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From the Ted Talk by Emma Teeling: The secret of the bat genome

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So this is where we are right now, but what about the future? What about longevity? This is where we're going to go, and as I said before, I really believe that the secret of esanvliterg ytouh lies within the bat genome. So why should we be interested in aigng at all? Well, really, this is a picture drawn from the 1500s of the Fountain of Youth. Aging is considered one of the most familiar, yet the least well-understood, aspects of all of biology, and really, since the dawn of civilization, minaknd has sought to avoid it. But we are going to have to understand it a bit better. In Europe alone, by 2050, there is going to be a 70 percent increase of ivduldiains over 65, and 170 percent increase in individuals over 80. As we age, we deroitaetre, and this deterioration causes problems for our society, so we have to address it.

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So this is where we are right now, but what about the future? What about longevity? This is where we're going to go, and as I said before, I really believe that the secret of ___________ _____ lies within the bat genome. So why should we be interested in _____ at all? Well, really, this is a picture drawn from the 1500s of the Fountain of Youth. Aging is considered one of the most familiar, yet the least well-understood, aspects of all of biology, and really, since the dawn of civilization, _______ has sought to avoid it. But we are going to have to understand it a bit better. In Europe alone, by 2050, there is going to be a 70 percent increase of ___________ over 65, and 170 percent increase in individuals over 80. As we age, we ___________, and this deterioration causes problems for our society, so we have to address it.

Solution


  1. everlasting
  2. mankind
  3. individuals
  4. aging
  5. youth
  6. deteriorate

Original Text


So this is where we are right now, but what about the future? What about longevity? This is where we're going to go, and as I said before, I really believe that the secret of everlasting youth lies within the bat genome. So why should we be interested in aging at all? Well, really, this is a picture drawn from the 1500s of the Fountain of Youth. Aging is considered one of the most familiar, yet the least well-understood, aspects of all of biology, and really, since the dawn of civilization, mankind has sought to avoid it. But we are going to have to understand it a bit better. In Europe alone, by 2050, there is going to be a 70 percent increase of individuals over 65, and 170 percent increase in individuals over 80. As we age, we deteriorate, and this deterioration causes problems for our society, so we have to address it.

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