纪录片《长生不老》 34老年痴呆

After five years of analysing the blood samples,

在对血样进行了五年的分析之后

Nir finally had some results.

尼尔终于有所发现

He found a gene¹ key to longevity²

他发现了一个与寿命有关的基因

and has since found two more.

并且已经开始寻找另外两个

We have 2 million markers across the genome that we can follow

在标记的200万个染色体组中

and we found three genes³ that looked to be,

我们发现好像只有这三个基因

that seemed to be over-represented

出现在那些百岁老人身上的频率

in our 100 year olds.

远远大于其他人

Two of those genes seems to be

其中的两种基因似乎与

relevant to cholesterol⁴.

胆固醇有关

Basically, they increase the good cholesterol

基本上 它们在对于增加有益胆固醇

in a significant way.

起到很重要的作用

There is no drug currently that does it so effectively.

目前为止 还没有药物能达到这效果

And another gene seemed

另一种基因好像

to be very important is preventing diabetes⁵.

对抑制肥胖非常有效

This makes the children of

这让拥有长寿基因的小孩们

centenarians 20 times more likely to live to 100.

更有可能活到100岁

The third gene may explain why the

第三个基因可以解释

centenarians seem to remain so engaged with life.

百岁老人为什么仍在享受生活

As long as you're healthy. As long as you're healthy!

只要你身体健康 身体健康就是原因

It seems that those that have this specific genotype

有些特殊的遗传基因

are protected from Alzheimer by about 80%.

80%能让人免于老年痴呆症

1 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。

2 longevity   

n.长命；长寿

参考例句：

• Good habits promote longevity.良好的习惯能增长寿命。
• Human longevity runs in families.人类的长寿具有家族遗传性。

3 genes   

n.基因( gene的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• You have good genes from your parents, so you should live a long time. 你从父母那儿获得优良的基因，所以能够活得很长。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Differences will help to reveal the functions of the genes. 它们间的差异将会帮助我们揭开基因多种功能。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 生物技术的世纪

4 cholesterol   

n.（U）胆固醇

参考例句：

• There is cholesterol in the cell of body.人体细胞里有胆固醇。
• They are determining the serum-protein and cholesterol levels.他们正在测定血清蛋白和胆固醇的浓度。

5 diabetes   

n.糖尿病

参考例句：

• In case of diabetes, physicians advise against the use of sugar.对于糖尿病患者，医生告诫他们不要吃糖。
• Diabetes is caused by a fault in the insulin production of the body.糖尿病是由体內胰岛素分泌失调引起的。