2014英语四级听力练习慢速3.30(1)_大学英语听力

2014英语四级听力练习慢速3.30(1)

　　Edwin Vazquez is investigating the mystery of diseases, such as Alzheimers and Parkinsons. He says suggestions from others in the building make the work environment at Biospace a real plus.

　　Theres nothing better than sitting down in a room like this when there is a lot more people around and you got something that is exciting and you go to a lunchroom and you start talking to your other colleagues. All of a sudden, somebody knows a researcher that is doing something similar to you or that can complement your research. You get in contact and things happen.

　　Leading hospitals and science centers are supporting inventors like Kate Rochlin, founder of a company called Immunovent. She has developed a brush to test for allergic reactions. The device is placed in the nose or mouth. The test results are correct more often than skin or blood tests.

　　And from one single sample from the nose or mouth we can test for a whole panel of 72 allergens. We found that the blood test identified peanut allergies only 50 percent of the time, and we could find it 99 percent of the time. So we are far more accurate for peanut diagnosis and thats really important because that one in particular is really life-threatening.

　　Matthew Owens is the executive director of Harlem Biospace. He says there have been real signs of success since the company was launched last November.