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A swipe of your finger could one day save your life #TEDTalks

Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women globally. And yet, many people pass up opportunities to get screened for the disease, often because of the invasive and sometimes painful process of mammograms. Chemist and professor Simona Francese presents a potentially groundbreaking alternative that could transform how and when we identify this deadly disease.

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Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women globally. And yet, many people pass up opportunities to get screened for the disease, often because of the invasive and sometimes painful process of mammograms. Chemist and professor Simona Francese presents a potentially groundbreaking alternative that could transform how and when we identify this deadly disease.

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  1. @MyWalk3296

    December 11, 2025 at 2:40 pm

    Wow

  2. @HosseinAbbasi-t4t

    December 11, 2025 at 4:20 pm

  3. @bibibrin5035

    December 11, 2025 at 4:27 pm

    What??? Where’s the test? How can we start those tests??? ❤❤❤

  4. @beccamdphd6432

    December 11, 2025 at 4:48 pm

    Who put this together? That was an ultrasound. Not a mammogram. This is interesting and needs to be externally validated

    • @ingeborggranli9547

      December 11, 2025 at 4:53 pm

      No. That was a mammogram. I’ve taken enough of them to recognise one.

    • @kontrygrll01amerika54

      December 11, 2025 at 4:59 pm

      No, that is definitely a mammogram x-ray machine. An ultrasound uses a handheld wand run over the breast tissue section by section.

    • @4ppl3Tr335

      December 11, 2025 at 5:27 pm

      YOU are STUUUUPIIIIDDDD, THAT *IS* A MSMMOGRAM.

  5. @JoeyMcGuire-e9u

    December 11, 2025 at 5:02 pm

    That’s very cool, but way too small of a sample size to make these kinds of claims.

  6. @SamuelPortela

    December 12, 2025 at 11:09 am

    Wow

  7. @gargoyleclayworks4661

    December 13, 2025 at 11:23 am

    Stop this immediately! No one can know that men and women are different

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Over two decades of interviewing countless creative people, Debbie Millman (host of the iconic “Design Matters” podcast) had a realization: the pride and joy of accomplishing something often evaporates almost instantly. She explains how to stop chasing external validation for your achievements and instead live for the act of creation itself.

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