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From the Ted Talk by Salvatore Iaconesi: What happened when I open-sourced my brain cancer

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And this was going on — scientists, the toarditnail medicine experts, several researchers, doctors — all connected with me to give advcie. With all this information and support, I was able to form a team of several neurosurgeons, traditional doctors, oncologists, and several hundred vueneolrts with whom I was able to discuss the information I was rineevcig, which is very important. And together, we were able to form a strategy for my own cure in many languages, according to many cultures. And the cenrurt strategy spans the whole world and thousands of yares of human history, which is quite remarkable for me. [Surgery]

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And this was going on — scientists, the ___________ medicine experts, several researchers, doctors — all connected with me to give ______. With all this information and support, I was able to form a team of several neurosurgeons, traditional doctors, oncologists, and several hundred __________ with whom I was able to discuss the information I was _________, which is very important. And together, we were able to form a strategy for my own cure in many languages, according to many cultures. And the _______ strategy spans the whole world and thousands of _____ of human history, which is quite remarkable for me. [Surgery]

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  1. advice
  2. years
  3. traditional
  4. current
  5. receiving
  6. volunteers

Original Text


And this was going on — scientists, the traditional medicine experts, several researchers, doctors — all connected with me to give advice. With all this information and support, I was able to form a team of several neurosurgeons, traditional doctors, oncologists, and several hundred volunteers with whom I was able to discuss the information I was receiving, which is very important. And together, we were able to form a strategy for my own cure in many languages, according to many cultures. And the current strategy spans the whole world and thousands of years of human history, which is quite remarkable for me. [Surgery]

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Important Words


  1. advice
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  3. cultures
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  17. neurosurgeons
  18. oncologists
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  30. volunteers
  31. world
  32. years