通过记录小白鼠回避不同类型疼痛的速度,科学家们终于可以断言,移除HCN2基因可使其感受不到神经性疼痛。
By measuring the speed the mice withdrew from different types of painful stimuli, the scientists were able to show that deleting the HCN2 gene took away neuropathic pain.
接着,他们用另外的工程删除在肺部接收胸腺基质淋巴细胞生成素的感受器分子的基因。
Then they used additional engineering to delete the gene for the receptor molecule which picks up TSLP in the lungs.
最近科学家使用基因改造的小鼠进行了一项研究,这些小鼠对糖的味觉缺失,无法感受到食物中的甜味。
In one recent experiment, scientists used genetically engineered mice that were missing sugar receptors and therefore unable to detect sweetness in food.
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