Allan Jones: A map of the brain

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翻译人员: Biyue碧玥 Wang王 校对人员: Angelia King
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Humans have long held a fascination
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人类长时间的着迷于
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for the human brain.
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人类的大脑。
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We chart it, we've described it,
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我们讨论它,描述它。
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we've drawn it,
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我们已经画出了它。
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we've mapped it.
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我们已经把它地图化了。
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Now just like the physical maps of our world
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现在,就像我们现实中的地图
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that have been highly influenced by technology --
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被科技高度影响着——
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think Google Maps,
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比如谷歌地图,
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think GPS --
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比如全球定位系统,
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the same thing is happening for brain mapping
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和它们一样,我们的大脑地图也在
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through transformation.
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经历变革。
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So let's take a look at the brain.
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让我们来看一看大脑。
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Most people, when they first look at a fresh human brain,
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大多数人,当他们第一次看到新鲜的人脑时,
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they say, "It doesn't look what you're typically looking at
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他们会说,“它看起来和一般
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when someone shows you a brain."
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别人展现给我们的大脑不一样。”
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Typically, what you're looking at is a fixed brain. It's gray.
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一般,你以前看到的大脑是一个固定了的大脑。它是灰白色的。
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And this outer layer, this is the vasculature,
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这是大脑的外层,这是脉管系统。
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which is incredible, around a human brain.
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它们不可思议的围绕着人类的大脑。
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This is the blood vessels.
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这是血管。
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20 percent of the oxygen
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含有20%
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coming from your lungs,
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由肺部供应的氧气。
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20 percent of the blood pumped from your heart,
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你的心脏产生的20%的血液
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is servicing this one organ.
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都用来供应大脑这一个器官。
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That's basically, if you hold two fists together,
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如果你握住你的两个拳头,它基本上
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it's just slightly larger than the two fists.
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只比你的两个拳头大一点。
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Scientists, sort of at the end of the 20th century,
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科学家们在大约20世纪晚期的时候
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learned that they could track blood flow
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发现他们可以通过非侵入式的方法
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to map non-invasively
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来追踪血液的流动
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where activity was going on in the human brain.
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从而绘制出在人类大脑里活动进行的区域图。
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So for example, they can see in the back part of the brain,
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举个例子,他们可以看到大脑后面的那一部分,
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which is just turning around there.
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就是刚刚转过来的这里。
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There's the cerebellum; that's keeping you upright right now.
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这里是小脑,它使你现在能保持正确的直立。
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It's keeping me standing. It's involved in coordinated movement.
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它使得我能站在这里。它是一个相互协调的活动中的一部分。
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On the side here, this is temporal cortex.
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在侧面这里的是颞叶皮层。
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This is the area where primary auditory processing --
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我们听到的东西在这里被初级加工,
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so you're hearing my words,
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所以你现在可以听见我说的话
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you're sending it up into higher language processing centers.
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你正在把刚才听到的话传送到更高级的语言处理中心。
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Towards the front of the brain
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在大脑的前方这里
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is the place in which all of the more complex thought, decision making --
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是产生所有复杂的思想,作出决定的地方,
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it's the last to mature in late adulthood.
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它是最后成熟的地方,在我们到了成年期后期的时候。
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This is where all your decision-making processes are going on.
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这是你所有决策过程正在进行的地方。
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It's the place where you're deciding right now
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这是你正在进行决定的地方,
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you probably aren't going to order the steak for dinner.
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你或许不会点一份牛排作为晚餐。
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So if you take a deeper look at the brain,
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所以如果你更深入地看看大脑,
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one of the things, if you look at it in cross-section,
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其中一部分,如果你看它的横截面,
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what you can see
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你能发现的是
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is that you can't really see a whole lot of structure there.
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你不能真正地看到整个的,大部分的大脑结构。
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But there's actually a lot of structure there.
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但是大脑里确实有很多结构。
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It's cells and it's wires all wired together.
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它的细胞和它的神经线全部都连接在一起。
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So about a hundred years ago,
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所以在几百年前,
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some scientists invented a stain that would stain cells.
