Percy nearly broke his teeth on a silver sickle embedded in his slice.

珀西的那块布丁里裹着一个月牙形的银片，差点硌碎了他的牙。

Now imagine that his future wife is a carrier of the sickle cell gene.

现在想象一下，他未来的妻子是镰状细胞基因的携带者。

But there is a good chance she will pass on the sickle cell gene.

但是她很有可能会遗传镰状细胞基因。

So it starts where the places that have the worst effects of sickle cell are.

所以计划首先从那些镰状细胞病影响最严重的地区开始。

These are diseases like sickle cell anemia or beta thalassemia.

比如镰状细胞性贫血或β地中海贫血。

" George and I invented them-seven Sickles each, a bargain! "

“我和乔治发明的——七个银西可一块，很便宜啦！”

We are solving sickle cell in a holistic way.

我们正在以整体的方式治疗镰刀细胞疾病。

Given all these symptoms, it's important to diagnose sickle cell as early as possible.

鉴于以上症状，尽早诊断镰贫十分重要。

" And that's our stuff you're nicking. Three Galleons, nine Sickles. I'll knock off the Knut."

“你拿的是我们的东西。三个加隆、九个西可。那个纳给你免了。”

" But I haven't got three Galleons, nine Sickles! "

“可是我没有三个加隆、九个西可！”

The men with sickles went ahead.

拿镰刀的走在前头。

Access to care for sickle cell is very far away, and the government has very little resources.

但是想要接受镰刀细胞疾病的医学治疗实际上有些天方夜谭，政府几乎没有资源进行救助。

A hemoglobin tetramer with two alpha-globin and two mutated beta-globin proteins is called sickle hemoglobin, or HbS.

由两条α-珠蛋白与两条变异β-珠蛋白构成的血红蛋白四聚体，称作镰状血红蛋白，或HbS。

Take sickle cell anemia: The gene behind this condition also protects against malaria.

导致这种疾病的基因也能预防疟疾。

To treat sickle cell disease, researchers used CRISPR to make the body produce the fetal form of hemoglobin.

为了治疗镰状细胞病，研究人员使用 CRISPR 使身体产生胎儿形式的血红蛋白。

Life in Nigeria had already shown him that sickle cell disease was fated by birth, not by upbringing.

尼日亚的生活已经告诉他，镰状细胞病是先天的，而不是后天发生。

" My children no longer have a fear of losing their mom to sickle cell disease, " she said.

“我的孩子们再也不用害怕因为镰状细胞病而失去他们的母亲”。

But hang on a minute, what's the difference between a sickle and a scythe?

但是等一下，镰刀和但是等一下，sickle 和 scythe 有什么区别？

She went up to the counter and handed over fifteen Sickles and two Knuts, Ron still breathing down her neck.

她走向柜台，递过去十五个西可和两个纳，罗恩仍然对着她的脖子呼哧呼哧地喘粗气。

" Yeah, his best one so far has been six Sickles for a bag of Knarl quills, " said George.

“是啊，他最精彩的一个玩笑就是一袋疙瘩羽毛笔要价六个西可。”乔治说。