GRANT R P, HUTTRER C P, METZNER C G
Science. 1964 Oct 23;146(3643):493-501. doi: 10.1126/science.146.3643.493.
European biomedical research is now in full resurgence, 19 years after the devastation of the World War II. The more advanced countries of Western Europe are gradually approaching a position of economic self-sufficiency with respect to research. However, certain problems persist. Lingering nationalism and language differences continue to inhibit Europe from finding its full strength as a scientific community. Educational reforms, manpower planning, and scientific support still lag far behind the technologic recovery of science. International pooling of scientific interests and activities, so necesary for the smaller countries, has been slow to develop. The bonds between American and European biomedical science are extraordinarily strong and healthy, the result of the huge flow of young Europeans to America and of American scientists to Europe for training. These training exchanges have done much more than extend technologic competence. The two communities, one European, the other American, have different attitudes and atmospheres for research, which complement and strengthen each other. The benefits which lie in collaborative research and training among laboratories of the two communities are becoming more and more apparent and no doubt will lead to new levels of creativity and productivity in biomedical research.
在第二次世界大战的破坏过去19年后，欧洲生物医学研究如今正全面复兴。西欧较为先进的国家在研究方面正逐渐接近经济自给自足的状态。然而，某些问题依然存在。挥之不去的民族主义和语言差异继续阻碍欧洲发挥其作为一个科学界的全部实力。教育改革、人力规划和科学支持仍远远落后于科学技术的复苏。对小国来说非常必要的科学兴趣和活动的国际汇集发展缓慢。美国和欧洲生物医学科学之间的联系非常紧密且健康，这是大量年轻欧洲人前往美国以及美国科学家前往欧洲培训的结果。这些培训交流所带来的远不止是扩展技术能力。欧洲和美国这两个科学界有着不同的研究态度和氛围，它们相互补充、相互强化。两个科学界的实验室之间开展合作研究和培训所带来的益处正变得越来越明显，无疑将在生物医学研究中带来新的创造力和生产力水平。