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一些科学家发明了一种染色剂可以将细胞染色。
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And that's shown here in the the very light blue.
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这里淡蓝色显示的就是。
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You can see areas
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你可以看到这些地方
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where neuronal cell bodies are being stained.
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正常的细胞体被染色了。
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And what you can see is it's very non-uniform. You see a lot more structure there.
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你可以看到它是非常不均一的,你可以看到有很多的结构。
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So the outer part of that brain
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在大脑外层部分
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is the neocortex.
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是新大脑皮层。
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It's one continuous processing unit, if you will.
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如果你愿意的话,它是一个可以连续处理的部件。
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But you can also see things underneath there as well.
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但是你可以看到在那之下的东西也是。
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And all of these blank areas
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所有的这些空白区域
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are the areas in which the wires are running through.
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是所有脑神经线路穿过的地方。
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They're probably less cell dense.
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这些地方的细胞密度或许会低一些。
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So there's about 86 billion neurons in our brain.
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我们的大脑中大约有860亿神经元。
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And as you can see, they're very non-uniformly distributed.
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正如你所见,它们的分布很不均一。
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And how they're distributed really contributes
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而它们的分布正好构成了
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to their underlying function.
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它们潜在的功能。
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And of course, as I mentioned before,
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当然,正如我之前所提到,
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since we can now start to map brain function,
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我们现在可以开始绘制大脑功能地图了。
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we can start to tie these into the individual cells.
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我们可以开始将这些功能嵌入每一个独立的细胞。
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So let's take a deeper look.
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让我们来更深入地观察一下。
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Let's look at neurons.
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看那些神经元。
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So as I mentioned, there are 86 billion neurons.
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正如我刚才提到的,这里有860亿神经元。
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There are also these smaller cells as you'll see.
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还有一些你现在看到的小细胞。
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These are support cells -- astrocytes glia.
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它们是支持细胞——星形神经胶质细胞。
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And the nerves themselves
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而且神经本身
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are the ones who are receiving input.
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是接收输入信息的。
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They're storing it, they're processing it.
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它们存储信息,它们加工信息。
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Each neuron is connected via synapses
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每一个神经元是由突触
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to up to 10,000 other neurons in your brain.
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与你大脑中其他10000个神经元相连接的。
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And each neuron itself
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而且每个神经元本身
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is largely unique.
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大部分是独特的。
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The unique character of both individual neurons
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独立的神经元和大脑里一系列的神经元
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and neurons within a collection of the brain
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的独特特性
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are driven by fundamental properties
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是由它们潜在的基本化学生物性能
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of their underlying biochemistry.
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所驱使的。
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These are proteins.
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就是蛋白质。
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They're proteins that are controlling things like ion channel movement.
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蛋白质控制着像离子移动通道这样的事情。
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They're controlling who nervous system cells partner up with.
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它们控制着神经系统各细胞相联系的部分。
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And they're controlling
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而且它们还控制着
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basically everything that the nervous system has to do.
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基本上与神经系统相有关的一切事。
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So if we zoom in to an even deeper level,
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所以当我们更加深入地去观察
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all of those proteins
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所有的这些蛋白质
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are encoded by our genomes.
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都被我们的基因组编码了。
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We each have 23 pairs of chromosomes.
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我们每个人都有23对染色体。
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We get one from mom, one from dad.
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我们从母亲那继承一半,从父亲那继承一半。
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And on these chromosomes
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而且在这些染色体上
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are roughly 25,000 genes.
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大约有25000个基因。
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They're encoded in the DNA.
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它们在DNA中被译成编码。
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And the nature of a given cell
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一个特定细胞的天性
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driving its underlying biochemistry
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操纵着它潜在的生物化学性能
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is dictated by which of these 25,000 genes
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这个天性由这25000
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are turned on
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启动的基因
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and at what level they're turned on.
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和他们启动的级别所指示。
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And so our project
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所以我们的项目
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is seeking to look at this readout,
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是寻找这个读出器,
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understanding which of these 25,000 genes is turned on.
