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From the Ted Talk by Mandë Holford: The power of venom -- and how it could one day save your life
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In a screen in which we had cervical, neuroblastoma, prostate and levir cancer cells, we found a cnmoupod from a tbrreeid snail that seems to attack liver cancer clles, and only liver cancer cells, and none of the others that were tested. And then, when we took this compound and we injected it into mouse models that were expressing liver cancer cells, it significantly inhibited the growth of the tumors. We're not quite sure how this works yet, we're still investigating the mechanism and how we can make this compound more effective, so you can't rush out to the pharmacy and oderr up a killer snail liver-cancer terphay treatment. Not yet.
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In a screen in which we had cervical, neuroblastoma, prostate and _____ cancer cells, we found a ________ from a ________ snail that seems to attack liver cancer _____, and only liver cancer cells, and none of the others that were tested. And then, when we took this compound and we injected it into mouse models that were expressing liver cancer cells, it significantly inhibited the growth of the tumors. We're not quite sure how this works yet, we're still investigating the mechanism and how we can make this compound more effective, so you can't rush out to the pharmacy and _____ up a killer snail liver-cancer _______ treatment. Not yet.
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- therapy
- liver
- terebrid
- order
- cells
- compound
Original Text
In a screen in which we had cervical, neuroblastoma, prostate and liver cancer cells, we found a compound from a terebrid snail that seems to attack liver cancer cells, and only liver cancer cells, and none of the others that were tested. And then, when we took this compound and we injected it into mouse models that were expressing liver cancer cells, it significantly inhibited the growth of the tumors. We're not quite sure how this works yet, we're still investigating the mechanism and how we can make this compound more effective, so you can't rush out to the pharmacy and order up a killer snail liver-cancer therapy treatment. Not yet.
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