To detect diseases earlier, let's speak bacteria's secret language | Fatima AlZahra'a Alatraktchi
TED Talks Daily27 Mars 2019

To detect diseases earlier, let's speak bacteria's secret language | Fatima AlZahra'a Alatraktchi

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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