纪录片《长生不老》 24引起衰老症的原因

The drug hit the open market at 25,000 for one year's supply.

这种药上市一年 股市就达到25000点

Bill started his dad on TA 65

在父亲80大寿时

for his 80th birthday.

比尔就开始给父亲服用此药

Bill's analysed it in his own lab

比尔在自己的实验室中研究了这种药

and believes it is having some effect,

相信这药有点效果

but he's passionate¹ about designing his own,

但他热衷于独自研究

more potent² version.

力求研发更有效的药物

Every time we get a run done, and every day I say,

每次实验结束后 我都要问

"Did we find it, did we find it?"

找到了吗 找到了吗

And so far it hasn't but we keep searching.

目前为止还没有 但我们仍在继续寻找着

But while he remains³ committed to

然而 当他正致力于研究

preventing telomere-shortening,

如何阻止端粒缩短时

a scientific breakthrough has happened

一项科学突破

which could challenge Bill's work

向比尔的研究提出了质疑

and change the future for children like Josiah.

还有可能改变像乔舒亚这样的小孩的命运

Scientists have found the real cause of progeria,

科学家们找出了儿童的早衰症的真正原因

and it's not short telomeres.

并不是由于端粒缩短的引起

For many years, there was the idea that

很多年来 人们都觉得是

telomeres control ageing,

端粒控制着人类的衰老

that maybe progeria patients just have very short telomeres.

或许那些患早衰症的患者只是因为端粒过短

Now that the gene⁴ has been identified

如今 科学家们已经鉴定出该基因

and the length of telomeres

并测量出了

has actually been measured in progeria patients,

早衰症患者端粒的长度

we know that that is not the cause of the disease.

我们知道了端粒太短并不是引起早衰症的原因

1 passionate   

adj.热情的，热烈的，激昂的，易动情的，易怒的，性情暴躁的

参考例句：

• He is said to be the most passionate man.据说他是最有激情的人。
• He is very passionate about the project.他对那个项目非常热心。

2 potent   

adj.强有力的，有权势的；有效力的

参考例句：

• The medicine had a potent effect on your disease.这药物对你的病疗效很大。
• We must account of his potent influence.我们必须考虑他的强有力的影响。

3 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

4 gene   

n.遗传因子，基因

参考例句：

• A single gene may have many effects.单一基因可能具有很多种效应。
• The targeting of gene therapy has been paid close attention.其中基因治疗的靶向性是值得密切关注的问题之一。