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并理解这25000个基因中哪些被启动了。
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So in order to undertake such a project,
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所以为了进行这样的一个项目,
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we obviously need brains.
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我们明显需要大脑。
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So we sent our lab technician out.
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所以我们派实验室技术员外出。
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We were seeking normal human brains.
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我们寻找正常的人类大脑。
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What we actually start with
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我们真正开始的地方是
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is a medical examiner's office.
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一个验尸员的办公室。
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This a place where the dead are brought in.
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那是个死人被带去的地方。
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We are seeking normal human brains.
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我们寻找的是正常的人类大脑。
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There's a lot of criteria by which we're selecting these brains.
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我们根据许多参考数据来选的大脑
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We want to make sure
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我们希望确保
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that we have normal humans between the ages of 20 to 60,
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我们得到的大脑是20到60岁正常人的大脑,
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they died a somewhat natural death
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他们是自然死亡的
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with no injury to the brain,
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大脑没有受到损伤,
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no history of psychiatric disease,
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他们不能有精神病史,
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no drugs on board --
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我们会做毒性检查确保他们
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we do a toxicology workup.
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没有滥用药物的历史。
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And we're very careful
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我们对我们所选取的大脑
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about the brains that we do take.
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非常小心。
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We're also selecting for brains
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我们也选取那些
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in which we can get the tissue,
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我们可以得到脑组织的大脑。
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we can get consent to take the tissue
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我们得得到同意去提取
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within 24 hours of time of death.
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24小时内死亡的人的大脑的脑组织。
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Because what we're trying to measure, the RNA --
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因为我们试图要去测量的东西——RNA核糖核酸
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which is the readout from our genes --
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就是我们基因里的读出器--
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is very labile,
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是非常易变的。
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and so we have to move very quickly.
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所以我们必须要快速行动。
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One side note on the collection of brains:
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在收集大脑上有一点要提示:
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because of the way that we collect,
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因为我们收集的方式,
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and because we require consent,
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并且需要许可
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we actually have a lot more male brains than female brains.
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所以我们事实上得到的男性大脑比女性大脑多。
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Males are much more likely to die an accidental death in the prime of their life.
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男性更有可能在他们生命的青壮年时期意外死亡。
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And men are much more likely
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男性的家友,他的配偶
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to have their significant other, spouse, give consent
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更加容易给我们许可。
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than the other way around.
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相比之下,反过来,女性的配偶很少给我们许可。
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(Laughter)
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笑声
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So the first thing that we do at the site of collection
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我们在采集地点做的第一件事
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is we collect what's called an MR.
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是收集我们所说的核磁共振——MR。
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This is magnetic resonance imaging -- MRI.
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这是核磁共振成像-MRI。
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It's a standard template by which we're going to hang the rest of this data.
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它是一个标准的模版,通过它我们可以留住其他的数据。
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So we collect this MR.
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所以我们收集这个MR
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And you can think of this as our satellite view for our map.
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你可以把这个当做是我们地图的卫星图。
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The next thing we do
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接下来我们要做的事
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is we collect what's called a diffusion tensor imaging.
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是收集叫做弥散张量成像的东西。
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This maps the large cabling in the brain.
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这张地图是在大脑中连接的大量神经。
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And again, you can think of this
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再次重申,如果你愿意你可以把这想象成
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as almost mapping our interstate highways, if you will.
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和制作我们的洲际间高速公路地图一样。
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The brain is removed from the skull,
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这个大脑是从头盖骨上分离的
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and then it's sliced into one-centimeter slices.
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然后把它切成一厘米的薄片。
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And those are frozen solid,
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那些是冷冻的固体,
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and they're shipped to Seattle.
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然后它们被运到西雅图。
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And in Seattle, we take these --
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在西雅图,我们拿这个
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this is a whole human hemisphere --
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这是一个完整的人脑的半球体
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and we put them into what's basically a glorified meat slicer.
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我们把它放进一个基本是改造过的肉类切片机。
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There's a blade here that's going to cut across
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这有一个刀片可以切
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a section of the tissue
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大脑脑组织的一部分
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and transfer it to a microscope slide.
