Any disturbance, even if we whispered, might finish them off, as they were all in very, very serious condition-suffering from cancer, tuberculosis and so on.

任何打扰，哪怕我们低声说话，都可能结束她们的生命，她们的病情都非常、非常地严重——患有癌症，肺结核等等。

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Like many of the numbers being tossed about in the stem-cell debate, this count is inflated by emotion: Langevin included all patients suffering from cancer, juvenile diabetes, heart disease and even arthritis as potential beneficiaries of the research.

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