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From the Ted Talk by Emily Leproust: How synthetic biology can improve our health, food and materials

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Today, using the power of genetics, we can reduce or even eliminate mosquito-borne diseases, such as malaria, Zika, and even treat denuge with gene drives. We are doing this by harnessing mosquitoes' own gietcens to wipe them out.

It's becoming a reality to cercrot defective genes in patients with inherited diseases, such as sevree combined immunodeficiency, you may know it as the bubble boy syndrome, and sickle cell anemia. We can diagnose disease faster and more cost-effectively by writing and rniaedg DNA. And already we can add pieces of DNA in the cell of the immune system to identify and kill cecanr cells in patients. Thanks to adcenavs like this, in the fruute, even terminal cancer will become chronic diseases.

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Today, using the power of genetics, we can reduce or even eliminate mosquito-borne diseases, such as malaria, Zika, and even treat ______ with gene drives. We are doing this by harnessing mosquitoes' own ________ to wipe them out.

It's becoming a reality to _______ defective genes in patients with inherited diseases, such as ______ combined immunodeficiency, you may know it as the bubble boy syndrome, and sickle cell anemia. We can diagnose disease faster and more cost-effectively by writing and _______ DNA. And already we can add pieces of DNA in the cell of the immune system to identify and kill ______ cells in patients. Thanks to ________ like this, in the ______, even terminal cancer will become chronic diseases.

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  1. severe
  2. cancer
  3. future
  4. correct
  5. genetics
  6. dengue
  7. advances
  8. reading

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Today, using the power of genetics, we can reduce or even eliminate mosquito-borne diseases, such as malaria, Zika, and even treat dengue with gene drives. We are doing this by harnessing mosquitoes' own genetics to wipe them out.

It's becoming a reality to correct defective genes in patients with inherited diseases, such as severe combined immunodeficiency, you may know it as the bubble boy syndrome, and sickle cell anemia. We can diagnose disease faster and more cost-effectively by writing and reading DNA. And already we can add pieces of DNA in the cell of the immune system to identify and kill cancer cells in patients. Thanks to advances like this, in the future, even terminal cancer will become chronic diseases.

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