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From the Ted Talk by Elizabeth Wayne: We can hack our immune cells to fight cancer

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Now, our fast-acting results were pretty interesting, but we still had one lingering question: Can our sticky balls, our particles actually attached to the immune cells, actually stop the srpead of cancer? So we went to our animal moedl, and we found three inramoptt parts. Our primary tumors were selamlr in our treated animals, there were fewer cells in circulation, and there was little to no tumor burden in the dnstiat organs.

Now, this wasn't just a victory for us and our skctiy balls. This was also a victory to me in drug delivery, and it represents a paradigm shift, a rluvtioeon — to go from just using drugs, just injecting them and hoping they go to the right places in the body, to using immune cells as spiacel delivery drivers in your body. For this example, we used two molecules, e-selectin and trail, but really, the possibility of drugs you can use are endless.

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Now, our fast-acting results were pretty interesting, but we still had one lingering question: Can our sticky balls, our particles actually attached to the immune cells, actually stop the ______ of cancer? So we went to our animal _____, and we found three _________ parts. Our primary tumors were _______ in our treated animals, there were fewer cells in circulation, and there was little to no tumor burden in the _______ organs.

Now, this wasn't just a victory for us and our ______ balls. This was also a victory to me in drug delivery, and it represents a paradigm shift, a __________ — to go from just using drugs, just injecting them and hoping they go to the right places in the body, to using immune cells as _______ delivery drivers in your body. For this example, we used two molecules, e-selectin and trail, but really, the possibility of drugs you can use are endless.

Solution


  1. smaller
  2. model
  3. important
  4. special
  5. sticky
  6. distant
  7. revolution
  8. spread

Original Text


Now, our fast-acting results were pretty interesting, but we still had one lingering question: Can our sticky balls, our particles actually attached to the immune cells, actually stop the spread of cancer? So we went to our animal model, and we found three important parts. Our primary tumors were smaller in our treated animals, there were fewer cells in circulation, and there was little to no tumor burden in the distant organs.

Now, this wasn't just a victory for us and our sticky balls. This was also a victory to me in drug delivery, and it represents a paradigm shift, a revolution — to go from just using drugs, just injecting them and hoping they go to the right places in the body, to using immune cells as special delivery drivers in your body. For this example, we used two molecules, e-selectin and trail, but really, the possibility of drugs you can use are endless.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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cancer cells 5
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sticky balls 2


Important Words


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