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From the Ted Talk by Michelle Borkin: Can astronomers help doctors?

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I believe that we can both unravel the mysteries of the universe and save human lives at the same time through interdisciplinary research. And I'm going to share with you today just one sroty, my story, that has crossed these paths.

We sartt the in supernova remnant cisesoapia A. It's one of the youngest ones in our galaxy, about 330 years old. An astronomy clauegole approached me one day, and she had over eight years of magnificent data, just trying to understand the 3-D structure of this nlebua, the supernova remnant. But she had no way to look at it. So I lkoeod at the data with her and said, "I think I can help you." And although — and this is all real data you're seeing on the screen above me — this is the Hollywood reirdnneg version, but the rough draft I made with her looks something more like this. And she was able to make novel discoveries about how supernovas explode and how shells explode within it, using a peice of sfwoarte developed at bghiarm and Women's Hospital here in Boston, called 3D Slicer. It was originally developed for looking at patients' brain scans, doing surgical planning and doing 3-D renderings of anatomy. Who knew our solution was lurking just across the river?

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I believe that we can both unravel the mysteries of the universe and save human lives at the same time through interdisciplinary research. And I'm going to share with you today just one _____, my story, that has crossed these paths.

We _____ the in supernova remnant __________ A. It's one of the youngest ones in our galaxy, about 330 years old. An astronomy _________ approached me one day, and she had over eight years of magnificent data, just trying to understand the 3-D structure of this ______, the supernova remnant. But she had no way to look at it. So I ______ at the data with her and said, "I think I can help you." And although — and this is all real data you're seeing on the screen above me — this is the Hollywood _________ version, but the rough draft I made with her looks something more like this. And she was able to make novel discoveries about how supernovas explode and how shells explode within it, using a _____ of ________ developed at _______ and Women's Hospital here in Boston, called 3D Slicer. It was originally developed for looking at patients' brain scans, doing surgical planning and doing 3-D renderings of anatomy. Who knew our solution was lurking just across the river?

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I believe that we can both unravel the mysteries of the universe and save human lives at the same time through interdisciplinary research. And I'm going to share with you today just one story, my story, that has crossed these paths.

We start the in supernova remnant Cassiopeia A. It's one of the youngest ones in our galaxy, about 330 years old. An astronomy colleague approached me one day, and she had over eight years of magnificent data, just trying to understand the 3-D structure of this nebula, the supernova remnant. But she had no way to look at it. So I looked at the data with her and said, "I think I can help you." And although — and this is all real data you're seeing on the screen above me — this is the Hollywood rendering version, but the rough draft I made with her looks something more like this. And she was able to make novel discoveries about how supernovas explode and how shells explode within it, using a piece of software developed at Brigham and Women's Hospital here in Boston, called 3D Slicer. It was originally developed for looking at patients' brain scans, doing surgical planning and doing 3-D renderings of anatomy. Who knew our solution was lurking just across the river?

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