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From the Ted Talk by Kaitlyn Sadtler: How we could teach our bodies to heal faster

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To make this magic a bit closer to reality, I'm investigating how our body can heal wdnous and build tissue through instructions from the immune ssyetm. From a scarpe on your knee to that annoying sinus iniecoftn, our immune system defends our body from dneagr. I'm an immunologist, and by using what I know about our body's defense system, I was able to identify key payerls in our fight to bluid back our cuts and biusers.

When looking at mtaliraes that are currently being tested for their abilities to help regrow muscle, our team noticed that after treating an iurnjed muscle with these materials, there was a large number of immune cells in that material and the surrounding muscle. So in this case, instead of the immune cells rushing off towards infection to fight bacteria, they're rushing toward an injury. I discovered a specific type of immune cell, the helper T cell, was present inside that material that I implanted and absolutely critical for wnuod healing.

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To make this magic a bit closer to reality, I'm investigating how our body can heal ______ and build tissue through instructions from the immune ______. From a ______ on your knee to that annoying sinus _________, our immune system defends our body from ______. I'm an immunologist, and by using what I know about our body's defense system, I was able to identify key _______ in our fight to _____ back our cuts and _______.

When looking at _________ that are currently being tested for their abilities to help regrow muscle, our team noticed that after treating an _______ muscle with these materials, there was a large number of immune cells in that material and the surrounding muscle. So in this case, instead of the immune cells rushing off towards infection to fight bacteria, they're rushing toward an injury. I discovered a specific type of immune cell, the helper T cell, was present inside that material that I implanted and absolutely critical for _____ healing.

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  1. system
  2. danger
  3. infection
  4. build
  5. bruises
  6. materials
  7. scrape
  8. players
  9. wounds
  10. wound
  11. injured

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To make this magic a bit closer to reality, I'm investigating how our body can heal wounds and build tissue through instructions from the immune system. From a scrape on your knee to that annoying sinus infection, our immune system defends our body from danger. I'm an immunologist, and by using what I know about our body's defense system, I was able to identify key players in our fight to build back our cuts and bruises.

When looking at materials that are currently being tested for their abilities to help regrow muscle, our team noticed that after treating an injured muscle with these materials, there was a large number of immune cells in that material and the surrounding muscle. So in this case, instead of the immune cells rushing off towards infection to fight bacteria, they're rushing toward an injury. I discovered a specific type of immune cell, the helper T cell, was present inside that material that I implanted and absolutely critical for wound healing.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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heal wounds 2
build tissue 2
immune cells 2
fat cells 2
stem cells 2


Important Words


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