我爷爷喜欢钓鱼 My grandfather loves to fish.
他最爱这种在水上的活动 There's nothing he enjoys more than being out on the water.
他总说有大鱼要上钩了 He always tells me how the big one's still out there.
但现在他逐渐丧失了这种能力 But now he's losing the ability to do what he loves.
他失明了 My grandfather is going blind.
这项科研的目的是帮助失明的人 The goal of our research is to be able to restore sight
恢复视力 to those individuals who have lost their vision.
大卫 Notre Dame professor David Hyde conducts
用斑马鱼的成熟细胞 ground-breaking research
做了个开拓性试验 using adult stem cells from zebra fish.
他与其他诺特丹科学家合作 His work, in collaboration with other Notre Dame scientists
希望能发现治疗 working with adult stem cells aims to discover therapies
老年痴呆帕金森 and cures for diseases and conditions such as Alzheimer's,
和失明的方法 Parkinson's and blindness
我们把重点放在斑马鱼 We focus our work on zebra fish because
斑马鱼体内的细胞 these stem cells which reside throughout the zebra fish
有形成体组织的天然能力 have the natural capacity to regenerate specific tissues
以及人类所没有的器官 and organs unlike humans and other mammals.
如果我们能理解这些斑马鱼体内的 If we can understand how this regeneration process
过程 occurs in zebra fish,
就能在人类 we can find ways to induce
体内制造相同反应 a similar sort of response in humans.
诺特丹是天主教学校 As a Catholic University,
致力于尖端科研 Notre Dame is committed to cutting edge research
尊重生命 that respects the dignity of human life from conception
反对胚胎生殖干细胞实验 to death and does not engage in human embryonic stem cell research.
大卫教授的实验 The work that Professor David Hyde does is just
是我校创新实验的一大体现 one example of our innovative approach to research.
我们坚信诺特丹的科研成果 We believe that Notre Dame's ground-breaking discovery
是干细胞实验的未来 will be the future of stem cell research.
我很荣幸成为诺特丹的一员 I'm just really proud that I can be a part of Notre Dame
做这项实验 and the fact that they're helping do this research on blindness
它能帮助我爷爷这样的人 especially with an effect on people like my grandfather.
诺特丹大学问道 The University of Notre Dame asks,
你为何而奋斗 "What would you fight for?"
恢复视力 Fighting to restore vision.
我们是奋斗的爱尔兰人 We are 'The Fighting Irish'.