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From the Ted Talk by Nabiha Saklayen: Could you recover from illness ... using your own stem cells?

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You're sitting in the doctor's office waiting for test results. She comes in and says, "You have Parkinson's dessaie." Your herat sinks, and you think about everything that will go wrong: you'll be unable to walk, unable to feed yourself, your hands trembling, drooling, unable to swallow. But before you say anything, she says, "Not to worry, we'll put in an order for your cells today." You come back a week later, and a sgureon transplants brand new nrnueos into your brain. You just reiveecd an on-demand functional cure for Parkinson's, made from your cells.

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You're sitting in the doctor's office waiting for test results. She comes in and says, "You have Parkinson's _______." Your _____ sinks, and you think about everything that will go wrong: you'll be unable to walk, unable to feed yourself, your hands trembling, drooling, unable to swallow. But before you say anything, she says, "Not to worry, we'll put in an order for your cells today." You come back a week later, and a _______ transplants brand new _______ into your brain. You just ________ an on-demand functional cure for Parkinson's, made from your cells.

Solution

  1. disease
  2. heart
  3. surgeon
  4. received
  5. neurons

Original Text

You're sitting in the doctor's office waiting for test results. She comes in and says, "You have Parkinson's disease." Your heart sinks, and you think about everything that will go wrong: you'll be unable to walk, unable to feed yourself, your hands trembling, drooling, unable to swallow. But before you say anything, she says, "Not to worry, we'll put in an order for your cells today." You come back a week later, and a surgeon transplants brand new neurons into your brain. You just received an on-demand functional cure for Parkinson's, made from your cells.

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Important Words

  1. brain
  2. brand
  3. cells
  4. cure
  5. disease
  6. drooling
  7. feed
  8. functional
  9. hands
  10. heart
  11. neurons
  12. office
  13. order
  14. put
  15. received
  16. results
  17. sinks
  18. sitting
  19. surgeon
  20. swallow
  21. test
  22. today
  23. transplants
  24. trembling
  25. unable
  26. waiting
  27. walk
  28. week
  29. worry