A previous study by Clayton's lab had shown that, as a young finch first learns how to sing, hundreds of genes in its brain quickly respond, producing more or less protein.

VOA: standard.2010.04.05

It turns out very difficult to study this in a lab.

事实证明,很难对此进行实验室研究

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Now in the case of The Framingham Study they did bi-annual assessments, every two years brought people into the lab and got very careful measures on them, so a lot of what we initially knew about diet and health, smoking and health, and other things came from The Framingham Heart Study.

弗明汉研究每两年做一次评估,每两年在实验室里对研究对象,进行十分仔细的检测,我们对饮食与健康,吸烟与健康以及其他的了解,最初都来自于弗明汉心脏研究

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