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，差点硌碎了他的牙齿。

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响最严重的地区开始。

These are diseases like sickle cell anemia or beta thalassemia.

比如镰状细性贫血或β地中海贫血。

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

“我和乔发明的——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镰刀细疾。

" 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。那个纳特给你免了。”

" 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。

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？

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疾的医学实际上有些天方夜谭，政府几乎没有资源进行救助。

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

导致这种疾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.

为了镰状细，研究人员使用 CRISPR 使身体产生胎儿形的血红蛋白。

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

尼日利亚的生活已经告诉他，镰状细是先天的，而不是后天发生。

Healthy blood cells are present at birth but abnormal cells begin to develop in people with sickle cell disease.

健康的血细在出生时就存在，但患有镰状细的人开始出现异常细。

" 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而失去他们的母亲”。

And with the technology and cost involved in this trial, it's unlikely to help sickle cell patients in poor countries.

考虑到这项试验涉及的技术和成本，对于贫穷国家的镰状细患者可能帮助不大。

" 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。”乔说。

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特，罗恩仍然对着她的脖子呼哧呼哧地喘粗气。