Scientists have discovered that generations of urban living develops resistance to tb , leprosy and other diseases

科学家们发现，城市生活的世代居民抵抗结核病，麻风病和其他疾病的能力更强。

Then the researchers zeroed in on a gene variant that offers protection against diseases like tuberculosis or leprosy .

然后，科学家们将全部注意力放在一种可抵抗结核病或麻风病之类的疾病的基因变体上。

Spuds were variously thought to cause leprosy , to be fit only for animals , to be associated with the devil or to be poisonous .

马铃薯当时被认为会引起麻风病，只适合动物吃，与恶魔有关，而且有毒。

Researchers discovered that people who have a history of living in more populated regions are more likely to have a genetic variant which gives them a resistance to diseases such as tuberculosis and leprosy .

研究人员发现，居住在人口稠密区的居民更可能发生遗传变异，以抵抗结核病和麻风病之类的疾病。

And I have a wooden comb with a decoration of woven wool made and sold by a tanzanian man who lost his fingers to leprosy but still found a way to make a living-weaving colored yarn with his stumps and his teeth .

我还有一把带有羊毛编织装饰的木梳，这是一个坦桑尼亚人自制并出售的，他由于麻风病而失去了手指，但仍然找到了生存之路用他的残肢和牙齿做彩纱编织工艺品。