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So we know that moving to the USA is sufficient to cause a dramatic change in your microbiome, probably not for the better.
因此我們得出結論，移居到美國生活后，會造成體內微生物群發生巨大改變，很可能不是在變好。
Are these microbes actually causing the obesity, or is the obesity causing a change in the microbes?
這些微生物群真的會導致肥胖，還是肥胖造成了微生物群的改變？
This is something that we're following up on,
這是我們正在跟進的事情，
and the evidence we have now in my lab combined with evidence from a number of labs around the world tells us
我們實驗室發現的證據，以及來自世界各地一些實驗室的證據都告訴我們，
that certain changes in the microbiome do lead to obesity, and a number of other modern, kind of Westernized diseases.
微生物群的某些變化會導致肥胖以及其它一些現代病，或者說西方病。
The good news is that your microbiome can actually change.
好消息是，你體內的微生物群是可以改變的。
Unlike your own genome, it's a living, breathing thing,
和你的基因組不同的是，它（微生物群）是活生生、會呼吸的東西，
and there's a broad front of research happening right now to better understand
科學家們正在進行一項廣泛的前沿研究，以便更好地了解
how we can restore our microbiomes when something goes wrong, using diet, using live microbes.
當微生物群出現問題時，如何通過飲食、使用活的微生物，去恢復體內的微生物群。
And in fact, one of the next steps for us is collecting and preserving microbes from healthy people around the world
事實上我們下一步要做的是，為那些（患病）的人群收集和保存來自世界各地健康人士的微生物，
so that they can be kept as cultural assets for those groups to potentially protect them as they adapt to modern society,
以便作為文化資產進行保存，在他們適應現代社會時對之進行潛在保護，
and to protect future generations who are currently growing up to have increased risk of these diseases with every generation.
保護正在成長、后代有較高風險患西方病的這一代人。
I'm looking forward to a future where we have the tools that we need to restore and replenish our microbiomes,
未來，我期待會有我們需要的工具，以修復和補充我們體內的微生物群，
and in that world, the monkeys will live happier and healthier lives, and so will we.
在未來世界里，不但猴子們會過上更快樂、更健康的生活，我們也會！
