Hao Collins: the public is more useful than scientists

Hao Collins: public than scientists more useful www.thebeijingnews.com · 2006-10-30 9: 43: 36 · Source: Beijing News

"Royal Veterinary" to universal access to prevention of animal diseases

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Hao Ward (ColinR · Howard), University of London, the Royal Veterinary College Professor, Chinese name Hao hao-Rin-Rin, is the international authority of animal disease epidemiologist, a respectable science ambassadors. His animal disease prevention seminars usually starts out with this: "If you think of my lecture very boring, trying to sleep, you put your hands raised, I'll tell you a joke. But I actually can't speak what joke, so I suggest you don't go to sleep. ”

October 15, global University focused on Beijing international trade.

Exhibition Hall, the United Kingdom who are busy publicizing their education resources.

Partial corner corner lounge, is a closed space, a United Kingdom gentleman in pitchinghis "prevention of animal disease is everyone's responsibility" concept.

This gentleman is the Royal Veterinary College, London University Professor Collins · Hao Ward (ColinR · Howard).

Hao Ward himself up a Chinese name "Hao Rin", lecture, the United Kingdom gentleman prefer to be called as "Hao professors".

"Actually I as a professor's role, find yourself actually know anything about it. " The claim ignorance of the Professor, has developed hundreds of engaging in animal disease research expert.

The panic is on diseases of ignorance

Start a speech before the animal diseases, Hao Collins "ulterior intention" to let the audience saw a picture.

Figure two wizards in mouth, astonished. Hao Collins explained that the figure of the shaman is to occur, the disease was amazed at the sorcerer's duty is to control the disease. Drama, Hao Lin high today's role is somewhat similar to the "wizards", pathogenic microorganisms of infection and intrusion, how to protect against disease incursions, are his main subject of research.

For animal diseases, Hao Collins has a personal interest.

A child living in the suburbs of London, near from the port comparisons. So far, there are memories of Hao Collins childhood smallpox outbreak scenarios, "just like ' the SARS outbreak, ' the school is closed, the shop is closed. " Another time fighting with the disease is caused by the" polio ". Until now, Hao Collins still measles back of scarring. However, it seems, in fact, Hao Collins on the ignorance of the disease itself is our most panic, but his years of study, in his summary of the research scientists are always "is to avoid ignorance. " Scotland Edinburgh University's expert Mark · Wu tollhouse was based on the last 25 years of records that have one or two every year or nascent variants of the first invasion of human pathogens. Currently able to infect humans known pathogens 1407, which has a total of 58% of viruses, bacteria, parasites, fungi and other pathogens from animals. While scientists estimated 177 a pathogen is "build" or "regeneration", although most do not lead to epidemic disease, but enough to arouse people's vigilance.

From here, the animal disease has become a Microbiology sector research priorities.

This avoids the ignorance of the scientific research, but often deal with micro-organisms and viruses, "I also witnessed experiment colleagues infected scene," Hao Collins in microbiology research, two colleagues were infected through so that they felt the role of "sorcerer" is not so simple.

Hao technology gaolin on "lunchroom — animal disease" lecture, gave a speech.

Mosquitoes suck blood also in dengue disease.

Avian influenza viruses in the idea of r

eal faces under the microscope.

The AIDS plague, BSE, avian influenza

"In humans long process, and animals living in this world, in a balanced State.

However, these animals diseases say will be transmitted to people. In English there we called ' zoonosis '. And zoonoses as environmental and social change will become more and more a threat to humanity. "Hao Collins in the eyes of the animal diseases like an invisible man, and may be offensive to the mankind.

However these diseases start aiming of the object is not a human.

Such as measles, the start is a herd of a disease. However, 3000 years ago, humanity and the balance between the herd were broken. At first I saw to the cattle of measles, also cited a curse to the human body. "In the long history of humanity, the invasion of new pathogens and not uncommon. But after entering the modern society, we find this frequency. ”

Professor in Hao, because zoonoses present chance to grow, we will be aware of pathogenic microorganisms.

