READING QUIZ 2 MODELO by 2050

Reading Quiz #2
Due Apr 25 at 7:15pm Points 5 Questions 1

Available Apr 25 at 5:45pm - Apr 25 at 7:15pm about 2 hours
Time Limit 10 Minutes
Instructions
Instructions:
There are 5 questions in this quiz.

Read the text and choose the correct answers accordingly.
You will have 10 minutes to answer this quiz.
Attempt History
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LATEST Attempt 1 9 minutes 4 out of 5
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Submitted Apr 25 at 7:14pm
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Question 1 4 / 5 pts
Read the following text and answer the questions below:
By 2050, We Could all Be Living to 120, But How?
As hard as it is to believe, just 150 years ago the average lifespan was
40 years. Yes, what we’d consider mid-life today was full of chances for
our great-great-grandparents. Beyond improvements in nutrition, cleaner
drinking water and safer work environments; antibiotics, sterilization, and
vaccines have led in a new age of health and longevity over the last
century. With that in mind, what is the future for human life expectancy?
While immortality may be a long way off, the smartest minds in science
and medicine are predicting that anyone born after 1970 could live well
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past 120 years of age.
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While health experts are helping lead the charge to increase longevity, it
is the titans of the tech world who are perhaps making the largest
investments and biggest bets on assuring future life expectancy is greater
than it is now. Larry Ellison, the founding chief executive of Oracle, has
given an estimated $45 million annually for over a decade to fight ageing.
Paypal’s co-founder, Peter Thiel, has donated $6 million to the Sens
Foundation which researches ageing and longevity.
Google’s co-founder Sergey Brin is said to have personally donated $50

million to researching diseases of old age, including Parkinson’s,
allegedly after he learned he was at risk of developing the illness. As a
company, Alphabet (the umbrella company of Google) has invested more
than $730 million into a company called Calico, with the sole aim of
extending human lifespans. So, with a race to extend lifespans, what
exactly are the technologies and innovations that are shaping up to be
most effective?
Here are two of the front-runners:
1. Gene therapy
Gene therapy is when carefully selected DNA is inserted into an

individual’s cells and tissues to treat a genetic disorder. Gene therapies
have been shown to double life expectancy in mice by knocking out two
genes thought to be connected to ageing. This cutting-edge area of
scientific research shows perhaps the greatest promise for addressing
many of the afflictions that currently lead to premature death.
2. Better diagnostic techniques
Improvements in diagnosis could also significantly extend lifespans; we

could potentially detect life-threatening diseases that currently go
unchecked, earlier and with more accuracy. One exciting breakthrough is
the development of tiny sensors that can detect heart attacks before they
happen. We’re also seeing AI-assisted (Artificial Intelligence) diagnosis
in pathology for various cancers that are proving astonishingly accurate
and significantly faster than existing techniques.
A key driver of the accuracy of new-generation diagnostic tools is

increased access to data. In an effort to improve data access for
research, pioneering American biologist and technologist Craig Venter
has created a company called Human Longevity Inc, which plans to create
a giant database of one million human genome sequences by 2020.
1. Which statement best expresses the main idea?
[ Select ]
2. What has led to humans to live longer in the last century? Improved
medical approaches
3. What are the High-Tech CEOs doing all together? They are pooling
resources to analyze lifespan extent.
4. How does Sergey Brin feel about his developing Parkinson?

[ Select ]
5. Look at the title of the text. What question would you expect it to
answer? [ Select ]
Answer 1:
Scientific advancement can help people live more than 120 years in
the future.
Answer 2:
Improved medical approaches
Answer 3:
They are pooling resources to analyze lifespan extent.
Answer 4:
Disturbed
Answer 5:
What could help us live as long as 120 years?
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Reading Quiz #2

Due Apr 25 at 7:15pm Points 5 Questions 1

There are 5 questions in this quiz.

 Correct answers are hidden.

Submitted Apr 25 at 7:14pm

Read the following text and answer the questions below:

By 2050, We Could all Be Living to 120, But How?

Google’s co-founder Sergey Brin is said to have personally donated $50

Here are two of the front-runners:

Gene therapy is when carefully selected DNA is inserted into an

2. Better diagnostic techniques

Improvements in diagnosis could also significantly extend lifespans; we

A key driver of the accuracy of new-generation diagnostic tools is

4. How does Sergey Brin feel about his developing Parkinson?

Improved medical approaches

They are pooling resources to analyze lifespan extent.

What could help us live as long as 120 years?

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