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From the Ted Talk by Susan Lim: Transplant cells, not organs

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But, in my life, the one fulfilling sklil that I had was now invoking feelings of conflict — conflict ranging from extreme sorrow and dobut at dawn to celebratory joy at engrafting the gift of life at dusk. In my team, the lives of one or two of my colleagues were tainted by this experience. Some of us may have been sublimated, but really none of us rienamed the same. I was troubled that the retrieval of organs from executed prisoners was at least as morally controversial as the hntsrvaieg of stem clels from human embryos. And in my mind, I realized as a srgucail pioneer that the purpose of my position of influence was slurey to speak up for those who have no influence. It made me wonder if there could be a better way — a way to circumvent dteah and yet deliver the gift of life that might exponentially imapct millions of patients worldwide.

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But, in my life, the one fulfilling _____ that I had was now invoking feelings of conflict — conflict ranging from extreme sorrow and _____ at dawn to celebratory joy at engrafting the gift of life at dusk. In my team, the lives of one or two of my colleagues were tainted by this experience. Some of us may have been sublimated, but really none of us ________ the same. I was troubled that the retrieval of organs from executed prisoners was at least as morally controversial as the __________ of stem _____ from human embryos. And in my mind, I realized as a ________ pioneer that the purpose of my position of influence was ______ to speak up for those who have no influence. It made me wonder if there could be a better way — a way to circumvent _____ and yet deliver the gift of life that might exponentially ______ millions of patients worldwide.

Solution

  1. harvesting
  2. doubt
  3. surgical
  4. surely
  5. skill
  6. cells
  7. death
  8. impact
  9. remained

Original Text

But, in my life, the one fulfilling skill that I had was now invoking feelings of conflict — conflict ranging from extreme sorrow and doubt at dawn to celebratory joy at engrafting the gift of life at dusk. In my team, the lives of one or two of my colleagues were tainted by this experience. Some of us may have been sublimated, but really none of us remained the same. I was troubled that the retrieval of organs from executed prisoners was at least as morally controversial as the harvesting of stem cells from human embryos. And in my mind, I realized as a surgical pioneer that the purpose of my position of influence was surely to speak up for those who have no influence. It made me wonder if there could be a better way — a way to circumvent death and yet deliver the gift of life that might exponentially impact millions of patients worldwide.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
stem cells 27
embryonic stem 6
adult stem 5
liver transplant 4
donor organs 4
human embryos 3
stem cell 3
repair damaged 3
cadaveric liver 2
related donors 2
unrelated donors 2
moral controversy 2
executed prisoners 2
transplanting cells 2
human embryonic 2
give rise 2
cell types 2
cell transplants 2
aging adult 2
adult cells 2
spinal cord 2
retinal diseases 2
growth factors 2
clinical trials 2
heart disease 2
heart muscle 2

ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
embryonic stem cells 5
adult stem cells 5
cadaveric liver transplant 2
human embryonic stem 2
aging adult cells 2

Important Words

  1. celebratory
  2. cells
  3. circumvent
  4. colleagues
  5. conflict
  6. controversial
  7. dawn
  8. death
  9. deliver
  10. doubt
  11. dusk
  12. embryos
  13. engrafting
  14. executed
  15. experience
  16. exponentially
  17. extreme
  18. feelings
  19. fulfilling
  20. gift
  21. harvesting
  22. human
  23. impact
  24. influence
  25. invoking
  26. joy
  27. life
  28. lives
  29. millions
  30. mind
  31. morally
  32. organs
  33. patients
  34. pioneer
  35. position
  36. prisoners
  37. purpose
  38. ranging
  39. realized
  40. remained
  41. retrieval
  42. skill
  43. sorrow
  44. speak
  45. stem
  46. sublimated
  47. surely
  48. surgical
  49. tainted
  50. team
  51. troubled
  52. worldwide