该项目的目标将不是局限于治疗像骨癌和帕金森氏症等一类的特殊疾病,而是致力于基础研究。例如:绘制细胞图谱。图谱包含了体内所有类型的细胞,可帮助研究人员研发出不同类型的药物。
Chan's work as a pediatrician seems to be a big driver in their couple's decision to take up this latest cause.
作为儿科医生,陈女士似乎在这项捐赠决定中起了非常大的推动作用。
'I've been with families where we've hit the limit of what's possible through medicine and science,' Chan said. 'I've had to tell families devastating diagnoses of leukemia, or that we just weren't able to resuscitate their child.'
陈女士说:“行医过程中,我曾遇到一些病患家庭,尽管我们已经尝试了当代医药科学的一切手段也无力回天。而我能做的要么是通知家属孩子患上白血病的噩耗,要么是残忍地告诉他们我们无能为力。”
Zuckerberg and Chan hope that their effort will inspire other far-reaching efforts and collaboration in science, medicine and engineering, so that basic research is no longer relegated to the margins.
扎克伯格和陈女士希望他们的努力能够启发其他人投入进来,在更广泛的领域促进科学、医药和工程的合作,让基础研究不再被边缘化。
'We spend 50 times more on health care treating people who are sick than we spend on science research (to cure) diseases so that people don't get sick in the first place,' Zuckerberg said.
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