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1、ASPIDER’SBITE蜘蛛之咬WhenIwasinmiddleschool,apoisonousspiderbitmyrighthand.Irantomymomforhelp—butinsteadoftakingmetoadoctor,mymomsetmyhandonfire. Afterwrappingmyhandwithseverallayersofcotton,thensoakingitinwine,sheputachopstickintomymouth,andignitedthecotton.Heatquicklypenetrat
2、edthecottonandbegantoroastmyhand.Thesearingpainmademewanttoscream,butthechopstickpreventedit.AllIcoulddowaswatchmyhandburn-oneminute,thentwominutes–untilmomputoutthefire. Yousee,thepartofChinaIgrewupinwasaruralvillage,andatthattimepre-industrial.WhenIwasborn,myvillagehadnoc
3、ars,notelephones,noelectricity,notevenrunningwater.Andwecertainlydidn’thaveaccesstomodernmedicalresources.Therewasnodoctormymothercouldbringmetoseeaboutmyspiderbite. Forthosewhostudybiology,youmayhavegraspedthesciencebehindmymom’scure:heatdeactivatesproteins,andaspider’sven
4、omissimplyaformofprotein.It’scoolhowthatfolkremedyactuallyincorporatesbasicbiochemistry,isn’tit?ButIamaPhDstudentinbiochemistryatHarvard,Inowknowthatbetter,lesspainfulandlessriskytreatmentsexisted.SoIcan’thelpbutaskmyself,whyIdidn’treceiveoneatthetime? Fifteenyearshavepasse
5、dsincethatincident.Iamhappytoreportthatmyhandisfine.Butthisquestionlingers,andIcontinuetobetroubledbytheunequaldistributionofscientificknowledgethroughouttheworld.Wehavelearnedtoeditthehumangenomeandunlockmanysecretsofhowcancerprogresses.Wecanmanipulateneuronalactivitylitera
6、llywiththeswitchofalight.Eachyearbringsmoreadvancesinbiomedicalresearch-exciting,transformativeaccomplishments.Yet,despitetheknowledgewehaveamassed,wehaven’tbeensosuccessfulindeployingittowhereit’sneededmost.AccordingtotheWorldBank,twelvepercentoftheworld’spopulationlivesonl
7、essthan$2aday.Malnutritionkillsmorethan3millionchildrenannually.Threehundredmillionpeopleareafflictedbymalariaglobally.Allovertheworld,weconstantlyseetheseproblemsofpoverty,illness,andlackofresourcesimpedingtheflowofscientificinformation.Lifesavingknowledgewetakeforgrantedin
8、themodernworldisoftenunavailableintheseunderdevelopedregions.Andinfartooman
