The business hit a sticky patch and lost ￡4.8 million.

【sticky】该业务遇到了一个棘手的问题，损失了480万英镑。

They studied the sequence of amino acids in the snail-made insulin, and noticed the sticky patch was completely missing.

他们研究了蜗牛制成的胰岛素中的氨基酸序列，发现粘性贴片完全不见了。

" You would say that, Elphias, " cackled Auntie Muriel. " I noticed how you skated over the sticky patches in that obituary of yours! "

“随你怎么说吧，埃非亚斯，”穆丽尔姨婆咯咯笑着说，“我注意到你那篇讣文把不好处理的地方一带而过！”

Human insulin molecules are stored in clusters of six, thanks to a sticky patch at one end of the peptide – a hydrophobic region that also helps insulin bind to receptors and tell cells to take up glucose.

人胰岛素分子以六个一簇的形式储存— 由于肽的一端有一个粘性斑块，— 疏水区域也有助于胰岛素与受体结合并告诉细胞吸收葡萄糖。