大量研究显示﹐易患癌症的倾向具有遗传性﹐因而﹐用基因疗法来战胜癌症是行之有效的。
Some people suggested that this was due to genetic disposition of the Chinese population, whereas others argued that dementia was a result of industrialisation.
癌症会在家族中蔓延是大家熟知的；换句话说，你是从父母那里得到癌症的(或至少是易患癌症的倾向)。
It is well known that many sorts of cancer run in families; in other words you get them (or, at least, a genetic predisposition towards them) from your parents.
国际糖尿病：是易患癌症的人，可能因为遗传的因素，将来可能会发生糖尿病还是糖尿病本身会引起癌症呢？
International diabetes: is it the person who is predisposed to cancer - perhaps because of genetics - who will perhaps develop diabetes, or is it the diabetes itself that brings on the cancer?
在易患心血管疾病、内分泌失调、糖尿病和很多种癌症的人群中，上夜班的工人属于高危人群。
Night shift workers are at higher risk of cardiovascular diseases, endocrine disorders, diabetes and various types of cancers.
烟民中带有基因变体的人易患癌症，但这种基因倾向不是命中注定的。
While the variants were associated with an increased risk of lung cancer in smokers, that genetic predisposition is not destiny.
当致癌物作用于细胞时，它们可能会引起细胞永久性改变，这种改变使人易患癌症，这就是我们所说的肿瘤起始过程。
When carcinogens act on a cell, they may cause a permanent change which predisposes to cancer - a process known as tumour initiation.
风险本来就无处不在，遗传易感性和年龄因素更增加了情况的复杂性，某人想查明自己实际患癌症或新陈代谢综合疾病的风险自然十分困难。
With hazards everywhere, plus the complications of genetic predisposition and age, it is hard for someone to work out his actual risk of developing either cancer or metabolic syndrome.
风险本来就无处不在，遗传易感性和年龄因素更增加了情况的复杂性，某人想查明自己实际患癌症或新陈代谢综合疾病的风险自然十分困难。
With hazards everywhere, plus the complications of genetic predisposition and age, it is hard for someone to work out his actual risk of developing either cancer or metabolic syndrome.
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