英伦广角 2015-02-07 英国议会下院通过“三亲育子”技术法案

   If you're confused by Three Parent... you come to the right place. This is my kitchen lab. The eggs here are somewhat larger but the principles are the same and allows me to demonstrate what scientists hope to do with humans. Inside the egg core are the two bits. The egg yolk¹ contains the nucleusin there are thousands of genes³ that make a chicken a chicken. In the egg white are the mitochondria which make the energy for the shell. They two contain a small number of genes. The problem is this egg comes from Henry Ata, a very sick hen, her genes and her mitochondria are defected so she has a disease of mitochondria. So scientists want to do is to seperate her egg. They want to get rid of the egg white with defeted mitochondria. And then want to keep the egg yolk with her healthy genes and healthy nucleus². They also have a donated egg. Now both parts of that are healthy There is no problem with that egg. But they also want to go through the same process. so they remove the donated yolk with this nucleus. They put that one side. And they keep the healthy egg white. They want that. And they add to it Henry Ata's nucleus with all her genes to make a new egg. And beileve me for the few weeks time that could turn into a chick. It would be healthy. It would contain Henry Ata's genes but not her diseases.                  

1 yolk   

n.蛋黄，卵黄

参考例句：

• This dish would be more delicious with some yolk powder.加点蛋黄粉，这道菜就会更好吃。
• Egg yolk serves as the emulsifying agent in salad dressing.在色拉调味时，蛋黄能作为乳化剂。

2 nucleus   

n.核，核心，原子核

参考例句：

• These young people formed the nucleus of the club.这些年轻人成了俱乐部的核心。
• These councils would form the nucleus of a future regime.这些委员会将成为一个未来政权的核心。

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