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美國加利福尼亞的科學傢稱他們的研究讓人類對帕金森疾病有瞭重新的認識。發表在《細胞》科學雜志上的科研文章提出大腦紊亂可能是由生活在腸道內的細菌引起的。專傢說這項研究結果開辟瞭“令人興奮的新研究途徑”。請聽 James Gallagher 的報道。
In Parkinson’s disease, the brain is progressively damaged, causing people to experience tremors and difficulty moving.
The researchers use mice genetically programmed to develop Parkinson’s, but only those with bacteria in their stomachs developed symptoms, sterile mice remained healthy. Further tests show transplanting bacteria from Parkinson’s patients led to more symptoms than bacteria from healthy people.
The California Institute of Technology says the findings mark a paradigm shift in the understanding of the disease. It’s thought some bacteria release chemicals that over activate parts of the brain leading to damage. And that drugs that act on gut bugs or probiotics could become new treatments.
The charity Parkinson’s UK said there’s still a long way to go, but the work opened an exciting new avenue of research.
詞匯表
progressively 逐步地
tremors 顫抖，震顫
genetically programmed 基因設定成的
symptoms 癥狀
sterile 無菌的
paradigm shift （思維認知的）徹底轉變
probiotics 益生菌
new avenue 新的渠道，新的途徑
測驗
請聽報道並回答下列問題。
1. Parkinson’s disease affects which part of the human body?
2. What was introduced to the mice in the experiments?
3. True or false? Sterile mice showed symptoms of Parkinson’s disease in the experiment.
4. Which word in the text means ‘to cause something to start’?
答案
1. Parkinson’s disease affects which part of the human body?
The brain.
2. What was introduced to the mice in the experiments?
Bacteria was put into the mice’s stomachs.
3. True or false? Sterile mice showed symptoms of Parkinson’s disease in the experiment.
False. Only these with bacteria in their stomachs developed symptoms, sterile mice remained health.
4. Which word in the text means ‘to cause something to start’?
Activate.
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