4 million new lives verify the outstanding science achievement

4 million new lives verify the outstanding science achievement
Staff reporter Zhu GuangQing

"Now, I am in the Nobel Prize hall meeting of medical college of the card of Sri Lankan of Swedish Carol forest. Nobel rewards awarding to ' the test tube baby's father ' physiologically or medically this year - -Englishmen Robert and Edwards " On October 5, the reporter puts through the telephone of life Vice President of research institute, Gao Fu of researcher of institute of microbiology in Beijing of the Chinese Academy of Sciences according to appointment, he is participating in China / medical forum on the fourth of the card in Sri Lankan of Carol forest in Stockholm of capital of Sweden.

" a basic research and application study of influencing history "

"Test tube baby's initiative work of artificial fertilization of 85 -year-old Edwards originates in the sixties of the 20th century now, technology was ripe in the seventies, now had already employed extensively; This achievement, to cloning area research of life sciences such as animal, stem-cell research, artificial life and transforming medical science, have epoch-making meanings. " Gao Fu claims, " this is a basic research and application study of influencing history; Its meaning of theory and actual meaning of this achievement are very far-reaching. "

The high good fortune explains progress and technological route of scientific research from test tube baby to artificial life like this: Success of the test tube baby, make people realize, it is a safe and reliable technology to operate reproduction cells outside the body, already so ripe that almost all the gynecological hospitals get, this results in removing the nuclear technology of egg cell, transplants the nucleus of body and enters egg cell clone technology after enucleating, take the place of pregnant technology,etc., namely all of test tube babies' technology can succeed and implement; The artificial life studies, clones and transplants nuclearly and enucleating the combination of cell technology, it is close to get in touch each other.

Several once and condemned various queries during the decade

Today, 10% married couple are perplexed by sterility at least in the whole world, and the test tube baby born in the whole world has already been up to more than 4 million. The Nobel Prize committee spent 32 years confirming this scientific achievement of far-reaching significance finally.

The high good fortune thinks, the story that this promise rewards the back provides food for thought.

At 47 past 23 on July 25, 1978, a healthy baby girl of 2700 grams in weight - -The first test tube baby Louise and Brown in the world comes to this world. Her birth has shaken the whole world, warm cheers met her, there is enormous fear too.

It is said, Edwards' research has initiated the fierce ethics dispute, the religion, ethicist and scientist query this one after another, " father of the gene " among them , the promise rewarded winner James and Watson study on Edwards to criticize greatly in 1962, think that it is in vitro fertilization to study ng will enable " It becomes essential to massacre the baby " .

1971, the decision that the medical research committee of Britain did not subsidize the experiment in vitro fertilization again. Therefore, this research is all helped by the individual, Edwards can set up the clinic (IVF) in vitro fertilization near Cambridge University ; In this course, the media has contributed - -" Daily Mirror " reporter helps a lot, helps to look for the foundation.

Leading study and " Late " Regret

"Someone appraises Edwards like this: ' he is absolutely superior to his era ', but a lot of people think this is a ' late ' promise award. "

The high good fortune thinks, the achievement that the promise rewards awaits time to examine. First test tube baby the intersection of Louise and Brown can healthy life combined parenting 1978, and the health of child bearing it, this is probably an important factor. He emphasizes, as the test tube baby, it is very important that the health can be born.

Gao Fu says, as far back as 1958, Edwards had already begun to study and train the ovum outside the body, but he himself is not a doctor, has not also passed medical science to train, the bachelor degree of the university is agriculture and zoology; While studying for the doctor, the direction of its research is science of heredity, so he wants to do the human experiment, there must be cooperation of expert of gynaecology and obstetrics.

"Edwards' cooperator is experts of gynaecology and obstetrics Patrick and Steptoe. They be known on 1968 ' Britain inseminate learn the annual meeting '. Before this, Edwards looked for a lot of people to express the cooperation will, but they are unwilling to cooperate with him. Steptoe passed away at the age of 74 in 1984. Otherwise he should share the promise award with Edwards. Therefore, people think this award ' late ' to regret a bit. "

"Edwards is a very modest typical British gentleman. So big contribution, he is not conferred medals by the queen, someone thinks this is unfair to him, but he is calm to it. "

The research about cloning people, Edwards expresses the opposition while visiting China in 2004. He thinks this technology is still unripe, the miss ratio is high, apt to produce the bizarre entity, the ethics problem is possible greater. He says what is worth thinking is, the mankind could accept that live together with one's own cloning things.

"Like all major issues happening, this grand occasion is very calm that the Europeans award medals to the promise award. " Gao Fu describes the scene before awarding medals of Nobel's physiologic or medical award: Caroline the intersection of medical college and the intersection of the Nobel Prize and hall, card of Sri Lankan, gather a lot of reporter and some care about the personage ' It is mainly students) ; Then, decide on awards through discussion in the committee and announce and decide on awards through discussion the result in the Nobel Prize. It is early morning next day, we saw people and working brief introduction of awarding a prize of printing at the gate of the Nobel Prize hall in Swedish, fertilized with the artificial fertilization sketch map naturally. "

Gao Fu emphasizes, our country should learn such a usual psychology from them and treat the promise award.

The high good fortune does not think the work of test tube baby of our country start late, the first test tube baby in China's Mainland was born in Beijing in 1988, only born for 10 years from the first test tube baby in the world. Concentrate on the body to train egg cell and artificial fertilization from Edwards until the test tube baby was born, our country is still here " The Culture Revolution " During this time, but our country is still quite good in this technology catches up with and surpasses the world standard.
4 million new lives verify the outstanding science achievement