One, developing ways to understand how humans work better, how human physiology operates, and second, developing new approaches for replacing function in people when they're sick.

一,开发新方法更好的了解身体的运作,以及生理过程是怎样发生的,二,当人机体发生病变时,找到方法替代病变器官的功能

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It allows us to look not just at the anatomy of what's going on inside your body like an x-ray does, but to look at the chemistry, the biochemistry of what's happening inside a particular organ or tissue in your body.

这种方法不仅能够像X射线那样,使我们从解剖学的角度观察体内的情况,还能了解到,在体内特定的组织和器官中,发生的化学 确切说是生物化学过程

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