Timing them on his wristwatch, our intrepid toilet researcher measured the onset delay in micturation along with persistence of flow.

通过手表计时，我们这位无畏的厕所研究者测量了人们从进厕所到开始排尿的时间（以下简称延迟时间）和排尿时间。

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Five drugs that do this are on the market, but they only delay the onset of dementia.

市面上有五种药物具有此效，但是他们仅仅延迟了老年痴呆的发作（并未根治）。

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"This suggests the possibility that a treatment like this could be tested to see if it could delay the onset of Alzheimer's disease," said Prof Holtzman.

“这意味着存在这样的可能性：可以对这种治疗方式进行测试，看看它是否能推迟老年痴呆症的发作，”霍茨曼教授说。

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The researchers, whose work is published in the journal Science, suggest that the compounds might delay onset of the disease - but only when administered prior to or in the early stages of infection.

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Five drugs that do this are on the market, but they only delay the onset of dementia.

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"If you can delay the onset by three, four, six, seven or 10 years, it's proof of the principle, " he said.

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