This silencing is why the DNA for, say, insulin is turned off in brain cells but active in pancreas cells.

这种抑制作用就是为什么胰岛素基因在胰岛腺中试开启的而在大脑中是关闭的。

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Diabetes needs constant management, and requires patients to take an active role in their treatment by measuring blood-sugar levels and administering insulin injections.

糖尿病需要持续性医治，并要求患者通过测量血糖水平和控制胰岛素注射来进行积极主动的治疗。

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At the start of active labor, your insulin needs will drop.

从分娩开始，你的胰岛素需求量就会降低。

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There are more steps that have to happen correctly in order for that insulin to become active.

还有几个步骤,必须正确完成这些步骤后,才能生成有活性的胰岛素

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Lechuga-Ballesteros' group hunted for a recipe for dried insulin, a daunting trick because insulin is biologically active only in a liquid state.

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