Bateman said he’s hopeful that his research on drug therapies for the bone degenerative disease osteoporosis will one day help both astronauts and cancer patients here on Earth.
贝特曼表示,他相信目前对于骨骼退化病骨质疏松症的药物疗法研究最终将造福于宇航员及癌症患者。
They used brushes, trowels, even satay sticks, leaving each bone perched on a pedestal of earth.
他们使用刷子、小铲子、甚至烤肉签子,把每块遗骨都留在土基上。
The rodents will spend several months in space, in an effort to help scientists understand bone loss among astronauts in microgravity as well as bone disease on Earth.
这些老鼠将在太空呆上几个月,帮助科学家研究太空人在无重力情况下骨头的损耗情况和地球上的骨质疾病。
Abshir Ahmed,52, has lived all his life along a stretch of the desert near the town of Docol, Scratching the bone-dry earth with his bare,calloused feet, Ahmed says the devastation that he and others are experiencing now is worse than anything they have ever been through before.
VOA: standard.2009.10.06
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