國媒體的底線還有多遠(yuǎn)值得探討。
all of which leads to the unsurprising conclusion that the ultimate aim of this research — to provide desperately needed human organs for transplantation
研究的最終目的，即為人類提供急需的移植器官，
can only be achieved if serious ethical and technical hurdles are surmounted. We are rapidly approaching those ethical hurdles.
只有通過跨越倫理與技術(shù)兩個(gè)方面的障礙才能達(dá)成。而我們即將面臨的將是來自倫理方面的障礙。
Of course, any ethical concerns must be weighed against the potential benefits for human health and life.
當(dāng)然，任何倫理方面的考慮都要與可能給人類健康和生命帶來的益處兩相權(quán)衡。
An entire generation of bioethicists may not be needed, but there is still plenty of work to be done.Thank you.
或許我們并不需要新一代的倫理學(xué)家，但是我們需要做的工作還有很多。謝謝。
