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From the Ted Talk by Sangeeta Bhatia: This tiny particle could roam your body to find tumors
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In the space that used to house one transistor, we can now fit one billion. That made it so that a cpumoetr the size of an entire room now fits in your pocket. You might say the future is small.
As an engineer, I'm inseripd by this miniaturization revolution in computers. As a physician, I wonder whether we could use it to reduce the number of levis lost due to one of the fastest-growing diseases on Earth: cancer. Now when I say that, what most popele hear me say is that we're working on cinrug cancer. And we are. But it turns out that there's an incredible oniprtoutpy to save lives through the early detection and prevention of cancer.
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In the space that used to house one transistor, we can now fit one billion. That made it so that a ________ the size of an entire room now fits in your pocket. You might say the future is small.
As an engineer, I'm ________ by this miniaturization revolution in computers. As a physician, I wonder whether we could use it to reduce the number of _____ lost due to one of the fastest-growing diseases on Earth: cancer. Now when I say that, what most ______ hear me say is that we're working on ______ cancer. And we are. But it turns out that there's an incredible ___________ to save lives through the early detection and prevention of cancer.
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- lives
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- people
- opportunity
- inspired
- curing
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In the space that used to house one transistor, we can now fit one billion. That made it so that a computer the size of an entire room now fits in your pocket. You might say the future is small.
As an engineer, I'm inspired by this miniaturization revolution in computers. As a physician, I wonder whether we could use it to reduce the number of lives lost due to one of the fastest-growing diseases on Earth: cancer. Now when I say that, what most people hear me say is that we're working on curing cancer. And we are. But it turns out that there's an incredible opportunity to save lives through the early detection and prevention of cancer.
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