1·In the colon, microbes synthesise vitamins for us and provide 10% of our calories by breaking down dietary fibre we cannot process.
在结肠内，微生物帮我们合成维生素并且通过分解我们不能消化的食物纤维给我们提供10%的卡路里。
2·He has managed to synthesise all the RNA components in such a way that, when they are mixed with natural ribosome proteins, they form working ribosomes.
他成功合成了全部RNA成分，使得当他们与天然核糖体蛋白质混合时，他们组成活的核糖体。
3·"In a thirsty world filled with hydrogen and oxygen," Mr Derman has written, "someone had finally worked out how to synthesise H2O."
德尔曼写道：“在一个充满了氢与氧的干渴世界，终于有人发现了合成水分子(H2O)的方法。”
4·Another team at MIT, led by Angela Belcher, has found a way to make genetically modified viruses synthesise the cathodes and anodes of lithium-ion batteries at room temperature.
MIT的另一个由Angela Belcher带领的研究小组已经寻找到一种方法——使转基因病毒在室温下合成锂电池的阴阳极。
5·The ability to synthesise huge screeds of DNA at will means the genomes of viruses can be replicated already, and replicating those of bacteria is not far off.
现在的科技可以随意合成冗长的DNA链，这意味着我们已经能够复制病毒的基因组，而细菌基因组的复制也指日可待。