科学美国人60秒 SSS Breast-Feeding Benefits Babies with Genetic Asthma Risk
时间：2018-12-24 作者：英语课 分类：2016年Scientific American(十二)月
Babies benefit from breast-feeding—they have a lower risk of infections, vomiting 1 and diarrhea and less of a chance of later developing adult onset 2 diabetes 3. And now a study finds that being breast-fed helps protect infants who are genetically 4 predisposed to be at risk for asthma 5. The work was recently presented at the European Respiratory Society’s International Congress in London. [Olga Gorlanova et al., Interaction of 17q21 variants 6 with breast-feeding in relation to respiratory symptoms in infancy]
Researchers collected data about 368 Swiss infants—such as the frequency and intensity 7 of respiratory symptoms. They also tracked whether the infants were breast-fed. And they performed genomic analysis of the children.
The results: infants carrying genes 8 that put them at increased risk for asthma had a 27 percent decrease in developing respiratory symptoms while being breast-fed. The same children showed a trend toward the risk going back up when they were not being breast-fed.
The study sheds light on the interactions between genes and the environment when it comes to asthma. The researchers note that they need to replicate 9 the study in another group of infants to see if the findings hold. But if further work has a similar outcome, it could lead to better ways to let affected 10 individuals breathe easier.
—Erika Beras
- Symptoms include diarrhoea and vomiting. 症状有腹泻和呕吐。
- Especially when I feel seasick, I can't stand watching someone else vomiting." 尤其晕船的时候，看不得人家呕。”
- The drug must be taken from the onset of the infection.这种药必须在感染的最初期就开始服用。
- Our troops withstood the onset of the enemy.我们的部队抵挡住了敌人的进攻。
- 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。
- All the bees in the colony are genetically related. 同一群体的蜜蜂都有亲缘关系。
- Genetically modified foods have already arrived on American dinner tables. 经基因改造加工过的食物已端上了美国人的餐桌。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 基因与食物
- I think he's having an asthma attack.我想他现在是哮喘病发作了。
- Its presence in allergic asthma is well known.它在过敏性气喘中的存在是大家很熟悉的。
- Those variants will be preserved in the'struggle for existence". 这些变异将在“生存竞争”中被保留下来。 来自辞典例句
- Like organisms, viruses have variants, generally called strains. 与其他生物一样，病毒也有变种，一般称之为株系。 来自辞典例句
- I didn't realize the intensity of people's feelings on this issue.我没有意识到这一问题能引起群情激奋。
- The strike is growing in intensity.罢工日益加剧。
- 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