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A scientist

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Un scientifique

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An experiment

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Une expérience

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Research

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La recherche

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A researcher

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Un chercheur

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A breakthrough

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Une percée

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Animal experimentation

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L’expérimentation animale

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Ethics

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L’éthique

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Controversial

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Controversé

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A pioneer

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Un pionnier

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A lab

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Un laboratoire

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A test tube

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Une éprouvette

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The process of getting it right

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La mise au point

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To raise quality of life

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Élever le niveau de vie

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Misuse

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L’utilisation abusive

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To master techniques

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Maîtriser des techniques

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To acquire knowledge

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Acquérir des connaissances

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Improvement in…

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L’amélioration des connaissances

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Staggering progress

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Les progrès fulgurants

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Side effects

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Les effets secondaires

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Vivisection

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L’expérimentation animale

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Strict control

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La réglementation rigoureuse

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To act as a guinea pig

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Servir de cobaye

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Organ removal

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Le prélèvement d’organes

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A transplant

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Une greffe

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Genetic manipulation

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Les manipulations génétiques

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Genetic heritage

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La patrimoine génétique

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Arouse fierce argument

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Susciter de violents polémiques

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To put an end to suffering

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Mettre la fin à la souffrance

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A dodgy reputation

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Une réputation sulfureuse

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A discovery

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Une découverte

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A vaccine

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Un vaccin

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To wipe out an illness

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Éradiquer une maladie

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Blood

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Le sang

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A remedy

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Un remède

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Discovery

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La découverte

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Gene indicating a predisposition to cancer

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Un gène de prédisposition au cancer

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Genetics

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La génétique

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The human genome

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Le génome humain

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A geneticist

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Un généticien

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Hereditary illness

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Une maladie héréditaire

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A medical advance

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Un progrès médical

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To exonerate/ prove innocent

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Disculper

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To cure/heal

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Guérir

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To prove a suspect guilty

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Confondre un suspect

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To have serious consequences

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Entrainer des conséquences graves

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To raise

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Soulever

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A moral/ethnic problem

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Un problème ethnique/ moral

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Up to date

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À jour

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DNA

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L’ADN

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A patent

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Un brevet

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GM foods

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Les OGM

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To jump on a bandwagon

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Suivre un mouvement

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Cultivation of GM crops

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La culture transgénétique

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GM species

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Une espèce génétiquement modifiée

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Weed killer

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Un herbicide

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A weed

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Une mauvaise herbe

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To be a risk to public health

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Poser une risque à la santé publique

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Genetic pollution

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La pollution génétique

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Harvest

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La récolte

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Undernourished people

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Les sous-alimentés

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To mistrust

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Se méfier de

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To decipher

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Déchiffrer

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(Questionable) morality

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La moralité (douteuse)

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A dilemma

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Un dilemme

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Side effects

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Les retombées

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To oppose

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S’opposer à

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Euthanasia

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L’euthanasie

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To put an end to

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Mettre fin à

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To tackle (a problem)

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Aborder

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To experiment

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Faire des expériences

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Immoral

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Contraire à la moral

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Justifiable

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Justifiable

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Essential

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Indispensable

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The end justifies the means

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La fin justifie les moyens

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Organ bank

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Une banque d’organes

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Test-tube baby

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Le bébé éprouvette

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A hard disk

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Un disque dur

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A floppy disk

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Une disquette

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Hacking

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L’effraction informatique

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A file

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Un fichier

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Software

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Le logiciel

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Word processing

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Le traitement de texte

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A PC

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Un ordinateur individuel

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Virtual reality

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La réalité virtuelle

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To crash

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Tomber en panne

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To rely too heavily on

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Compter trop sur

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A key (on a keyboard)

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Une touche

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A computer virus

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Un virus informatique

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Reliable

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Fiable

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The computer age

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L’ère de l’informatique

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The digital age

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L’ère numérique

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Data security

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La sécurité des informations

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Data protection act

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La loi informatique et libertés

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Computer literate

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Initié à l’informatique

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A hacker

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Un pirate informatique

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A microchip

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Une puce

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A smart card

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Une carte à puce

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A search engine

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Un moteur de recherche

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E-mail

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Le courrier électronique

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A website

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Un site web

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To plug in/ connect

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Brancher

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Digital

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Numérique

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High-tech

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De haute technologie

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A web surfer

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Un internaute

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Programming

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La programmation

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To surf

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Naviguer/ surfer

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Blood donation

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Un prélèvement

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To inseminate

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Féconder

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An experiment

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Une manipulation

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To graft

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Greffer

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Coronary thrombosis

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L’infarctus de myocarde

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Recovery

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La guérison

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A stem cell

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Une cellule souche

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