One has age-related macular degeneration, the main cause of blindness in rich countries.

一位是老年性黄斑变性病患者，这是发国家盲人病患常见的致盲原因。

Could that stop some of the degeneration?

可否阻止身体一些地方退化？

Glucocorticoids can sometimes slow degeneration, but can also result in side effects like excessive weight gain.

糖皮质激素有时可以减慢进程，但是有副作用，如肥胖。

This results in seizures, motor delay, low muscle tone, and rapid degeneration of the nervous system.

这会导致癫痫、运动发育迟缓、肌张力低下和神经系统快速的退行性变。

Soon, the country's health ministry is expected to approve the first clinical trial of iPS cells, also for macular degeneration.

该国卫该不久便会批准iPS细胞的第一例临床试验，同样也是治黄斑变性。

My data indicates that I've got about average risk for developing macular degeneration, a kind of blindness.

我的数据表明我已经均风险系数对于黄斑病变，一种失明病。

An American firm called Advanced Cell Technology (ACT) is using them to treat macular degeneration, a cause of blindness.

美国先进细胞技术公司（Advanced Cell Technology，简称ACT）正运用多能细胞治可能致盲的黄斑变性。

Common signs for the first 3 forms are signs of CNS degeneration, like decreased muscle tone, abnormally increased reflexes, seizures and visual disturbances.

前三型的共同体征是中枢神经系统退行性变的体征，例如肌张力减低、反射增强、癫痫和视力障碍。

This separation is usually caused by degeneration of the uterine arteries that supply blood to the placenta typically from chronic problems like smoking or hypertension.

这种剥离经常是由于给胎盘供血的子宫动脉的退化，通常是由吸烟或高血压等慢性问题引起的。

Management of symptoms in later onset forms is also primarily supportive, dealing with the slower, but progressive nature of the degeneration in these related conditions.

晚发型患者症状的治也主要是支持性的，以改善他们发展缓慢但仍在进展的退行性症状。

The aorta also undergoes cystic medial necrosis, which is where there is degeneration of the tunica media, which is the central portion of the aortic wall.

除此之外，主动脉还会有囊性中层坏死，即主动脉的中膜发退行性变；中膜是主动脉壁的中心分。

That patent that they finally got from the 1970s has led to all kinds of products, including ones that treat schizophrenia, heart disease, and macular degeneration, which causes blindness.

他们最终从20世纪70年代获得的这一专利，催出了各种各样的产品，包括治精神分裂症、心脏病和导致失明的黄斑变性的产品。

Mad cow disease causes massive brain degeneration.

疯牛病导致脑细胞的大量恶化。

As the isopod attaches to the tongue, we see tongue degeneration in the host and this can also have an effect on the sizing of the fish.

等足虫附着在舌头上时，我们会看宿主的舌头退化，而这也会影响（宿主）鱼的身长大小。

Noninfectious diseases are caused by malfunctions of the body. These include organ or tissue degeneration, erratic cell growth, and faulty blood formation and flow.

还有胃肠功能、内分泌系统和泌尿殖系统的紊乱。有些疾病可以由营养不良，免疫系统障碍或者是神经系统功能障碍引起。

Cells derived from a donated early embryo were implanted into the retainer of the 60 year-old woman with age related macular degeneration, the most common cause of blindness in the UK.

医将胚胎干细胞移植了一名患有老年黄斑变性的60岁女性患者体内，在英国，该疾病也是导致失明最为常见的病因。

This results in progressive symptoms of central nervous system or CNS degeneration, like decreased muscle tone, visual difficulties and seizures, which usually begin by 3 to 6 months of age, proceeding to death by age 4.

该病会导致中枢神经系统的进展性退行性变，例如肌张力降低、视物困难和癫痫，这些症状通常在3-6月龄时开始，并持续进展4岁死亡时。