These were able to control where the jumping genes landed.

这些能够控制跳跃基因着陆的地点。

Right. Although actually they're called “jumping genes, ” not “hopping genes.”

对的。但其实它们叫做“跳跃基因”，而不是“弹跳基因”。

That's why they're called “jumping genes.” They kind of, you know, “jump” from one cell to another.

所以它们被称为“跳跃基因”。它们能从一个细胞“跳”到另一个细胞。

That, in turn, led to the idea, says Dr Sternberg, that it might be possible to harness jumping genes in gene editing.

Sternberg博士表示，反过来，这引发了这种想法—或许可以在基因编辑中利用跳跃基因。

They discovered that proteins found within the little water monsters allow them to prevent these jumping genes from causing havoc.

他们发现在小水怪体内发现的蛋白质使它们能够防止这些跳跃基因造成破坏。

Dr Zhang and Dr Sternberg have now demonstrated programmable CRISPR-Cas gene-editing systems that do just this by harnessing a protein encoded by a jumping gene known as Tn7.

张博士和Sternberg博士现已表明可编辑CRISPR-Cas基因编辑系统通过利用一种被称为Tn7的跳跃基因编码的蛋白质来做到这一点。

The researchers found that, like biological wrecking balls, certain jumping genes need to be shackled in the axolotl's cells or they might disrupt their process of regeneration.

研究人员发现， 就像生物破坏球一样， 某些跳跃基因需要束缚在蝾螈的细胞中，否则它们可能会破坏它们的再生过程。