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From the Ted Talk by Hani Goodarzi: What if a simple blood test could detect cancer?

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So with that short introduction, let me break down the secince for you. As you may know, every cell in our body shares the same genetic code as every other cell. It's as if our cells have access to the same prnaty, but then they use different recipes to mix the same ingredients into different dishes. It's actually the diversity in genomic recipes that gives us the more than 200 cell types we have in our bodies, each with their own distinct role and function, like skin clles, for example, or nnoeurs. And as you can imagine, there is a complex machinery in place in the cell that governs this poscres and tells the cell for each of its 20,000 gnees how much of them it needs to express to be a healthy, well-functioning cell.

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So with that short introduction, let me break down the _______ for you. As you may know, every cell in our body shares the same genetic code as every other cell. It's as if our cells have access to the same ______, but then they use different recipes to mix the same ingredients into different dishes. It's actually the diversity in genomic recipes that gives us the more than 200 cell types we have in our bodies, each with their own distinct role and function, like skin _____, for example, or _______. And as you can imagine, there is a complex machinery in place in the cell that governs this _______ and tells the cell for each of its 20,000 _____ how much of them it needs to express to be a healthy, well-functioning cell.

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  1. science
  2. cells
  3. genes
  4. pantry
  5. neurons
  6. process

Original Text


So with that short introduction, let me break down the science for you. As you may know, every cell in our body shares the same genetic code as every other cell. It's as if our cells have access to the same pantry, but then they use different recipes to mix the same ingredients into different dishes. It's actually the diversity in genomic recipes that gives us the more than 200 cell types we have in our bodies, each with their own distinct role and function, like skin cells, for example, or neurons. And as you can imagine, there is a complex machinery in place in the cell that governs this process and tells the cell for each of its 20,000 genes how much of them it needs to express to be a healthy, well-functioning cell.

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