Experts excited by new brain disease drug 治脑疾病的新药令专家兴奋不已
<p>媒体英语 <span word="Experts">Experts</span> <span word="excited">excited</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="brain">brain</span> <span word="disease">disease</span> <span word="drug">drug</span> 治脑疾病的新药令专家兴奋不已 </p><p><span word="Play">Play</span> <span word="audio">audio</span> <span word="file">file</span> 文字稿 神经退化性疾病是指大脑和脊髓的细胞失去了这些细胞应有的功能，包括做决策和控制肢体活动的能力。这些细胞不容易再生，所以此类疾病对人们的影响是毁灭性的。科学家们希望他们已经找到了一种药物来阻止所有神经退行性脑疾病，包括阿尔茨海默病。请听<span word="James">James</span> <span word="Gallagher">Gallagher</span>的报道。</p><p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="single">single</span> <span word="drug">drug</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="cure">cure</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="neurodegenerative">neurodegenerative</span> <span word="diseases">diseases</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ambitious">ambitious</span> <span word="aim">aim</span>. <span word="Diseases">Diseases</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="Alzheimerm">Alzheimerm</span>’<span word="s">s</span>, <span word="Huntington">Huntington</span>’<span word="s">s</span>, <span word="Parkinson">Parkinson</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="lead">lead</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="defective">defective</span> <span word="proteins">proteins</span> <span word="building">building</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="brain">brain</span>. <span word="This">This</span> <span word="makes">makes</span> <span word="brain">brain</span> <span word="cells">cells</span> <span word="shut">shut</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="protein">protein</span> <span word="production">production</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="eventually">eventually</span> <span word="starve">starve</span>.</p><p><span word="Four">Four</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="ago">ago</span>, <span word="Medical">Medical</span> <span word="Research">Research</span> <span word="Council">Council</span> <span word="scientists">scientists</span> <span word="showed">showed</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="tie">tie</span>, <span word="that">that</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="drug">drug</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="force">force</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="brain">brain</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="keep">keep</span> <span word="making">making</span> <span word="proteins">proteins</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="stay">stay</span> <span word="alive">alive</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="findings">findings</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="mice">mice</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="compound">compound</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="toxic">toxic</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="people">people</span>.</p><p><span word="Now">Now</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="testing">testing</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="thousand">thousand</span> <span word="chemicals">chemicals</span>, <span word="they">they</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="safe">safe</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="human">human</span> <span word="use">use</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="protect">protect</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="brain">brain</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="animal">animal</span> <span word="trials">trials</span>. <span word="One">One</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="drugs">drugs</span>, <span word="Trazadone">Trazadone</span>, <span word="is">is</span> <span word="already">already</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="antidepressant">antidepressant</span>.</p><p><span word="Clinical">Clinical</span> <span word="trials">trials</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="planned">planned</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="findings">findings</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="far">far</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="described">described</span> <span word="as">as</span> ‘<span word="exciting">exciting</span>, <span word="important">important</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="potentially">potentially</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="major">major</span> <span word="step">step</span> <span word="forward">forward</span>’.</p><p>词汇表 <span word="cure">cure</span> 治愈</p><p><span word="neurodegenerative">neurodegenerative</span> <span word="diseases">diseases</span> 神经退化性疾病</p>
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