Rather than killing something, in the case of the great chronic degenerative diseases -- kidney failure, diabetes, hypertension, osteoarthritis -- maybe what we really need to do is change the metaphor to growing something.
相比于现在的“杀死某些东西”， 对于大量的慢性退行性疾病—— 肾衰竭、糖尿病、高血压、关节炎 或许我们要做的反而 应该是“培养一些东西”。