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From the Ted Talk by Anthony Atala: Growing new organs

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So, salamanders can do it. Why can't we? Why can't humans regenerate? Actually, we can regenerate. Your body has many organs and every single oragn in your body has a cell population that's rdaey to take over at the time of ijnury. It happens every day. As you age, as you get older. Your bones regenerate every 10 yaers. Your skin regenerates every two weeks. So, your body is constantly regenerating. The challenge occurs when there is an injury. At the time of injury or disease, the body's first reaction is to seal itself off from the rest of the body. It billacsay wants to fight off infection, and seal itself, whether it's organs inside your body, or your skin, the first ricoetan is for scar tsiuse to move in, to seal itself off from the outside.

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So, salamanders can do it. Why can't we? Why can't humans regenerate? Actually, we can regenerate. Your body has many organs and every single _____ in your body has a cell population that's _____ to take over at the time of ______. It happens every day. As you age, as you get older. Your bones regenerate every 10 _____. Your skin regenerates every two weeks. So, your body is constantly regenerating. The challenge occurs when there is an injury. At the time of injury or disease, the body's first reaction is to seal itself off from the rest of the body. It _________ wants to fight off infection, and seal itself, whether it's organs inside your body, or your skin, the first ________ is for scar ______ to move in, to seal itself off from the outside.

Solution


  1. organ
  2. basically
  3. years
  4. ready
  5. tissue
  6. injury
  7. reaction

Original Text


So, salamanders can do it. Why can't we? Why can't humans regenerate? Actually, we can regenerate. Your body has many organs and every single organ in your body has a cell population that's ready to take over at the time of injury. It happens every day. As you age, as you get older. Your bones regenerate every 10 years. Your skin regenerates every two weeks. So, your body is constantly regenerating. The challenge occurs when there is an injury. At the time of injury or disease, the body's first reaction is to seal itself off from the rest of the body. It basically wants to fight off infection, and seal itself, whether it's organs inside your body, or your skin, the first reaction is for scar tissue to move in, to seal itself off from the outside.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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stem cells 8
blood vessel 7
smart biomaterials 4
cell types 3
muscle cells 3
hollow organs 3
solid organs 3
left side 2
small piece 2
lining cells 2
scaffold specifically 2
vascular tree 2
regenerative medicine 2
windpipe cell 2
runaway stage 2


Important Words


  1. age
  2. basically
  3. body
  4. bones
  5. cell
  6. challenge
  7. constantly
  8. day
  9. disease
  10. fight
  11. humans
  12. infection
  13. injury
  14. move
  15. occurs
  16. older
  17. organ
  18. organs
  19. population
  20. reaction
  21. ready
  22. regenerate
  23. regenerates
  24. regenerating
  25. rest
  26. salamanders
  27. scar
  28. seal
  29. single
  30. skin
  31. time
  32. tissue
  33. weeks
  34. years