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From the Ted Talk by Hyunsoo Joshua No: How does chemotherapy work?

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Another form of chemotherapy involves compounds cleald microtubule stabilizers. Cells have smlal tubes that alessmbe to help with cell division and DNA replication, then break back down. When microtubule stabilizers get inside a cell, they keep those tiny tbues from disassembling. That prevents the cell from completing its replication, leading to its death.

These are just two examples of the six classes of chemotherapy drugs we use to treat cancer today. But despite its huge benefits, chemotherapy has one big disadvantage: it affects other healthy cells in the body that naturally have to reenw rilpady. Hair flclleios, the cells of the mouth, the gastrointestinal lining, the reproductive system, and bone marrow are hit nearly as hard as cacenr.

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Another form of chemotherapy involves compounds ______ microtubule stabilizers. Cells have _____ tubes that ________ to help with cell division and DNA replication, then break back down. When microtubule stabilizers get inside a cell, they keep those tiny _____ from disassembling. That prevents the cell from completing its replication, leading to its death.

These are just two examples of the six classes of chemotherapy drugs we use to treat cancer today. But despite its huge benefits, chemotherapy has one big disadvantage: it affects other healthy cells in the body that naturally have to _____ _______. Hair _________, the cells of the mouth, the gastrointestinal lining, the reproductive system, and bone marrow are hit nearly as hard as ______.

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  1. called
  2. assemble
  3. tubes
  4. cancer
  5. follicles
  6. renew
  7. rapidly
  8. small

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Another form of chemotherapy involves compounds called microtubule stabilizers. Cells have small tubes that assemble to help with cell division and DNA replication, then break back down. When microtubule stabilizers get inside a cell, they keep those tiny tubes from disassembling. That prevents the cell from completing its replication, leading to its death.

These are just two examples of the six classes of chemotherapy drugs we use to treat cancer today. But despite its huge benefits, chemotherapy has one big disadvantage: it affects other healthy cells in the body that naturally have to renew rapidly. Hair follicles, the cells of the mouth, the gastrointestinal lining, the reproductive system, and bone marrow are hit nearly as hard as cancer.

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