Scientists have taken a potentially important step toward a therapy for sicklecelldisease, a common genetic disorder characterized by malformed red blood cells.
科学家可能已经取得了镰状贫血病治疗技术的一项重大进步。镰状贫血病是一种造成血细胞畸形的常见遗传病。
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Sickle-celldisease is characterized by a modification in the shape of the red blood cell from a smooth, donut-shape into a crescent or half moon shape.
镰状细胞病的特征是红血球形状发生突变,由平滑的圆圈形状改变为新月形或半月形。
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In one particular inherited disease, sicklecell anaemia, the red blood cells, instead of being flat discs, are sickle shaped.