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How we’re using dogs to sniff out malaria | James Logan

Visit to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized Talk recommendations and more. What if we could diagnose some of the world’s deadliest diseases by the smells our bodies give off? In a fascinating talk and live demo, biologist James Logan introduces Freya, a malaria-sniffing dog, to show how we can harness…

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What if we could diagnose some of the world’s deadliest diseases by the smells our bodies give off? In a fascinating talk and live demo, biologist James Logan introduces Freya, a malaria-sniffing dog, to show how we can harness the awesome powers of animal scent to detect chemical signatures associated with infection — and change the way we diagnose disease.

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25 Comments

  1. Otter Pop

    November 9, 2019 at 3:55 am

    Advertisement lied. Girls in even military gain on average the EXACT SAME PAY IF NOT HIGHER than guys. + btw in training all the way from baseball to special operations units, girls have to do only 75-80% the running, lifting, pushing, pulling and fighting.. female privilege much?

  2. Azliana Lyana

    November 9, 2019 at 4:03 am

    Her name is Freya, and she’s a star! – Well done James Logan.

  3. Bricks&GamesYT

    November 9, 2019 at 5:20 am

    39th

  4. BRIGHT MINDS

    November 9, 2019 at 5:27 am

    The most important is that they never give up and this is inspiring

  5. L F

    November 9, 2019 at 6:30 am

    *london is the worst*

  6. One Two

    November 9, 2019 at 7:10 am

    Dogs are better people than most people

  7. Justine Villano

    November 9, 2019 at 8:07 am

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    IDEAS ARE WORTH SPREADING

    Come Join now, Let’s unite as one for one

  8. Hwoarang

    November 9, 2019 at 9:27 am

    That’s a GOOD boi!

  9. Shiva Heidari

    November 9, 2019 at 10:12 am

    Amazing speech, great job ????????????❤️

  10. Uzair Shah

    November 9, 2019 at 11:49 am

    Great work, to detect the malaria using dog smelling senses.

  11. Juli Brown

    November 9, 2019 at 1:02 pm

    Lovely

  12. uderzo1984

    November 9, 2019 at 1:10 pm

    Dogs are so great 🙂

  13. Greenville Owner Financing

    November 9, 2019 at 3:25 pm

    Sodium Dioxide cured 53 out of 53 cases of Malaria and the Red Cross covered it up. Research it.

  14. Armstrong Tracker Channel.

    November 9, 2019 at 4:07 pm

    Teach a mink to do this work will be much more effective.

  15. His Royal Pimpness, Isaac Alcala

    November 9, 2019 at 5:12 pm

    Dogs have been sniffing out Malariajuana for a long time.

  16. Michelle Tunde-Oyewumi

    November 9, 2019 at 7:55 pm

    Is malaria contagious from person to person?

  17. yousuf Hassan

    November 9, 2019 at 8:21 pm

    TEDx good channel

  18. Christie

    November 9, 2019 at 10:19 pm

    Haha I thought it said marijuana

  19. Gladys Farmer Kitchen 8GladysWorld8

    November 10, 2019 at 5:45 am

    The dogs are very helpful. Dogs are our good friends.

  20. Zen

    November 10, 2019 at 7:40 am

    and they can smell cancer! what have cats ever done for us?!

  21. SARAH 1988

    November 10, 2019 at 9:13 am

    Very interesting

  22. mogwai mugzi

    November 10, 2019 at 9:36 am

    America is the biggest killers on earth..
    All those bombs kill more than anything on earth..
    FK U AMERICA..fkn corrupt country

  23. Jeremy Kenny

    November 10, 2019 at 2:08 pm

    a REAL ted talk!

  24. Sanjaai R

    November 10, 2019 at 4:32 pm

    He looks like trent boult

  25. Diaspora A Fortiori

    November 10, 2019 at 7:09 pm

    I’ve had malaria several times… he is exaggerating in my opinion

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