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From the Ted Talk by Daniel Kraft: A better way to harvest bone marrow

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So I am a ptiiraedc cancer doctor and stem-cell researcher at Stanford University where my clinical focus has been bone marrow ttnarniosaaltpn. Now, ipiersnd by Jill Bolte Taylor last year, I didn't bring a human brain, but I did bring a leitr of bone marrow. And bone mroarw is actually what we use to save the lives of tens of thousands of patients, most of whom have advanced malignancies like leukemia and lymphoma and some other diseases.

So, a few yeras ago, I'm doing my transplant fellowship at Stanford. I'm in the otpireang room. We have Bob here, who is a volunteer donor. We're sending his marrow across the cuntroy to save the life of a child with lmkeueia. So actually how do we harvest this bone marrow? Well we have a whole O.R. team, general anesthesia, nurses, and another doctor across from me. Bob's on the table, and we take this sort of small nedele, you know, not too big. And the way we do this is we basically place this through the soft tissue, and kind of punch it into the hard bone, into the tuchus — that's a teihncacl term — and asiatrpe about 10 mls of bone marrow out, each time, with a syringe. And hand it off to the nusre. She squirts it into a tin. Hands it back to me. And we do that again and again. About 200 times usually. And by the end of this my arm is sore, I've got a callus on my hand, let alone Bob, whose rear end looks something more like this, like Swiss chesee.

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So I am a _________ cancer doctor and stem-cell researcher at Stanford University where my clinical focus has been bone marrow _______________. Now, ________ by Jill Bolte Taylor last year, I didn't bring a human brain, but I did bring a _____ of bone marrow. And bone ______ is actually what we use to save the lives of tens of thousands of patients, most of whom have advanced malignancies like leukemia and lymphoma and some other diseases.

So, a few _____ ago, I'm doing my transplant fellowship at Stanford. I'm in the _________ room. We have Bob here, who is a volunteer donor. We're sending his marrow across the _______ to save the life of a child with ________. So actually how do we harvest this bone marrow? Well we have a whole O.R. team, general anesthesia, nurses, and another doctor across from me. Bob's on the table, and we take this sort of small ______, you know, not too big. And the way we do this is we basically place this through the soft tissue, and kind of punch it into the hard bone, into the tuchus — that's a _________ term — and ________ about 10 mls of bone marrow out, each time, with a syringe. And hand it off to the _____. She squirts it into a tin. Hands it back to me. And we do that again and again. About 200 times usually. And by the end of this my arm is sore, I've got a callus on my hand, let alone Bob, whose rear end looks something more like this, like Swiss ______.

Solution


  1. country
  2. operating
  3. technical
  4. transplantation
  5. years
  6. inspired
  7. aspirate
  8. pediatric
  9. cheese
  10. leukemia
  11. needle
  12. marrow
  13. liter
  14. nurse

Original Text


So I am a pediatric cancer doctor and stem-cell researcher at Stanford University where my clinical focus has been bone marrow transplantation. Now, inspired by Jill Bolte Taylor last year, I didn't bring a human brain, but I did bring a liter of bone marrow. And bone marrow is actually what we use to save the lives of tens of thousands of patients, most of whom have advanced malignancies like leukemia and lymphoma and some other diseases.

So, a few years ago, I'm doing my transplant fellowship at Stanford. I'm in the operating room. We have Bob here, who is a volunteer donor. We're sending his marrow across the country to save the life of a child with leukemia. So actually how do we harvest this bone marrow? Well we have a whole O.R. team, general anesthesia, nurses, and another doctor across from me. Bob's on the table, and we take this sort of small needle, you know, not too big. And the way we do this is we basically place this through the soft tissue, and kind of punch it into the hard bone, into the tuchus — that's a technical term — and aspirate about 10 mls of bone marrow out, each time, with a syringe. And hand it off to the nurse. She squirts it into a tin. Hands it back to me. And we do that again and again. About 200 times usually. And by the end of this my arm is sore, I've got a callus on my hand, let alone Bob, whose rear end looks something more like this, like Swiss cheese.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
bone marrow 10
stem cells 7
marrow miner 2
adult stem 2
marrow stem 2

ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
adult stem cells 2

Important Words


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