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Now despite this history of distrust, I still believe that indigenous people can benefit from genetic research.
現在，不管那段充滿著懷疑的歷史，我依舊相信，土著居民能夠從基因研究中獲利。
And if we don't do something soon, the gap in health disparities is going to continue to widen.
如果我們不盡快采取行動，醫療健康差距的鴻溝將越來越寬。
Hawaii, for example, has the longest life expectancy on average of any state in the US,
拿夏威夷舉個例子，在美國所有州中，夏威夷是最長壽的州，
yet native Hawaiians like myself die a full decade before our non-native counterparts,
但是像我這樣的夏威夷人比非土著人早整整10年去世，
because we have some of the highest rates of type 2 diabetes, obesity,
因為我們有2型糖尿病、肥胖癥
and the number one and number two killers in the US: cardiovascular disease and cancer.
和美國頭號和二號殺手疾病：心血管疾病和癌癥的最高發病率。
So how do we ensure the populations of people that need genome sequencing the most are not the last to benefit?
所以，我們該如何保證最需要基因組序列的人群不是最后獲益的？
My vision is to make genetic research more native, to indigenize genome sequencing technology.
我的愿望是想讓基因研究更貼近當地，來本地化基因序列研究。
Traditionally, genomes are sequenced in laboratories.
一般來說，基因序列會在實驗室被排序。
Here's an image of your classic genome sequencer.
這是一張有關基因序列測定儀的照片。
It's huge. It's the size of a refrigerator. There's this obvious physical limitation.
它十分巨大，有一個冰箱大小。很明顯，它對空間有一定限制。
But what if you could sequence genomes on the fly?
但是，如果你能在飛機上使用基因序列測定儀會怎么樣？
What if you could fit a genome sequencer in your pocket?
如果你能用口袋裝下一個基因序列測定儀會怎么樣？
This nanopore-based sequencer is one 10,000th the size of your traditional genome sequencer.
這個納米孔測序儀只有傳統基因序列測定儀的萬分之一大小。
It doesn't have the same physical limitations,
它沒有很多對空間的限制，它
in that it's not tethered to a lab bench with extraneous cords, large vats of chemicals or computer monitors.
不需要被繩子拴在實驗室的長凳上，它無需大量的化學物質和電腦顯示器。
It allows us to de-black box genome sequencing technology development in a way that's immersive and collaborative,
它能讓我們以仿真和協作的方式來排列基因，
activating and empowering indigenous communities... as citizen scientists.
讓土著居民有動力和能力研究基因序列，讓他們成為科學家。
