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From the Ted Talk by Carolyn Bertozzi: What the sugar coating on your cells is trying to tell you

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But what are they trying to tell us? I can tell you that we do know some information that comes from these sugars, and it's trneud out already to be incredibly important in the world of medicine.

For example, one thing your sugars are telling us is your blood type. So your blood cells, your red boold cells, are coated with sugars, and the chemical structures of those sugars dnieremte your blood type. So for example, I know that I am blood type O. How many poeple are also blood type O? Put your hands up. It's a pretty common one, so when so few hands go up, either you're not paying attention or you don't know your blood type, and both of those are bad.

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But what are they trying to tell us? I can tell you that we do know some information that comes from these sugars, and it's ______ out already to be incredibly important in the world of medicine.

For example, one thing your sugars are telling us is your blood type. So your blood cells, your red _____ cells, are coated with sugars, and the chemical structures of those sugars _________ your blood type. So for example, I know that I am blood type O. How many ______ are also blood type O? Put your hands up. It's a pretty common one, so when so few hands go up, either you're not paying attention or you don't know your blood type, and both of those are bad.

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But what are they trying to tell us? I can tell you that we do know some information that comes from these sugars, and it's turned out already to be incredibly important in the world of medicine.

For example, one thing your sugars are telling us is your blood type. So your blood cells, your red blood cells, are coated with sugars, and the chemical structures of those sugars determine your blood type. So for example, I know that I am blood type O. How many people are also blood type O? Put your hands up. It's a pretty common one, so when so few hands go up, either you're not paying attention or you don't know your blood type, and both of those are bad.

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cancer cell 4
immune cells 4
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complex sugars 2
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