【英语时差8,16】关于基因数据库（上）

Where do medical scientists get tissue samples for their research? Say if you’re a neuroscientist studying brain tumors; where would you find enough tumors to study? Great questions. And the answer is that you’d make a withdrawal¹ from a biobank. A biobank is a repository of tissue samples–things like blood, DNA², tumors and other biological samples. Major research institutions like universities and the National Cancer Institute have their own biobanks that collect samples from donors³ and make them available to researchers. One problem, though, is that individual biobanks typically don’t share their resources with everyone. For example, the National Cancer Institute has a network of biobanks. But if you’re not doing cancer research or not affiliated⁴ with the National Cancer Institute, it can be hard to access its biobank. Plus, there are no national or global standards for how biobanks store their material.

1 withdrawal   

n.取回，提款；撤退，撤军；收回，撤销

参考例句：

• The police were forced to make a tactical withdrawal.警方被迫进行战术撤退。
• They insisted upon a withdrawal of the statement and a public apology.他们坚持要收回那些话并公开道歉。

2 DNA   

(缩)deoxyribonucleic acid 脱氧核糖核酸

参考例句：

• DNA is stored in the nucleus of a cell.脱氧核糖核酸储存于细胞的细胞核里。
• Gene mutations are alterations in the DNA code.基因突变是指DNA密码的改变。

3 donors   

n.捐赠者( donor的名词复数 )；献血者；捐血者；器官捐献者

参考例句：

• Please email us to be removed from our active list of blood donors. 假如你想把自己的名字从献血联系人名单中删去，请给我们发电子邮件。
• About half this amount comes from individual donors and bequests. 这笔钱大约有一半来自个人捐赠及遗赠。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 affiliated   

adj. 附属的, 有关连的

参考例句：

• The hospital is affiliated with the local university. 这家医院附属于当地大学。
• All affiliated members can vote. 所有隶属成员都有投票权。