So it was thanks to their plentiful telomerase that our pond scum critters never got old.

因此， 正是由于们丰富的端粒酶，我们的池塘浮渣生会变老。

But when we analyze the cells chemically we find something very interesting, a chemical in them, an enzyme called telomerase.

但是当我们对细胞进化学分析时， 我们发现了一些非常有趣的西，们中的一种化学质， 一种叫做端粒酶的酶。

And when we removed our pond scum's telomerase, their telomeres ran down and they died.

当我们去除池塘浮渣的端粒酶时，们的端粒就会流失并死亡。

And in the future we may have virtually immortal nerve cells and immortal skin cells of whatever because of these chemical, telomerase can keep the telomere on the ends of Chromosomes from getting any shorter.

并且在未来，由于这些化学质，端粒酶可以防止染色体末端的端粒变短，因此我们可能拥有几乎朽的神经细胞和朽的皮肤细胞。