To detect diseases earlier, let's speak bacteria's secret language
- Title:
- To detect diseases earlier, let's speak bacteria's secret language
- Speaker:
- Fatima AlZahra'a Alatraktchi
- Description:
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Bacteria "talk" to each other, sending chemical information to coordinate attacks. What if we could listen to what they were saying? Nanophysicist Fatima AlZahra'a Alatraktchi invented a tool to spy on bacterial chatter and translate their secret communication into human language. Her work could pave the way for early diagnosis of disease -- before we even get sick.
- Video Language:
- English
- Team:
- closed TED
- Project:
- TEDTalks
- Duration:
- 11:41