题目选项分析

With the emergence of biotechnology companies, it was feared that they would impose silence about proprietary results on their in-house researchers and their academic consultants. This constraint, in turn, would slow the development of biological science and engineering.

Which of the following, if true, would tend to weaken most seriously the prediction of scientific secrecy described above?

【选项】To enhance the companies' standing in the scientific community, the biotechnology companies encourage employees to publish their results, especially results that are important.