万花筒 2010-11-07&11-09 普通感冒有望治愈？
时间：2018-12-11 作者：英语课 分类：万花筒2010年
Sneezing, coughing, and sniffing 1. Welcome to winter and the common cold virus, a cure for which has eluded 2 for years. But now a major breakthrough by scientists in Cambridge University brings that cure a step closer, as they've discovered a new way to help body's fight tough viruses.
Before we always thought of the antibodies which protects us from viruses only work outside cells. And once a virus has infected the cell, there is nothing your immune system can do, all it can do is killing 3 infected cell. But what we discovered now is that actually antibodies are able to work inside the cell, where they triggers system of immunity 4 that allows the cells to get rid of the viruses that already affecting them.
And this is how it works. As the virus enters the cell it draws antibody shown here in yellow with it, inside a protein called TRIM21 recognizes the antibody as a foreign body and latches 5 on to it. The TRIM21 protein that attracts powerful antiviral agents which degrades the virus, saving the cell. So by designing medicines to boost that protein, we could have a cure for the common cold.
Every year almost all of us catch a cold, millions of us end up at the doctors' because of it, so any cure would be very welcome. But this new research could be revolutionary if it helps us to combat viruses in general.
Twice as many people die from viral illness than they do from cancer, even in this DNA 6 age. So if we can understand what happens with the common cold, then use it as a model to try to beat and overcome other viruses that are more deadly, things like shingles 7, small pox and chicken pox, then you know, it's a really exciting prospect 8.
This is a historic discovery, the lab results are very encouraging, but it will be at least two to five years before any clinical trials can begin for any future treatments.
- We all had colds and couldn't stop sniffing and sneezing. 我们都感冒了，一个劲地抽鼻子，打喷嚏。
- They all had colds and were sniffing and sneezing. 他们都伤风了，呼呼喘气而且打喷嚏。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- The sly fox nimbly eluded the dogs. 那只狡猾的狐狸灵活地躲避开那群狗。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The criminal eluded the police. 那个罪犯甩掉了警察的追捕。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
- The law gives public schools immunity from taxation.法律免除公立学校的纳税义务。
- He claims diplomatic immunity to avoid being arrested.他要求外交豁免以便避免被捕。
- The virus latches onto the red blood cells. 这种病毒附着在红细胞上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The opposite end latches onto the pathogen. 相对的一端锁在病原体上。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 预防生物武器
- 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。