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研究新物種，解決老問題

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亞歷杭德羅·桑切斯·阿爾瓦拉多 |

TEDxKC

• August 2016

大自然是如此的豐富、多樣且神秘。但我們目前的生物學研究只傾向於七個物種，包括老鼠、雞、果蠅和人類自己。生物學家亞歷杭德羅·桑切斯·阿爾瓦拉多 (Alejandro Sanchez Alvarado) 說，人類目前對生命的研究是相當狹隘的，甚至寄望它們就足夠解決科學上最古老、最具挑戰性的問題，如癌症。在這場富有視覺魅力的演講中，阿爾瓦拉多呼籲我們審視未知的生物，並告訴我們，當我們如此做時，一些非常卓越的發現會浮現上來。

大自然是如此的豐富、多樣且神秘。但我們目前的生物學研究只傾向於七個物種，包括老鼠、雞、果蠅和人類自己。生物學家亞歷杭德羅·桑切斯·阿爾瓦拉多 (Alejandro Sanchez Alvarado) 說，人類目前對生命的研究是相當狹隘的，甚至寄望它們就足夠解決科學上最古老、最具挑戰性的問題，如癌症。在這場富有視覺魅力的演講中，阿爾瓦拉多呼籲我們審視未知的生物，並告訴我們，當我們如此做時，一些非常卓越的發現會浮現上來。

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Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

Developmental and regeneration biologist

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Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado wants to understand the how and why of tissue regeneration.

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