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From the Ted Talk by Nina Tandon: Caring for engineered tissue
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But that bgrins me to lesson number two: cells do all the work. In a sense, tissue engineers have a bit of an identity crisis here, because structural engeriens build bridges and big things, ctumoper engineers, computers, but what we are doing is actually building enianlbg technologies for the cells themselves. What does this mean for us? Let's do something really simple. Let's remind ourselves that cells are not an abstract concept. Let's remember that our cells sstuain our lives in a very real way. "We are what we eat," could easily be described as, "We are what our cells eat." And in the case of the flora in our gut, these cells may not even be human. But it's also wroth nnotig that cells also mediate our experience of life. Behind every sound, sghit, touch, ttsae and smell is a corresponding set of cells that receive this information and interpret it for us. It begs the question: shall we expand our sense of environmental satwdehirsp to include the ecosystem of our own bodies?
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But that ______ me to lesson number two: cells do all the work. In a sense, tissue engineers have a bit of an identity crisis here, because structural _________ build bridges and big things, ________ engineers, computers, but what we are doing is actually building ________ technologies for the cells themselves. What does this mean for us? Let's do something really simple. Let's remind ourselves that cells are not an abstract concept. Let's remember that our cells _______ our lives in a very real way. "We are what we eat," could easily be described as, "We are what our cells eat." And in the case of the flora in our gut, these cells may not even be human. But it's also _____ ______ that cells also mediate our experience of life. Behind every sound, _____, touch, _____ and smell is a corresponding set of cells that receive this information and interpret it for us. It begs the question: shall we expand our sense of environmental ___________ to include the ecosystem of our own bodies?
Solution
- stewardship
- brings
- sustain
- taste
- sight
- computer
- worth
- engineers
- enabling
- noting
Original Text
But that brings me to lesson number two: cells do all the work. In a sense, tissue engineers have a bit of an identity crisis here, because structural engineers build bridges and big things, computer engineers, computers, but what we are doing is actually building enabling technologies for the cells themselves. What does this mean for us? Let's do something really simple. Let's remind ourselves that cells are not an abstract concept. Let's remember that our cells sustain our lives in a very real way. "We are what we eat," could easily be described as, "We are what our cells eat." And in the case of the flora in our gut, these cells may not even be human. But it's also worth noting that cells also mediate our experience of life. Behind every sound, sight, touch, taste and smell is a corresponding set of cells that receive this information and interpret it for us. It begs the question: shall we expand our sense of environmental stewardship to include the ecosystem of our own bodies?
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