新视野大学英语视听说教程 4 Unit 8-15

News Report
Bioinformatics
Script
It’s a complex name for a complex subject. Bioinformatics is the key to figuring out the wealth of information in the human genome project.
Researchers have nearly mapped out all of the 30,000 genes¹ that make up human DNA², but making sense of useful data is not easy.
The company Double Twist is a pioneer in the business of bioinformatics.
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 Double Twist works mainly with information that is also available to the public,sifting through data to find what may help link a biological problem like cancer, to its possible cure.
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 The company then sells software and data to pharmaceutical³ companies, biotech companies, and academic institutions, which use them in their work. This provides a solution to help people better understand data from the human genome project.
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 Bioinformatics speeds up drug development and provides more accurate research.
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 Human Genome Sciences takes the process one step further. It uses bioinformatics to develop drugs using its own genomic information.
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 Right now, Human Genome Sciences has four new drugs being tested that are the results of genomic research. Bioinformatics systems developed within the company played an important role in discovering these drugs.
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 Bioinformatics can also bring much quicker returns for investors⁴.
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 Even though its role is crucial, bioinformatics if only a small part of the overall $305 billion biotech sector⁵, accounting⁶ for only about $2.23 billion.
 But some investors believe that bioinformatics has great potential.
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 So unless drug companies start developing their own bioinformatics systems or partner with companies that can provide them, they may get left behind in the race to discover new drugs.

1 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

2 DNA   

(缩)deoxyribonucleic acid 脱氧核糖核酸

参考例句：

• DNA is stored in the nucleus of a cell.脱氧核糖核酸储存于细胞的细胞核里。
• Gene mutations are alterations in the DNA code.基因突变是指DNA密码的改变。

3 pharmaceutical   

adj.药学的，药物的；药用的，药剂师的

参考例句：

• She has donated money to establish a pharmaceutical laboratory.她捐款成立了一个药剂实验室。
• We are engaged in a legal tussle with a large pharmaceutical company.我们正同一家大制药公司闹法律纠纷。

4 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

5 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。

6 accounting   

n.会计，会计学，借贷对照表

参考例句：

• A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
• There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。