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并转换成一个显微镜载片。
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We're going to then apply one of those stains to it,
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我们将会对它进行着色
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and we scan it.
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并扫描它。
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And then what we get is our first mapping.
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然后我们就得到了第一副地图。
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So this is where experts come in
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专家就是从这里入手
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and they make basic anatomic assignments.
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并制作基本的解剖作业。
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You could consider this state boundaries, if you will,
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如果你愿意你可以思考州的边界,
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those pretty broad outlines.
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那些漂亮宽阔的轮廓。
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From this, we're able to then fragment that brain into further pieces,
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从这开始我们可以更进一步把大脑切成碎片
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which then we can put on a smaller cryostat.
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使它可以放在一个更小的低温恒温器上。
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And this is just showing this here --
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就是这里展示的这个--
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this frozen tissue, and it's being cut.
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这个冷冻过的脑组织,它正在被切割。
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This is 20 microns thin, so this is about a baby hair's width.
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这是20微米的厚度,大约和婴儿的头发一样粗。
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And remember, it's frozen.
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记住,它是冷冻的
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And so you can see here,
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所以你可以看到
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old-fashioned technology of the paintbrush being applied.
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古老的笔刷技术正在被应用。
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We take a microscope slide.
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我们拿一个显微镜载片。
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Then we very carefully melt onto the slide.
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然后我们非常小心的让它融化在载片上。
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This will then go onto a robot
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然后它会被送到一个机器人那
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that's going to apply one of those stains to it.
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在那它会被涂上那些染色剂中的一种。
07:26
And our anatomists are going to go in and take a deeper look at this.
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我们的解剖学家们这时候会进入并且更深入的了解它们。
07:29
So again this is what they can see under the microscope.
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这是他们在显微镜下看到的景象。
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You can see collections and configurations
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你可以在聚集群和不同区域看到
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of large and small cells
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大大小小的细胞
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in clusters and various places.
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聚集和结构。
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And from there it's routine. They understand where to make these assignments.
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这是一个程序,他们知道哪里去完成这些作业。
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And they can make basically what's a reference atlas.
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而且他们可以制作基本上所涉及到的地图集。
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This is a more detailed map.
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这是一个更详细的地图。
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Our scientists then use this
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我们的科学家用这个
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to go back to another piece of that tissue
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返回到另一片大脑组织上
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and do what's called laser scanning microdissection.
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并且做激光扫描纤维解剖。
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So the technician takes the instructions.
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所以技术人员得到指令。
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They scribe along a place there.
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他们沿着那的一个地方划线。
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And then the laser actually cuts.
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然后激光真的做切割。
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You can see that blue dot there cutting. And that tissue falls off.
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你可以看到正在切割的蓝点,然后那片脑组织脱落。
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You can see on the microscope slide here,
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你可以看到在显微镜载片这里,
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that's what's happening in real time.
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现在正在立即发生的事。
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There's a container underneath that's collecting that tissue.
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这有一个容器在下面收集这些脑组织。
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We take that tissue,
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我们用一些基本的技术,
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we purify the RNA out of it
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从这些脑组织里
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using some basic technology,
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净化出RNA
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and then we put a florescent tag on it.
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然后我们放一个荧光标签在上面。
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We take that tagged material
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我们拿标记过的材料
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and we put it on to something called a microarray.
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然后我们把它放在一些叫做微阵列芯片的东西上。
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Now this may look like a bunch of dots to you,
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现在你可能认为你看到的是一群圆点,
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but each one of these individual dots
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但是事实上每一个独立的小点
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is actually a unique piece of the human genome
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都是一片我们点在玻璃片上的
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that we spotted down on glass.
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独特的人类基因组。
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This has roughly 60,000 elements on it,
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它大约含有60000个元素在上面,
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so we repeatedly measure various genes
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所以我们反复地测量基因组25000个基因中
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of the 25,000 genes in the genome.
