To biomedical researchers all over the world, twins offer a precious opportunity to untangle the influence of genes and the environment—of nature and nurture.

对世界各地的生物医学研究人员来说，双胞胎提供了一个宝贵的机会，来解开基因和环境——也就是先天和后天的影响之谜。

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Recently, however, Clark Hung, a biomedical engineer at Columbia University in New York City, has grown cartilage that matches its natural counterpart strength for strength.

近日位于纽约市哥伦比亚大学的生物医学工程师，克拉克·洪培育出了与天然软骨强度相当的制品。

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Now Sieger, 34, a research associate ata Houston-based biomedical research firm, has turned to the Atkinsdiet, a weight-loss program that seems to defy nutritional wisdom.

西格尔现年34岁，是总部在休斯顿的生物医学研究公司助理研究员。她已经转向阿特金斯饮食法，这个减肥计划似乎藐视我们的选食本能。

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She is a professor of biomedical engineering and orthopedic surgery at the University of California in Irvine.

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But I think it's a good example of a place where biomedical engineers of the future are going to contribute.

不过我认为这是,未来生物医学工程师努力的方向之一

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Botox is an injection of a molecule, or a complex molecule but a molecule, so in what ways would that be Biomedical Engineering?

肉毒杆菌素是一种注射用分子,或者说是一种复杂的分子,但它只是一种分子,它与生物医学工程有怎样的联系呢

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For example, a genetic database created by Spectra Biomedical, a division of Glaxo Wellcome, found an unexpected correlation between migraine attacks, serious depression and variations in the dopamine D2 receptor (a molecule that sticks out of certain nerve cells).

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Another advocate of reform is Sir Mark Walport, director of the Wellcome Trust, a biomedical charity, who led a recent official review of maths and science education.

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Sherley is now a senior scientist at the Boston Biomedical Research Institute, a less prestigious post.

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