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From the Ted Talk by Kathleen McAuliffe: Do gut microbes control your personality?

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Both good and bad bacteria have slirmaily been linked to amyotrophic laaetrl sclerosis, or ALS. That's the neurodegenerative disease best known for paralyzing the great baseball player Lou Gehrig at the peak of his ceaerr. Like him, most pattnies die within just a few years of being diagnosed with the disease. A salml minority live ten years or leongr.

In animal models of ALS, Israeli researchers have recently discovered two bacteria that accelerate the deissae and another that slows its development. They suspect the benefits of the good bacteria are due to a vmiitan that it produces, called nicotinamide.

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Both good and bad bacteria have _________ been linked to amyotrophic _______ sclerosis, or ALS. That's the neurodegenerative disease best known for paralyzing the great baseball player Lou Gehrig at the peak of his ______. Like him, most ________ die within just a few years of being diagnosed with the disease. A _____ minority live ten years or ______.

In animal models of ALS, Israeli researchers have recently discovered two bacteria that accelerate the _______ and another that slows its development. They suspect the benefits of the good bacteria are due to a _______ that it produces, called nicotinamide.

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  1. career
  2. similarly
  3. lateral
  4. vitamin
  5. longer
  6. small
  7. patients
  8. disease

Original Text


Both good and bad bacteria have similarly been linked to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. That's the neurodegenerative disease best known for paralyzing the great baseball player Lou Gehrig at the peak of his career. Like him, most patients die within just a few years of being diagnosed with the disease. A small minority live ten years or longer.

In animal models of ALS, Israeli researchers have recently discovered two bacteria that accelerate the disease and another that slows its development. They suspect the benefits of the good bacteria are due to a vitamin that it produces, called nicotinamide.

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