In 1901 the first Nobel Prize in Physiology or medicine award led to diphtheria and tetanus after of pathogenic microorganisms,In 2005, the pathogenic microorganisms of discovery and research, the Nobel Prize-winner's platform. This was known as the "common" awards are in fact reflects the pathogenic microbiology in the status of our research.

Early plague, cholera, Ebola virus to AIDS, BSE, avian influenza and the threat of infectious diseases from the Animal Kingdom has never stopped.

Diseases, scientists carried out against those diseases and within a short period of time, pressing the pathogenic microorganisms of further spread of epidemic.

From here, you think these pathogens have exit Lake?

In fact, to date, scientific researchers also cannot be determined even if it is one of the pathogenic microorganisms completely exit the stage of world histo

ry. "We often hear the emerging diseases. In fact, emerging diseases, as well as existing diseases is a constantly changing continuum, "pointed out in Collins Hao human progress at the same time, pathogenic microorganisms or constant variation in order to adapt the existing environment, maintain their own survival and bring about variants. " Avian influenza in poultry in the original only, but there are also reports of people infected, we face the problem that is not possible to predict these viruses in what way or change towards what, like Typhoon, we can't predict what will be moving in the direction of the Typhoon. ”

Harm human culprits is mankind's own

Does the animal into a human potential killer?

This rhetorical question in Hao Collins there does not exist.

Zoonoses culprit is mankind itself.

Slide hold in a map.

The hordes of cable, connect one end of London, the other end it is all over the world. Among them, the yellow line shows the movement of the frequency is very high density, connection of precisely is the world's largest transportation hubs, such as New York, Los Angeles, London and Beijing to Shanghai, etc.

Hao Collins points out, air flight, let our world becomes duanpingkuai instantaneous.

Not for a moment, this human civilization Act but let's duanpingkuai pattern, facing global disease outbreak. In 30-hour period, any of a virus, the disease can be in any city in the world. In addition, increasing human numbers, population density, these new changes are brought about by the spread of animal diseases, "this is when the SARS outbreak, because mobility very frequently, so in a few hours, the SARS virus spread from Hong Kong to Singapore, Canada, Germany. " With the continuous evolution of human civilization, a large number of forest were destroyed, the living environment is changing," over the past 50 years have 25 per cent of trees are cut down, which means that mankind 50 years ago in every four tree to have a tree has disappeared. Environment change broke the previous one and the balance between animals, and the imbalance causes the animal disease spreading to humans. "Hao Lin high hopes that more people know about this: perhaps some of our usual in brewing disease crisis.

"Motley sheep miscellaneous eggplants with infectious"

Had been to China, every time, do not forget Collins Hao their popularization of identity.

He will speak of this to Beijing as a precious Copland of publicity.

Hao Collins, United Kingdom scientist on popularization of enthusiastic, CAU animal medical school Dean Zhao Deming was impressed.

Zhao is mainly engaged in animal spongiform encephalopathies research laboratory with Hao Collins has communication research. Give him the deepest impression is the United Kingdom's expert recommendations, "have the opportunity to introduce you to, cattle and sheep of ileum segment has strong infectious. " At first, the United Kingdom experts to China Agricultural University exchanges, mad cow disease, they are sheep and cattle visceral organs. In fact, China mutton are mixed and offal of sheep and of course there is the small intestine and ileum. Hao Collins, United Kingdom experts will recommend, "you have the opportunity to introduce you to, cattle and sheep of ileum segment has strong infectious. " This public awareness of universal disease, Hao Lin high, especially for there. He repeatedly says that deal with the disease, in fact, each individual's consciousness is more important, sometimes useful public than scientists, "we need more microbiologists to help us in prevention of infectious diseases, but even if you don't want to become microbiologists, there are many other professional allows you to play a role in human communicable diseases control and prevention. ”

Interviews/reporter Li Jian-