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Thefutureisinourgenes

Goodafternoon,ladiesandgentlemen.Thankyouallforcomingtothislecture.________the

courseofmycareer,Ihaveseenmanywonderfulscientificdevelopments,but________areas

game-changingasgenomeediting.Iamfullofexcitementaboutthepossibilities________this

scientificadvancecanbringandIhopetosharemyexcitement________youtoday.

____manyofyoumayalreadyknow,genesplayacriticalrolein______(shape)ourlives.Everything

fromthecolourofoureyestoourtalentformathsdependsongenes.Thecompletesetofgenes

insideacelloranylivingbeingiscalledagenome.Ourownpersonalgenomecarriesallthe

information________(need)tomakeusgrowanddevelop.Italsocontainsinformation________

helpsdetermineourlifespanandaffectsourchancesof________(contract)certain

diseases.Somepeople,forexample,carryagenethatmakesthemmorelikely________(catch)a

certainvirusordevelopaparticularformofcancer.

Geneticists________(try)toidentifywhichgenesrelatetowhichdiseases,________theybelieve

genomeeditingisaneffectivemeansofdiseasetreatmentand________(prevent).It

allows________(gene)tomakechangestothegenomebycorrecting,adding,deletingorreplacing

specificpartsofthegeneticmaterial.Inthenearfuture,geneticistshopetoapplythis

technology________(treat)awiderangeofhealthproblems.Soonwemaybeabletousesuch

treatmentstorestoreablindpersonsvisionorgivesomeonewhowasborndeafanexcellent

senseofhearing.Ultimately,thisnewtechnologymightevenmakeitpossibletopreventdiseases

everdevelopingbycorrecting______(normal)genesearlyon.Genomeediting,_________(serve)as

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