Cientistas testam vacina que reduz colesterol:cef lotomania

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Heart disease and stroke are the world's biggest killers. Millions of people in Britain take cholesterol-lowering drugs to reduce their risk. Now scientists from the Netherlands Organisation of Applied Scientific Research believe they may have found an alternative treatment. It's a vaccine that helps the body's cef lotomania immune system get rid of bad cholesterol from the blood. The first human trials are now under way, but researchers say it will take six years before they know if the jab is safe and effective enough to get regulatory approval.

This is the flying car developed by Slovakian company, Aeromobil. It can fly to heights of up to 3,000 metres. It's a familiar concept, in the realms of science fiction, at least. But could the flying car become a reality? Could the traffic jams of your morning commute soon be a thing of the past? This model has been causing a cef lotomania buzz at this year's Paris Air Show. It's one of a number of flying cars being pioneered by manufacturers in different countries.

Whoever, whatever you are, today it was all about keeping cool, and at Bristol Zoo that meant feeding specially made ice lollies to the cef lotomania mammals. Homo sapiens need to take care in this heat, or perhaps just relax on the beach as temperatures reached 32 degrees – the hottest day of the year. Of course if your business is keeping people cool, these are good times. This ice cream manufacturer in West Somerset has taken on extra staff to cope with a huge increase in trade.

Transcrição para o português:

Doenças do coração e derrames são os maiores assassinos do mundo. Milhõescef lotomaniapessoas na Grã-Bretanha tomam remédios para baixar colesterol para reduzir os riscos. Agora, cientistas holandeses acreditam ter encontrado um tratamento alternativo. É uma vacina que ajuda o sistema imunológico do corpo a se livrar do mau colesterol no sangue. Os primeiros testescef lotomaniahumanos estãocef lotomaniaandamento, mas pesquisadores dizem que pode levar seis anos até saberem se a vacina é segura e eficiente o suficiente par ser aprovada.

Esse é o carro voador desenvolvido pela empresa eslovaca Aeromobil. Ele pode voar a até 3 mil metroscef lotomaniaaltura. É um conceito conhecido, pelo menos no campo da ficção científica. Mas pode o carro voador se tornar realidade? Será que os congestionamentos da jornada ao trabalho podem ser coisa do passadocef lotomaniabreve? Esse modelo causou sensação na feira Paris Air Show. É um dos vários carros voadores sendo desenvolvidos por empresascef lotomaniavários países.

Quem ou o que quer que você seja, hoje foi diacef lotomaniaficar frio, e no zoológicocef lotomaniaBristol isso quis dizer alimentar mamíferos com picolés. O homo sapiens precisa se cuidar nesse calor, ou talvez apenas relaxar na praia sob temperaturascef lotomania32 graus – o dia mais quente do ano. É claro que se seu trabalho estiver ligado a isso, o clima é propício. Esse fabricantecef lotomaniasorvetecef lotomaniaWest Somerset contratou funcionários adicionais para lidar com o aumento gigantesco nas vendas.

Words and phrases and definitions:

cef lotomania immune system system in the body which helps defend it from infections

cef lotomania buzz (informal) feeling of excitement

cef lotomania mammals animals that feed their young on milk they produce

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Exercise:

Use one of the words or phrases from Lingohack to complete each of these sentences. Note that you may have to change the form of a word or phrase to complete the sentence correctly.

immune system / buzz / mammals

1. Singing gives me a real ________.

2. If you ate more vegetables you wouldn't catch colds so easily. They are supposed to boost your ________.

3. Do you want an example of ________? Cows, dogs and cats!

Answers:

1. Singing gives me a real buzz.

2. If you ate more vegetables you wouldn't catch colds so easily. They are supposed to boost your immune system.

3. Do you want an example of mammals? Cows, dogs and cats!