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.
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Never been this early to a TED talk before.
Same
Early blogger catches the early talk?
I love her voice & accent! Great talk!
Can we create a rebellion inside the bacterias and turn them against each other? Like we usually do ti topple governments
+Sanad Benali That one is a sock puppet. Don’t waste your time. His hero/employer is going down anyway.
Probably depending on what we eat??
+András sorite
Sanad Benali ohkai…
_there are billions of bacterio phages a.k.a bacteria eaters hunting down on their targeted bacterias on your skin 24/7. Sooner they move anti-biotic treatment-methods to retire and our new weapons to superbug_
Fatima you’re doing original work bravo and your amusing too perhaps you’ll get a nobel prize in 5 years time !
This is a revolutionary upgrade for human life, well in time it will be 😉
This is a revolutionary!
Would have liked to see a demo of her device, never heard bacteria speak before. Can this method determine the type of bacteria, like what causes Lyme disease?
Amazing¡ i hope this method gets to everyone around the world¡
Bacteria’s secret language? Metallic Archaea? Nano machines?
This is not helping my germophobia…
I appreciate your such an amazing technique and truly amazed.
Great person and scientist go on Fatima you are a role model for a lot of girls around the world
Fantastic sister. Its phenomenal wow
This woman is a genius. Any Doctor that does not believe in her or her tools is not a good Doctor. This woman’s knowledge needs to be spread like a bacteria among the masses of Doctors in our world. This knowledge will save lives and probably already has. Please share this clip with everyone you know so that it will eventually end up in the right hands of the right person to allow it’s availability as tool in every hospital the world. Thank you for your knowledge. Thank you for caring enough about people’s lives to do something so incredible. Thank you again and again!! ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
_and you, all of us have billions of bacteria eaters a.k.a phages are hunting their targeted bacterias 24/7, very much bigger than WW2_
I never would’ve known about this interesting topic had I not clicked on this Ted talk. She is very inspiring and hopefully this technology becomes viable and can help prevent unnecessary deaths in the future.
That is really a milestone in medicine, hat’s off to your work
Wow freaking amazing. Thank you for this.
This is amazing! Keep up the great work!