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各种各样的基因。
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And when we take a sample and we hybridize it to it,
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当我们得到一个样本而且我们让它与玻璃片吻合
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we get a unique fingerprint, if you will,
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我们得到一个独特的指纹,
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quantitatively of what genes are turned on in that sample.
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如果你愿意那个例子里的大量的基因都会开启。
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Now we do this over and over again,
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现在我们一遍一遍地做这件事,
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this process for any given brain.
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对任何得到的大脑。
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We're taking over a thousand samples for each brain.
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我们从一个大脑上可以得到一千个样本。
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This area shown here is an area called the hippocampus.
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这里显示的这个区域是大脑海马区。
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It's involved in learning and memory.
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它牵扯到学习和记忆。
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And it contributes to about 70 samples
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它可以贡献1000个样本中的
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of those thousand samples.
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大约70个样本。
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So each sample gets us about 50,000 data points
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每个样本给我们50000个数据点
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with repeat measurements, a thousand samples.
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使用重复测量得到一千个样本。
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So roughly, we have 50 million data points
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所以大约我们有 5千万数据点
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for a given human brain.
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从一个贡献的脑中得到。
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We've done right now
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我们现在完成了
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two human brains-worth of data.
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从两个人类大脑所获得的数据。
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We've put all of that together
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我们把所有的这些放在一起
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into one thing,
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在一个东西里,
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and I'll show you what that synthesis looks like.
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我将向你展示这个综合体看起来是什么样子的。
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It's basically a large data set of information
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它基本上是一个大的信息数据集
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that's all freely available to any scientist around the world.
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世界上任何的科学家都可以免费得到里面的数据。
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They don't even have to log in to come use this tool,
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他们甚至都不用登陆来使用这个工具,
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mine this data, find interesting things out with this.
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开采这些数据,从其中找出更多有趣的东西。
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So here's the modalities that we put together.
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所以这是我们把这些放在一起的模型。
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You'll start to recognize these things from what we've collected before.
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你从我们之前收集的数据开始了解这些事情。
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Here's the MR. It provides the framework.
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这是磁共振。它提供一个框架。
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There's an operator side on the right that allows you to turn,
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这里左边有一个操纵杆可以让你扳动。
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it allows you to zoom in,
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它可以帮你放大,
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it allows you to highlight individual structures.
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它可以帮你标记独立的结构。
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But most importantly,
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最重要的是
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we're now mapping into this anatomic framework,
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我们现在正在绘制地图的这个解剖学上的框架,
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which is a common framework for people to understand where genes are turned on.
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它是我们通常所理解的基因启动的地方。
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So the red levels
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所以红色的级别
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are where a gene is turned on to a great degree.
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是基因开启到一个良好的级别。
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Green is the sort of cool areas where it's not turned on.
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绿色的是稍稍有些不活跃的地方,它没有被启动。
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And each gene gives us a fingerprint.
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每一个基因都给我们一个指纹。
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And remember that we've assayed all the 25,000 genes in the genome
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记住我们已经化验了所有25000个基因组中的基因
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and have all of that data available.
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并且用所有的可用数据。
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So what can scientists learn about this data?
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所以我们的科学家从这些数据中学到了什么呢?
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We're just starting to look at this data ourselves.
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我们自己仅仅开始看这些数据
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There's some basic things that you would want to understand.
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有一些基本的你想了解的东西
10:27
Two great examples are drugs,
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药品中有两个很好的例子,
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Prozac and Wellbutrin.
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百忧解和安非他酮。
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These are commonly prescribed antidepressants.
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它们都是通常规定的抗抑郁类药物。
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Now remember, we're assaying genes.
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现在记住,我们正在化验基因。
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Genes send the instructions to make proteins.
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基因发送指令来合成蛋白质。
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Proteins are targets for drugs.
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蛋白质是药物的目标。
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So drugs bind to proteins
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所以药物和蛋白质是捆绑在一起的
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and either turn them off, etc.
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把它们其中的一个去掉,等等
10:45
So if you want to understand the action of drugs,
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如果你想去理解药物的行动,
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you want to understand how they're acting in the ways you want them to,
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你想要理解它们有没有按照你想要它们行动的方式
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and also in the ways you don't want them to.
