Virus resistance is achieved through the introduction of a gene from certain viruses which cause disease in plants.

通过从引起植物病的某些病毒中引入一种基因，从而实现抗病毒抗性。

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The invention concerns methods for killing antibiotic-resistant pathogenic bacteria which cause disease in humans and animals.

本发明涉及杀死导致人体和动物疾病的耐抗生素病原性细菌的方法。

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Most of the universal vaccines under development do not even try to provide protection against influenza type B. They focus on type A, which tends to cause more severe disease and pandemics.

大多数正在研制的通用流感疫苗，甚至没有提供B型流感病毒的预防。 科学家们把重点集中在了A型流感上，因为它往往会造成更严重的疾病和流行病。

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Malaria causes a million deaths per year, and schistosomiasis, which is a parasitic disease, is unfortunately a common cause of death in the world.

疟疾每年造成一百万死亡,而血吸虫病,这是一种寄生虫病,不幸的是,它是世界上很常见的死因

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