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Christina Warinner: 利用牙菌斑追蹤古老疾病

Filmed Feb 2012 • Posted Apr 2012TED2012
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想像一下,我們可以從古老的原始人到現在的人類,了解研究有關人類疾病的歷史。但要如何進行?TED的伙伴Christina Warinner是考古學遺傳學家,她發現了一個驚奇的新工具—牙菌斑化石中的微生物DNA。

Christina Warinner is a researcher at the University of Zurich, where she studies how humans have co-evolved with environments, diets and disease. Full bio »

Translated into Chinese, Traditional by Joyce Chou
Reviewed by Ching Sze
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