Some drug researchers predict that with continuing advances in understanding the human genome, doctors may eventually be able to predict illnesses 15-20 years in advance, and begin prophylactic treatment immediately. (With some experts predicting that individuals will routinely live beyond 110-115 years by mid-century, one might wonder what all this will do to other social conventions such as marriage, but I will leave this thought to another day.)
某些药品研究人员预计，随着对人类基因组理解不断加深，医生最终可以提前15年到20年预测疾病，并且立即开始预防疾病治疗。(某些专家预计，到本世纪中叶，人一般可以活到110岁到115岁。也许有人会思考这对于像婚姻那样的其他社会习俗产生什么影响，但是我以后再讨论这一问题。)