这种新的“疫苗”可以防止你对猫过敏
这种新的“疫苗”可以防止你对猫过敏
Let me know if you’re in the same boat as I am. I positively adore cats. But I’m insanely allergic to them. When I pet a catto, I keep sneezing until I look like the survivor of some unknown alien plague that had previously ravaged countless star systems. I start wheezing like I’m 175 years old. Remember the Eye of Sauron from The Lord of the Rings? That’s what my eyes look like after any feline so much as glances in my general direction. The pain, oh the existential pain. And all I want to do is snuggle a cat.
如果你和我处境相同，请告诉我。我非常喜欢猫。但我对它们极度过敏。当我抚摸一只猫的时候，我不停地打喷嚏，直到我看起来像某种未知的外星瘟疫的幸存者，这种瘟疫曾经肆虐过无数的星系。我开始像175岁一样气喘吁吁。还记得《指环王》中索伦的眼睛吗?这就是我的眼睛在任何猫科动物注视我的大致方向后的样子。痛苦，哦，存在的痛苦。我只想依偎着一只猫。
Here’s some wonderful ‘mews’ that will make your day. Scientists have invented a ‘vaccine’ for cats that can stop you from being allergic to these fantastically cuddly and proud creatures. In short, cats are given this injection, so that they produce less of the allergen that makes us sneeze. If that isn’t cause to celebrate, I don’t know what is. This is liable to bring tears of joy, not tears from allergies to everyone who loves felines but can’t be around them due to health concerns.
这里有一些美妙的“喵喵”声，会让你开心一整天。科学家们发明了一种针对猫的“疫苗”，可以防止你对这些令人难以置信的可爱而骄傲的动物过敏。简而言之，给猫注射这种疫苗，这样它们就不会产生让我们打喷嚏的过敏原。如果这不是庆祝的理由，我不知道还有什么理由。这很容易让人喜极而泣，而不是因为对每一个爱猫的人过敏而落泪，因为担心健康问题而不能和它们在一起。
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The brilliant minds behind this ‘vaccine’ are worthy of being praised as much as the Ancient Egyptians praised cats. The researchers at the University Hospital Zurich, in the land of chocolate, cows and cuckoo clocks (i.e. Switzerland), published their study in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, detailing their HypoCat ‘vaccine’.
这种“疫苗”背后的聪明才智值得称赞，就像古埃及人赞美猫一样。苏黎世大学医院的研究人员在《过敏与临床免疫学杂志》上发表了他们的研究成果，详细介绍了他们的低氧猫“疫苗”。
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The science behind the cat allergy ‘vaccine’ is simple enough to understand. Our furry overlords produce the protein Fel d 1, which is one of five allergenic substances that cats produce, according to IFLScience. In the West, around 1 in 10 people lost the lottery and are allergic to this protein, including me. Fortunately, the Swiss tested their HypoCat ‘vaccine’ on 54 cats, which then produced antibodies that could disable Fel d 1. Hooray!
猫过敏“疫苗”背后的科学原理很简单，很容易理解。根据IFLScience的研究，我们毛茸茸的主人会产生蛋白质Fel d1，这是猫产生的五种致敏物质之一。在西方，大约十分之一的人中了彩票，对这种蛋白质过敏，包括我。幸运的是，瑞士人在54只猫身上测试了他们的低氧猫“疫苗”，这些猫产生的抗体可以使Fel d1失效。万岁!
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This is one of those situations where everybody wins. This is great news for everyone allergic. This is even better news for our loved ones who can’t stand our constant sniffling and sneezing. And it’s fantastic news for cats because fewer of them will be given away to animal shelters after people or their family members develop allergies to them.
这是所有人都赢的情况之一。这对过敏的人来说是个好消息。对于那些无法忍受我们不停地流鼻涕和打喷嚏的亲人来说，这是一个更好的消息。这对猫来说是个好消息，因为在人们或他们的家人对猫过敏后，很少有猫会被送到动物收容所。
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However, we should all temper our expectations. This miracle cure is still a way off from making my life (and yours) better. The ‘vaccine’ could be available in the next 3 years, but that’s still a long while to wait. So for now, all of us with allergies will have to make do with looking at wholesome cat posts on Bored Panda.
然而，我们都应该降低我们的期望。这种灵丹妙药离让我(和你)的生活变得更好还有很长一段路要走。“疫苗”有望在未来3年内问世，但这还需要很长时间。所以现在，我们所有有过敏症的人都得看看Bored Panda网站上健康的猫咪帖子。
Now, if only somebody could get on to inventing ‘vaccines’ for dogs, flowers, fruit trees, and dusty sofas, I could take off my anti-allergy hazmat suit and gasmask…
现在，如果有人能发明出针对狗、花、果树和满是灰尘的沙发的“疫苗”，我就能脱掉我的防过敏危险服和防毒面具了……
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