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But this question lingers and I continued to be troubled by the unequal distribution of scientific knowledge throughout the world.
但這個問題仍舊縈繞著我，我依舊會被世界上科學知識的分布不均衡問題所困擾。
We have learned to edit the human genome and unlock many secrets of how cancer progress.
我們已經(jīng)學會編輯人類基因組，揭開了許多癌癥形成的秘密。
We can manipulate neuron activity literally with the switch of light.
我們甚至可以通過光束來操控大腦神經(jīng)元的活動。
Each year with more advances in Biomedical research, exciting transformative accomplishments.
每一年生物醫(yī)學領域都有巨大進步和讓人興奮的、顛覆性的偉大成就。
Yet, despite the knowledge we have amassed, we haven’t been so successful in deploying it to where it’s needed most.
然而，盡管人類已經(jīng)掌握和積累了大量知識，但是我們還是沒能很好地把它們運用在最需要的地方。
According to the World Bank, 12% of the world population lives on less than 2 dollars a day.
據(jù)世界銀行統(tǒng)計，目前世界仍有12%的人一天的生活費不到2美元。
Malnutrition kills more than 3 million children annually.
每年超過三百萬的兒童死于營養(yǎng)不良。
Three hundred million people are afflicted by Malaria globally.
全球有三億人正受瘧疾折磨。
All over the world, we constantly see these problems of poverty, illness, and lack of resources impeding the flow of scientific information.
在世界各地，我們經(jīng)常看到貧窮、疾病和資源短缺這些問題，這些都阻礙了科學知識的傳播。
Life-saving knowledge we take for granted in our modern world is over-unavailable in the underdeveloped regions.
現(xiàn)代社會里那些習以為常的救生知識在不發(fā)達地區(qū)還未普及。
And so, in far too many places, people are still essentially trying to cure a spider bite with fire.
于是，在世界上很多地區(qū)，人們?nèi)匀挥没鸠煹姆椒▉硖幚碇┲胍录?/div>
While studying at Harvard, I saw how scientific knowledge can help others in simple, yet profound ways.
在哈佛學習期間，我知道了科學知識是如何用簡單的又深刻的方式幫助到其他人的。
The bird flu pandemic in the 2000s looked to my village like a spell cast by demons.
在2000年的時候，禽流感肆虐，對我們村而言，這種病就像是魔鬼的詛咒。
Our folk medicine didn’t even have half-measures to offer.
在我們的民間治療中根本找不到解決辦法。
What's more, farmers did not know the difference between the common cold and flu.
更嚴重的是，農(nóng)民們不知道普通的感冒和流感之間的區(qū)別。
They did not understand that the flu was much more lethal than common cold.
他們不明白流感比普通的感冒要致命地多。
Most were also unaware that the virus could transmit across different animal species.
而且，大部分人根本不了解流感病毒可以在不同物種間傳播。
So when I realized that simple hygiene practices like separating different animal species could help to contain the spread of the disease,
所以當我了解了簡單有效的衛(wèi)生措施，比如隔離不同的物種可以遏制疾病的傳播，
and that I could help make this knowledge available to my village.
并把這樣的信息告訴我的村民。
That was my first "aha" moment as a bioscientist.
我的心里第一次有了作為生物科學家的成就感。