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和不想让它们行动的方式运行。
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In the side effect profile, etc.,
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在副作用方面等
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you want to see where those genes are turned on.
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你想明白那些基因在哪儿可以开启。
10:56
And for the first time, we can actually do that.
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第一次我们可以确确实实做到。
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We can do that in multiple individuals that we've assayed too.
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我们可以做到成倍的个体我们也可以化验。
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So now we can look throughout the brain.
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所以现在我们可以看透大脑。
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We can see this unique fingerprint.
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我们可以看到这独特的指纹。
11:06
And we get confirmation.
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我们得到确认
11:08
We get confirmation that, indeed, the gene is turned on --
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我们确实确认基因
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for something like Prozac,
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可以为一些类似百忧解的东西打开
11:13
in serotonergic structures, things that are already known be affected --
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这些东西含血清素的结构,这些东西已经知道是可以起作用的
11:16
but we also get to see the whole thing.
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但是我们还没有看到整个事情的全部。
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We also get to see areas that no one has ever looked at before,
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我们还有机会看了一些以前从来没有人看到过的区域,
11:20
and we see these genes turned on there.
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我们看到这些基因在那些地方启动。
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It's as interesting a side effect as it could be.
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这是一个非常非常有趣的副作用。
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One other thing you can do with such a thing
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另一个你可以这样做的原因是
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is you can, because it's a pattern matching exercise,
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因为它是一个联系的匹配模型,
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because there's unique fingerprint,
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因为有独特的指纹,
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we can actually scan through the entire genome
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我们可以确确实实地扫描整个基因组
11:34
and find other proteins
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并发现其他的蛋白质
11:36
that show a similar fingerprint.
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显示同样的指纹。
11:38
So if you're in drug discovery, for example,
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举个例子,如果你是在研究药物,
11:41
you can go through
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你可以浏览
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an entire listing of what the genome has on offer
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整个已经提供的基因组列表
11:45
to find perhaps better drug targets and optimize.
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来发现更好的药物目标并优化。
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Most of you are probably familiar
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你们大部分人可能对基因组协会的研究
11:51
with genome-wide association studies
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非常熟悉
11:53
in the form of people covering in the news
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以人们通常在新闻中看到的形式:
11:56
saying, "Scientists have recently discovered the gene or genes
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科学家们最近发现了影响X染色体
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which affect X."
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的基因。
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And so these kinds of studies
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这一类的研究
12:03
are routinely published by scientists
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被科学家们例行公事的颁布
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and they're great. They analyze large populations.
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他们很棒。他们分析了大量的人口。
12:07
They look at their entire genomes,
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他们着眼于他们整个的基因组,
12:09
and they try to find hot spots of activity
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他们试图找出
12:11
that are linked causally to genes.
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与基因有原因关连的这些活跃热点。
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But what you get out of such an exercise
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但是你从这些试验中得到的
12:16
is simply a list of genes.
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只是简单的基因列表。
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It tells you the what, but it doesn't tell you the where.
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它可以告诉你是什么但是没法让你知道在哪。
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And so it's very important for those researchers
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所以对那些研究员来说我们发现的这些资源
12:24
that we've created this resource.
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是非常重要的。
12:26
Now they can come in
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现在他们可以来我们这
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and they can start to get clues about activity.
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并得到开始活动的线索。
12:30
They can start to look at common pathways --
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他们可以开始考虑通常的途径——
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other things that they simply haven't been able to do before.
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其他的以前他们没有办法做到的途径。
12:36
So I think this audience in particular
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所以我想这些特别的观众
12:39
can understand the importance of individuality.
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可以理解个性的重要性。
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And I think every human,
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我认为每一个人,
12:44
we all have different genetic backgrounds,
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我们都有不同的遗传的背景,
12:48
we all have lived separate lives.
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我们都有各自的生活。
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But the fact is
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但是事实是
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our genomes are greater than 99 percent similar.
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我们的基因组有超过99%的都是一样的。
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We're similar at the genetic level.
