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NEW CANADIAN SOCIETY FORMS TO EXPLORE ANIMAL-FREE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH METHODS

加拿大探索无动物的科学研究方法的新学会诞生

In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, new group Progressive Non-Animal Research Society is seeking to remove animals as research subjects in the biomedical field.

由于COVID-19（2019冠状病毒病）大流行病持续蔓延，（加拿大）新成立的组织Progressive Non-Animal Research Society（“促进无动物研究学会”）志在排除动物作为生物医学领域的研究对象。

by ANNA STAROSTINETSKAYA

作者：ANNA STAROSTINETSKAYA

AUGUST 7, 2020

2020年8月7日

This week, Progressive Non-Animal Research Society (PNARS) formed in Vancouver, Canada for the purpose of finding non-animal research methods in the biomedical field. The society will focus on development and validation of human-based research and implementing these technologies to replace animal-based research.

“促进无动物研究学会”（PNARS）于本周在加拿大温哥华正式成立，致力于探索生物医学领域的非动物研究方法。该学会的工作重心是发展和鉴定人类研究（方法），并推行这些（研究）技术以全面取代动物研究。

“Stunning innovations in technology are allowing us to bring new tools and techniques to the fight against disease using human-based models, 3D printers, organs-on-a-chip, etc.,” PNARS director Laura-Leah Shaw said. “These advances will allow us to find common ground in our efforts to improve health care without inflicting harm on animals and to attain a higher level of predictability and reliability of outcomes for drugs and treatment.”

“令人惊叹的科技创新让我们能够利用人类模型、三维打印机、器官芯片（organs-on-a-chip）等新工具和技术对抗疾病，”PNARS学会主管劳拉-莉亚·肖（Laura-Leah Shaw）说道。“这些科技进步使我们得以协调一致地努力改善医疗保健工作，而且不会对动物造成伤害，同时还能提高药物和治疗效果的可预测性与可靠性。”

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is also a motivating factor for PNARS to take animals out of laboratories. “The coronavirus pandemic is an important opportunity to reassess the way we do medical research,” PNARS Scientific Adviser Andre Menache, DVM, said. “Faced with this viral tsunami … this is a golden opportunity to get rid of the ‘animal model’, a concept that belongs to the 20th century, and to focus our efforts on the species in question, namely humans.”

持续蔓延的COVID-19大流行病也在不断激励PNARS学会将动物从实验室中解救出来。“新型冠状病毒大流行给我们带来了重新评估医学研究方式的重要机遇，”PNARS学会的科学顾问安德烈·梅纳谢（Andre Menache）兽医学博士说道。“面对这次‘病毒海啸’……这是一个千载难逢的机会去摒弃‘动物模型’这个属于二十世纪的（陈旧）概念，并将我们的精力集中投入到研究（与医学真正）有关的物种，即人类。”

PNARS will update its website with breakthroughs in technology which are meant to be used by students, medical practitioners, and the general public as a resource to advocate for a shift away from animal-based research models.

PNARS学会网站将为学生、医生和公众提供持续更新的（生物医学方面的）科技突破内容，可用作倡导淘汰动物研究模型的资料。