Even a "cure" is unlikely to restore lost function.

那时甚至一种“治愈药物”也不可能恢复失去的机能。

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By investigating how the blind brain rewires itself to compensate for lost function, the researchers hope to discover new information that can be helpful to patients recovering from stroke.

通过研究盲人的大脑如何通过自身修复来代偿失去的功能，研究人员希望能发现新的有用的信息来帮助中风病人康复。

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Objective Modified splints were applied in the treatment of children with hand dysfunction to compensate the lost function in ADL.

目的设计和制作改良型手夹板治疗儿童严重伤残手，代偿伤残手的夹捏和握持功能。

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It's very relaxing, it achieves the same function as focusing on your breath, give you something not to get lost, but feel sort of centered in.

它令人十分放松，它能和集中注意力呼吸,起到同样的作用，并不是让你迷失，而是感觉到集中起来。

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So diabetics have lost that normal function.

糖尿病患者的胰腺丧失了正常的功能

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And then, one day, we'll wake up and realize that we're doing more than restoring lost function.

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So now it makes a big difference to corporate bottom lines just how much our intensive early rehabilitation efforts restore lost function and lay the groundwork for future health.

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It turns out that brain cells called neurons that are next to damaged brain areas can reconnect pathways between other neurons, forming new circuits that can resume some of the lost function.

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