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我们在遗传的级别上是一样的。
12:58
And what we're finding
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我们发现的事实是
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is actually, even at the brain biochemical level,
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甚至在大脑的生物化学级别上
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we are quite similar.
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我们都是非常相似的。
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And so this shows it's not 99 percent,
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所以这显示它不是99%
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but it's roughly 90 percent correspondence
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但是它大约90%一致
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at a reasonable cutoff,
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在一个合理的结算下
13:11
so everything in the cloud is roughly correlated.
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所以显然每一件事都是大概相关联的。
13:13
And then we find some outliers,
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然后我们发现了一些异常值,
13:15
some things that lie beyond the cloud.
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一些隐藏在云雾后的事情。
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And those genes are interesting,
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那些基因是非常有趣的,
13:20
but they're very subtle.
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但是它们是很微妙的。
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So I think it's an important message
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所以我想它是一个很重要的信息
13:25
to take home today
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今天你们可以带回家的
13:27
that even though we celebrate all of our differences,
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是尽管我们庆幸我们所有的不同,
13:30
we are quite similar
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我们还是非常相像的
13:32
even at the brain level.
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甚至在大脑层面。
13:34
Now what do those differences look like?
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这些不同看起来像什么呢?
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This is an example of a study that we did
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这是一个研究的例子
13:38
to follow up and see what exactly those differences were --
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我们跟踪并研究这些不同到底是什么
13:40
and they're quite subtle.
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而且它们是非常精妙的。
13:42
These are things where genes are turned on in an individual cell type.
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我们发现的是基因以独立的细胞类型呈现。
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These are two genes that we found as good examples.
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我们发现了两个基因作为很好的例子。
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One is called RELN -- it's involved in early developmental cues.
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一个叫做RELN——它被包含在一个早期的发展线索中。
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DISC1 is a gene
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DISC1是一个
13:54
that's deleted in schizophrenia.
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在精神分裂症中被删除的基因。
13:56
These aren't schizophrenic individuals,
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这些不是导致精神分裂症的个体,
13:58
but they do show some population variation.
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但是它们确实显示了一些人类的变化。
14:01
And so what you're looking at here
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所以我们在寻找的是
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in donor one and donor four,
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在捐献者一和捐献者四中,
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which are the exceptions to the other two,
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这两个捐献者的大脑与其他两个不同,
14:07
that genes are being turned on
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基因在细胞的不同子集中
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in a very specific subset of cells.
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被打开。
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It's this dark purple precipitate within the cell
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是在细胞中这个深紫色的沉淀
14:14
that's telling us a gene is turned on there.
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告诉我们那里有一个基因被打开了。
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Whether or not that's due
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不论那是归因于
14:19
to an individual's genetic background or their experiences,
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一个独立的基因背景或者它的经历。
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we don't know.
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我们不知道。
14:23
Those kinds of studies require much larger populations.
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这种研究需要更大量的人类大脑。
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So I'm going to leave you with a final note
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所以我给你们一条最后的注释
14:30
about the complexity of the brain
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有关于大脑的复杂性
14:33
and how much more we have to go.
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我们还有漫漫长路需要探索。
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I think these resources are incredibly valuable.
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我想这些资源是无价之宝。
14:37
They give researchers a handle
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它们给研究员们
14:39
on where to go.
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指出一条道路。
14:41
But we only looked at a handful of individuals at this point.
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但是我们现在只是研究了少数的个体。
14:44
We're certainly going to be looking at more.
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我们很确定我们要去研究更多的。
14:46
I'll just close by saying
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在结束时我想说
14:48
that the tools are there,
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工具在那里,
14:50
and this is truly an unexplored, undiscovered continent.
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而且这是一个真正的未被勘察过,未被发现的领域。
14:54
This is the new frontier, if you will.
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如果你愿意,这是一个新的前沿
14:58
And so for those who are undaunted,
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对那些勇敢的
15:00
but humbled by the complexity of the brain,
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但是深感大脑的复杂性很重要的人
15:02
the future awaits.
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未来在等着你们。
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Thanks.
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谢谢。
15:06
(Applause)
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