1.The researchers suspected that these cells were being made senescent by something produced by gut bacteria.

研究人员怀疑，细胞出是由肠道细菌产生的某物质所致。

2.The story starts with an observation, made a few years ago, that senescent cells often produce a molecule called P16INK4A.

衰型细胞能够产生一种被称作是P16INK4A 的分子。

3.This treatment lowered the number of senescent and cancerous cells, suggesting the microbes were indeed to blame for promoting cancer.

此时，他们的怀疑得到证实。这种喂养方法减少和癌细胞的数量，表明微生物确实是诱发癌症的因素。

4.And once they become too short, the cell dies or becomes one of those free-loading senescent cells.

一旦它们变得太短，细胞就会死亡或成为那加载的衰细胞之一。机翻

5.And so people in the aging field have actually been trying to target senescent cells to try and remove them from aging tissues, thinking that this'll restore some anti-aging benefits.

因此衰领域的人们实际上一直在尝试针对衰细胞，试图将它们从衰组织中去除，认为这将有利于抗衰。

6.By contrast, actually eliminating senescent cells may be a logical extension of the process of shutting them down (they certainly cannot cause cancer if they are dead), and thus may not have adverse consequences.

相反，实际上消灭衰型细胞可能是一段合乎逻辑的延伸，这个进程会将衰型细胞排在大门之外（那么他们死亡后就当然不能致癌），并且所以就不会有副作用。