• Question: How does the work that you do benefit normal average everyday people?

    Asked by elmo97 to Andrew, Emma, Marianne on 17 Jun 2010 in Categories: . This question was also asked by nathanlee, u26durberk, cheesesneese, adrianfear.
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      Andrew Maynard answered on 14 Jun 2010:

      Hi elmo97,

      Hopefully, what I do helps to make sure the things you use and the technologies that make your life better are as safe as possible, and that they impact the environment as little as possible.

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      anon answered on 14 Jun 2010:

      elmo you are incredibly prolific. Do you get an award? Scientists are usually normal, average everyday people and we therefore have a strong interest in benefitting normal, average, everyday people.

      My work will hopefully lead to new treatments and cures for lung diseases. You’ll just have to follow my career and see if it does….

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      Marianne Baker answered on 17 Jun 2010:

      Well, mine personally, it doesn’t benefit people directly like, say, inventing a new piece of hospital equipment that can reduce the risks of a particular surgery.

      As I’ve said elsewhere, research about particular molecules in cells contributes to the wider body of knowledge, which we need to expand in order to develop safe and effective drugs.

      All the different areas of science come together because no one person can learn everything about everything! So we all have our parts to play, contributing in different ways.

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