国家地理 你的医疗未来(10)

The conventional prescriptions¹ in your future could be doled² out by an ATM-like robot, remotely controlled by a provider or algorithm to ensure the right doses at the right times. Or your clinician could consult your genetics test to determine the most appropriate drugs for your specific gene³ profile.

在未来，你的常规处方用药可能是由类似自动提款机的机器人发放，通过药厂或算法远踹操控，确保患者在正确时间服用正确剂量。或者临床医师可能会考虑你的基因检测，根据你独有的基因档案来决定最适合的药物。

A few months ago, Harvard and MIT scientists found a way to much more accurately⁵ forecast an individual's risk score for five deadly diseases. They achieved this by looking at DNA⁶ changes at 6.6 million locations in the human genome and applying a sophisticated algorithm. But even genetic⁴ tests that analyze⁷ only parts of the genome -- like the one I took -- can provide valuable information about predisposition to dementia, Parkinson's disease, diabetes⁸, and other conditions. Yet again, advances in medical technology may hold benefits for me, and for Harriett.

几个月前，哈佛大学和麻省理工学院的科学家发明了一种方法，可以更加准确地预测一个人罹患五种致命疾病的危险指数。他们的做法是应用一种复杂的算法，检查人类基因组中660万个位置的DNA变化。即使是只分析基因组一部分的基因检测（就像我自己做的那个检测），也能获得关于易患失智症、帕金森氏症、糖尿病和其他疾病的体质的重要信息。再次证明，医疗科技的进步可能对我和哈里特都有好处。

1 prescriptions   

药( prescription的名词复数 )； 处方； 开处方； 计划

参考例句：

• The hospital of traditional Chinese medicine installed a computer to fill prescriptions. 中医医院装上了电子计算机来抓药。
• Her main job was filling the doctor's prescriptions. 她的主要工作就是给大夫开的药方配药。

2 doled   

救济物( dole的过去式和过去分词 )； 失业救济金

参考例句：

• The food was doled out to the poor. 食品分发给了穷人。
• Sisco briskly doled out the United States positions on the key issues. 西斯科轻快地把美国在重大问题上的立场放了出去。

3 gene   

n.遗传因子，基因

参考例句：

• A single gene may have many effects.单一基因可能具有很多种效应。
• The targeting of gene therapy has been paid close attention.其中基因治疗的靶向性是值得密切关注的问题之一。

4 genetic   

adj.遗传的，遗传学的

参考例句：

• It's very difficult to treat genetic diseases.遗传性疾病治疗起来很困难。
• Each daughter cell can receive a full complement of the genetic information.每个子细胞可以收到遗传信息的一个完全补偿物。

5 accurately   

adv.准确地，精确地

参考例句：

• It is hard to hit the ball accurately.准确地击中球很难。
• Now scientists can forecast the weather accurately.现在科学家们能准确地预报天气。

6 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。

7 analyze   

vt.分析，解析 (=analyse)

参考例句：

• We should analyze the cause and effect of this event.我们应该分析这场事变的因果。
• The teacher tried to analyze the cause of our failure.老师设法分析我们失败的原因。

8 diabetes   

n.糖尿病

参考例句：

• In case of diabetes, physicians advise against the use of sugar.对于糖尿病患者，医生告诫他们不要吃糖。
• Diabetes is caused by a fault in the insulin production of the body.糖尿病是由体內胰岛素分泌失调引起的。