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From the Ted Talk by Paula Hammond: A new superweapon in the fight against cancer

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Alright! I feel the same way. Let's go!

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The srina is deoylped first. It acts for huors, giving enough time to silence and block those survival genes. We have now disabled those genetic superpowers. What rmaenis is a cancer cell with no special defenses. Then, the chemotherapy drug comes out of the core and drteyoss the tuomr cell cleanly and efficiently. With sufficient gene blockers, we can address many different kinds of mutations, allowing the chance to sewep out truoms, without leaving behind any bad guys.

So, how does our strategy work? We've tested these nanostructure particles in animals using a highly aggressive form of triple-negative breast cancer. This triple-negative breast cancer exhibits the gene that stips out cancer drug as soon as it is delivered.

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Alright! I feel the same way. Let's go!

(Applause)

The _____ is ________ first. It acts for _____, giving enough time to silence and block those survival genes. We have now disabled those genetic superpowers. What _______ is a cancer cell with no special defenses. Then, the chemotherapy drug comes out of the core and ________ the _____ cell cleanly and efficiently. With sufficient gene blockers, we can address many different kinds of mutations, allowing the chance to _____ out ______, without leaving behind any bad guys.

So, how does our strategy work? We've tested these nanostructure particles in animals using a highly aggressive form of triple-negative breast cancer. This triple-negative breast cancer exhibits the gene that _____ out cancer drug as soon as it is delivered.

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  1. hours
  2. deployed
  3. tumor
  4. destroys
  5. sweep
  6. sirna
  7. remains
  8. tumors
  9. spits

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Alright! I feel the same way. Let's go!

(Applause)

The siRNA is deployed first. It acts for hours, giving enough time to silence and block those survival genes. We have now disabled those genetic superpowers. What remains is a cancer cell with no special defenses. Then, the chemotherapy drug comes out of the core and destroys the tumor cell cleanly and efficiently. With sufficient gene blockers, we can address many different kinds of mutations, allowing the chance to sweep out tumors, without leaving behind any bad guys.

So, how does our strategy work? We've tested these nanostructure particles in animals using a highly aggressive form of triple-negative breast cancer. This triple-negative breast cancer exhibits the gene that spits out cancer drug as soon as it is delivered.

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