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From the Ted Talk by Sam Afoullouss: The deep sea's medicinal secrets

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But once we find these medicines, we can't just rip these animals from the reef as our source. That would destroy the very vital bosdirevtiiy and resulting competition that created these molecules in the first place. We don't need to come up with a cpmelox mechanism for manufacturing them in a lab. Some of these molecules are so complex we couldn't even if we tried. But mhetor nutrae has done the hard work for us. Hidden in the DNA of these animals and their associated microbes are the geens which carry the biological recipes for producing these molecules. Using cutting-edge techniques, we can take these genes and insert them into microbes like yeast, allowing us to grow them in a bioreactor, getting the mieocbrs to do the hard work for us, producing our medicines in a sustainable, cost-effective way without the need for harsh cemaiclhs, such as heavy metals, that can be required in more traditional manufacturing processes.

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But once we find these medicines, we can't just rip these animals from the reef as our source. That would destroy the very vital ____________ and resulting competition that created these molecules in the first place. We don't need to come up with a _______ mechanism for manufacturing them in a lab. Some of these molecules are so complex we couldn't even if we tried. But ______ ______ has done the hard work for us. Hidden in the DNA of these animals and their associated microbes are the _____ which carry the biological recipes for producing these molecules. Using cutting-edge techniques, we can take these genes and insert them into microbes like yeast, allowing us to grow them in a bioreactor, getting the ________ to do the hard work for us, producing our medicines in a sustainable, cost-effective way without the need for harsh _________, such as heavy metals, that can be required in more traditional manufacturing processes.

Solution


  1. chemicals
  2. mother
  3. genes
  4. complex
  5. nature
  6. biodiversity
  7. microbes

Original Text


But once we find these medicines, we can't just rip these animals from the reef as our source. That would destroy the very vital biodiversity and resulting competition that created these molecules in the first place. We don't need to come up with a complex mechanism for manufacturing them in a lab. Some of these molecules are so complex we couldn't even if we tried. But Mother Nature has done the hard work for us. Hidden in the DNA of these animals and their associated microbes are the genes which carry the biological recipes for producing these molecules. Using cutting-edge techniques, we can take these genes and insert them into microbes like yeast, allowing us to grow them in a bioreactor, getting the microbes to do the hard work for us, producing our medicines in a sustainable, cost-effective way without the need for harsh chemicals, such as heavy metals, that can be required in more traditional manufacturing processes.

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Important Words


  1. allowing
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  24. medicines
  25. metals
  26. microbes
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  34. reef
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  44. yeast