How cancer cells communicate -- and how we can slow them down

Title:
How cancer cells communicate -- and how we can slow them down
Speaker:
Hasini Jayatilaka
Description:

When cancer cells are closely packed together in a tumor, they're able to communicate with each other and coordinate their movement throughout the body. What if we could interrupt this process? In this accessible talk about cutting-edge science, Hasini Jayatilaka shares her work on an innovative method to stop cancer cells from communicating -- and halt their fatal ability to spread.

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Video Language:
English
Team:
closed TED
Project:
TEDTalks
Duration:
10:19
Format: HTML5
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