科學(xué)家說(shuō)，一種膠帶皮膚測(cè)試可以幫助預(yù)測(cè)嬰兒是否有可能患上嚴(yán)重的濕疹。哥本哈根大學(xué)的研究小組 用膠帶通過(guò) 無(wú)痛 的方法，在 一組兩個(gè)月大的嬰兒身上 采集了皮膚細(xì)胞樣本 并 進(jìn)行了分析 。

Eczema affects around one in five babies and children in the UK. It can start in the first few months of life, and for some the itchy, dry and sore skin lesions it causes are severe. Babies at high risk might benefit from early treatment with skin creams or other remedies to avoid painful flare ups from happening in the first place. And now researchers believe they've found a way to spot those infants.

在英國(guó)，大約五分之一的嬰兒和兒童患有濕疹。濕疹可以在生命的最初幾個(gè)月就發(fā)作，對(duì)一些人來(lái)說(shuō)，它引起的瘙癢、干燥和疼痛的皮膚損傷是嚴(yán)重的。濕疹高危嬰兒可能會(huì)受益于早期治療，如使用護(hù)膚霜或其它療法，以避免疼痛的濕疹發(fā)作。現(xiàn)在，研究人員認(rèn)為他們已經(jīng)找到了一種識(shí)別這些高危嬰兒的方法。

They used a sticky tape test to painlessly collect skin cell samples from the hands and backs of two-month-olds. They found detectable immune biomarker changes in the cells that appeared to be linked with future eczema risk.

他們用膠帶通過(guò)無(wú)痛的方法從兩個(gè)月大的嬰兒的手和背部采集皮膚細(xì)胞樣本。他們發(fā)現(xiàn)細(xì)胞中可檢測(cè)到的免疫生物標(biāo)志物變化似乎與未來(lái)患濕疹的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)有關(guān)。

Those with elevated levels of thymus and activation-regulated chemokine were more than twice as likely to develop atopic eczema by the age of two than other babies in the study.

在研究中，胸腺活化調(diào)節(jié)趨化因子水平升高的嬰兒在兩歲前患異位性濕疹的可能性要比其他嬰兒高出兩倍多。

詞匯表

lesions 傷害，損傷
treatment 醫(yī)治
remedies 療法
flare ups 突然發(fā)作
sticky tape 透明膠帶
samples 樣本
detectable 可檢測(cè)的
elevated 高于正常的，升高的
atopic 異位的

閱讀理解：請(qǐng)?jiān)谧x完上文后，回答下列問(wèn)題。

1. What is normally used to help young babies who are at high risk of getting eczema?

2. In this new test, where are samples of skin cells taken from?

3. How painful is this test on young babies?

4. Which babies in the study were twice as likely to develop atopic eczema by the age of two?

答案  

1. What is normally used to help young babies who are at high risk of getting eczema?
Babies at high risk of eczema might benefit from early treatment with skin creams or other remedies to avoid painful flare ups from happening.

2. In this new test, where are samples of skin cells taken from?
Sticky tape is used to collect skin cells samples from the hands and backs of two-month-olds.

3. How painful is this test on young babies?
Skin samples are painlessly collected from the babies.

4. Which babies in the study were twice as likely to develop atopic eczema by the age of two?
Babies with elevated levels of thymus and activation-regulated chemokine were more than twice as likely to develop atopic eczema by the age of two than other babies in the study.