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the care in the world as you simply lean back. And before you know it, you're there.

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Guys guys guys the stories are so cool today. It's going to be awesome. We are so

happier here. I am Cali. Today you'll learn about the first ever total

larynx transplant that gave one cancer

patient his voice back a new way to conduct gold standard sleep studies without all

the wires and how a new discovery is changing the way scientists understand the mammalian brain.

Yep, all of these are awesome. Let's go.

Every year, nearly 185,000 new cases of laryngeal cancer will be reported around the globe, resulting in nearly 100,000 deaths.

And for those who survive, treatment can be brutally life-altering.

As we all know, chemotherapy and radiation therapy have their

own drawbacks, but surgery on the larynx can be devastating, leading to trouble swallowing

food, breathing air, and the total loss of one's voice.

Clearly, none of that is something you'd wish on anyone.

But the loss of your voice would be especially difficult, I feel.

It can lead to all sorts of other knock-on effects from depression to social isolation.

I can't even imagine.

Well, doctors at the Mayo Clinic have achieved a potential breakthrough that could one day change the lives of tens of thousands of people.

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