生髮的秘密
Have you ever wondered if there’s a simple cure for male pattern baldness hiding in plain sight — right in our own bodies?
你是否曾好奇，雄性禿的解方會不會就藏在我們體內，觸手可及？
cure(n.)療法remedy(n.)療法、治療in plain sight在顯眼的地方
Recently, a mouse study found that a natural sugar called 2-deoxy-D-ribose, which is part of DNA, effectively stimulated hair regrowth.
最近一項老鼠實驗發現，一種名為「2-去氧-D-核糖」的天然糖分能有效刺激毛髮再生。
stimulate(v.)刺激、促進
Surprisingly, its effects were almost as good as minoxidil, the active ingredient in popular hair loss treatments.
效果居然與知名生髮產品落健的主成分相當。
treatment(n.)治療、療法
Male pattern baldness — also known as androgenetic alopecia — affects roughly 40% of people worldwide, including women.
雄性禿，又稱雄激素性脫髮，不只影響男性，也可能出現在女性身上，全球約有40%的人深受其擾。
affect(v.)影響、effect(n.)影響roughly(adv.)大約=approximately
It usually begins in a person’s 20s or 30s, or after menopause.
通常在20、30歲時或更年期後開始出現。
menopause(n.)更年期
While the exact causes are unclear, genetics, hormones, and aging all play a role.
醫界至今仍無法完全解釋其確切原因，目前推測與基因、荷爾蒙和老化有關。
root cause根本原因play a role起作用、扮演某種角色
Current treatments are limited, so this discovery brings new hope to hair loss therapy.
由於現行療法選擇有限，這項天然糖分的發現，為毛髮醫學帶來全新希望。
alternative therapy替代療法、另類療法natural therapy自然療法
The research team initially studied this sugar’s role in wound healing. Unexpectedly, mice treated with the sugar gel showed rapid hair regrowth.
研究團隊原本是想測試這種糖在傷口癒合上的效果，結果意外發現：禿毛老鼠塗了糖膠後，毛髮迅速長回來。
research(n.)研究do or conduct research做研究heal(v.)癒合rapid(adj.)快速的rapids(n.)急流;湍流shoot the rapids飛速穿過急流
In tests, both sugar and minoxidil restored 80–90% of hair, but combining them did not increase the effect, suggesting a similar mechanism — possibly increased blood flow to hair follicles.
在測試中，糖膠與落健都讓老鼠毛髮恢復了80%至90%，但兩者合用並沒有加乘效果，顯示它們可能透過相似的機制作用，可能是促進毛囊血流。
restore(v.)、restoration(n.)恢復、修復defense mechanism防衛機制follicle(n.)(毛)囊
While mouse studies don’t always translate directly to humans, this sugar’s natural presence in DNA and promising results point toward a safe, affordable hair loss treatment.
當然，老鼠的實驗結果不一定能直接套用在人類身上，但這種糖本來就是DNA的一部分，加上正面的實驗結果，顯示它有望成為一種安全、天然且平價的禿頭解方。
translate(v.)轉化、應用於point toward指向、顯示
Professor Sheila MacNeil from the University of Sheffield says more research is needed but the findings are very encouraging.
英國雪菲爾大學的麥克尼爾教授表示，這項研究仍需進一步驗證，但目前的發現令人非常振奮。
finding(n.)(正式的)調查發現;研究結果encouraging(adj.)令人鼓舞的;振奮人心的