He says the cost of gene sequencing has " plummeted in recent years." That makes DNA testing more widely available.

他说基因排序的成本“最近几年骤降”，这使得DNA测试的应用更加广泛。

It just had its gene sequencing, it just got its name.

它刚刚进行了基因测序，它刚刚得到了它的名字。

Illumina is the largest gene sequencing company in the world.

Illumina 是全球最大的基因测序公司。

A scientist, Meredith Halks-Miller, was looking at prenatal tests, and she was doing gene sequencing in these.

一位名叫梅雷迪思·哈克斯-米勒 (Meredith Halks-Miller) 的科学家正在研究产前测试，她正在对这些测试进行基因测序。

Scientists in Britain have completed the world's largest gene sequencing project in health care, which is hoped will revolutionize medical treatment for people with cancer and rare diseases.

英国科学家完成了世界上最大的卫生保健领域的基因序列测定项目。有人希望这个项目能为癌症和稀有疾病患者带来变革性的医学治疗。

So it is facing severe economic challenges over the last 12 months because its core business of gene sequencing has also suffered somewhat.

因此，它在过去12个月中面临着严峻的经济挑战， 因为其基因测序的核心业务也受到了一些影响。

Illumina suddenly got very interested in it and thought this could be a revolutionary technology which fits very well with its gene sequencing business.

Illumina突然对它产生了浓厚的兴趣， 并认为这可能是一项革命性的技术， 非常适合其基因测序业务。

As investors began to look at this, you know, they felt that what's this gene sequencing company doing, buying a sort of niche cancer test company.

当投资者开始关注这一点时，他们觉得这家基因测序公司在做什么，购买了一种利基癌症测试公司。

Picture what that could mean for Illumina, a company that would not only have a near monopoly on gene sequencing technology, but also a major cancer screening test.

想象一下这对 Illumina 意味着什么，这家公司不仅几乎垄断了基因测序技术，而且还拥有主要的癌症筛查测试。

Cheap gene sequencing allows scientists to harvest this " environmental DNA" (eDNA) from soil, sand, water and the like, and use it to keep track of which species are living where.

廉价的基因测序使科学家能够从土壤、沙子、水等中获取这种“环境 DNA” （eDNA），并用它来跟踪哪些物种生活在哪里。

This acquisition, valued at $8bn, was presented as a way for Illumina, a company that makes gene sequencing machines to corner a new market in the realm of cancer screening and detection.

此次收购价值 80 亿美元，是 Illumina 公司抢占癌症筛查和检测领域新市场的一种方式。 Illumina 是一家生产基因测序仪的公司。

So basically regulators looked at Illumina's dominant position in the gene sequencing market and they felt that if it was allowed to buy Grail, it would really hamper competition in this emerging area of multi-cancer early detection testing.

因此，基本上监管机构着眼于 Illumina 在基因测序市场的主导地位， 他们认为，如果允许其收购 Grail，这确实会阻碍多癌症早期检测测试这一新兴领域的竞争。