One possibility relates to the ATP-making machinery's emission of free radicals, which are thought to contribute to aging and to such age-related diseases as cancer by damaging cells.

一个可能的解释与制造 ATP 的组织释放出的自由基有关，人们认为它通过破坏细胞来促进老化，并且导致这种像癌症一样的和年龄有关的疾病。

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Cancer cells are destroyed but so too are cells that would be better kept alive, such as hair follicles and the cells that line the gut, the loss of which makes cancer patients bald and nauseous.

尽管癌细胞被杀死，与此同时对人体有益的细胞，例如毛囊细胞和调节肠蠕动的细胞也会随之被杀伤，因此经过化学疗法之后，病人大多脱发并伴有呕吐。

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The other winning photomicrographs we chose included subjects such as a wasp’s nest, the olfactory bulbs of zebra fish, seaweed, soy sauce, cancer cells, sulfur and a rat retina.

我们挑选的其它获奖的显微照片中，拍摄对象包括黄蜂的巢、斑马鱼的嗅球、海藻、酱油、癌细胞、硫和大鼠的视网膜。

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There is no such thing as a representative sample of cancer cells.

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The team, based at the University's School of Medicine, found the gene called FGF1 was found at higher levels in cancer cells that are resistant to platinum chemotherapy treatments, such as carboplatin and cisplatin.

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For acquired diseases, such as cancer, gene-therapy trials are introducing genes that are intended to kill cancerous cells.

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