Cholesterol treatment, heatwave in Britain 科學傢測試降膽固醇的新療法、英國夏日酷暑

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Vaccine to reduce bad cholesterol trialled 科學傢臨床測試用於降低有害膽固醇的新疫苗

How Britons are coping with a heatwave 英國人應對夏季熱浪的不同方式

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Heart disease and stroke are the world’s biggest killers. Millions of people in Britain take cholesterol-lowering drugs to reduce their risk. Now scientists from the Netherlands Organisation of Applied Scientific Research believe they may have found an alternative treatment. It’s a vaccine that helps the body’s immune system get rid of bad cholesterol from the blood. The first human trials are now under way, but researchers say it will take six years before they know if the jab is safe and effective enough to get regulatory approval.

心臟病和中風是世界頭號致命疾病。在英國，有數百萬居民為降低患病風險服用降膽固醇的藥物。現在，來自荷蘭應用科學研究組織的科學傢們認為，他們可能已經發現一種可替代傳統藥物的療法。這是一種幫助身體的免疫系統去除血液中有害膽固醇的疫苗。目前，首次人體臨床試驗正在進行中，但研究者們說，要想證實疫苗是否安全有效到足以通過監管機構的批準，還將花費六年的時間。

Whoever, whatever you are, today it was all about keeping cool, and at Bristol Zoo that meant feeding specially made ice lollies to the mammals. Homo sapiens need to take care in this heat, or perhaps just relax on the beach as temperatures reached 32 degrees – the hottest day of the year. Of course if your business is keeping people cool, these are good times. This ice cream manufacturer in West Somerset has taken on extra staff to cope with a huge increase in trade.

不論你是人類還是小動物，今天，一切都和保持涼爽息息相關，而在英國佈裡斯托動物園，這意味著工作人員會給哺乳動物喂食特制的冰棍。在炎炎酷暑下，人類需要多加註意，或者也可以躺在沙灘上放松身心，因為這一天的氣溫達到瞭32度，是本年度最熱的一天。當然，對於做幫人清熱解暑這行的商傢們來說，這段日子的生意會非常好。這傢位於西薩默塞特郡的冰淇凌商雇傭瞭額外的員工以應對猛然增多的生意。