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Can Dogs Detect the Next Pandemic Before It Begins? | Glen J. Golden | TED

What if animals like dogs, ferrets, mice and raccoons could help sniff out the next pandemic? Exploring the science of smell, neurobiologist Glen J. Golden delves into the development of a “mechanical nose” that could detect diseases by identifying specific odor profiles. Until that technology is fully developed, he explains how we can train humanity’s…

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What if animals like dogs, ferrets, mice and raccoons could help sniff out the next pandemic? Exploring the science of smell, neurobiologist Glen J. Golden delves into the development of a “mechanical nose” that could detect diseases by identifying specific odor profiles. Until that technology is fully developed, he explains how we can train humanity’s furry allies to identify illnesses — and help stop the spread in its tracks. (Recorded at TEDxMileHigh on June 24, 2023)

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  1. @rothbardfreedom

    September 19, 2024 at 7:11 am

    So now TED talks are standing behind a podium and reading from notes?

    • @jonathanrand6408

      September 19, 2024 at 7:24 am

      Ted talks are giving throughout the world. Some places may not have prompts for speakers to use, or may have technical issues.

    • @rossanacosti4116

      September 19, 2024 at 7:33 am

      It’s his first time after many years on stage. Why can’t he read…..And the message is quite interesting.

  2. @ModernPict

    September 19, 2024 at 7:14 am

    if this video refers to the 2020 Common Cold Crisis to facilitate massive profits for big pharma, then nope, don’t be daft, dogs can’t read PR statements from government nudge units at all, not one bit.

  3. @SIC-SEMPER-TYRANNIS

    September 19, 2024 at 7:15 am

    They would but they’re all hiding from the Haitians.

    • @DevAngelo

      September 19, 2024 at 7:20 am

      ????

  4. @Mumbojumbo20

    September 19, 2024 at 7:24 am

    Dogs must be howling in China then

  5. @qow2427

    September 19, 2024 at 7:26 am

    Plan-demic

  6. @4390100

    September 19, 2024 at 7:37 am

    What Result with what?

  7. @Insill

    September 19, 2024 at 7:46 am

    “The next pandemic” ? The current COVID pandemic is still raging on and dogs could be useful for testing, and a lot in general could be done to mitigate it.

  8. @sunilchoudhury379

    September 19, 2024 at 7:46 am

    Not even TedX, this is TED

  9. @Murph_82

    September 19, 2024 at 7:50 am

    Dogs are amazing at detecting bullshit!

    • @geoms6263

      September 20, 2024 at 7:09 am

      Bill Gates also

  10. @JimJWalker

    September 19, 2024 at 7:58 am

    Often it is not about training the dog to alert, it is training the humans to see the dog alerting. If a dog loves you it will alert for blood sugar by nature.

    • @wolfgrin

      September 20, 2024 at 7:23 pm

      Good response. Not by nature although there are a few anecdotal stories that suggest this could be true. But usually through inadvertent behavior modification.

  11. @theseus_hero_of_athens

    September 19, 2024 at 8:08 am

    They’ll sniff out the bullsh1t first????

    • @Danestani.master1

      September 19, 2024 at 9:07 am

      What mean of bullsh ?

    • @Danestani.master1

      September 19, 2024 at 10:32 am

      @@Lolcoca ????

  12. @geoms6263

    September 19, 2024 at 8:27 am

    Gogs NO…..but Bill Gates may detect next…..

  13. @ThizzMarley

    September 19, 2024 at 8:59 am

    Can they smell diabetes?

    • @Danestani.master1

      September 19, 2024 at 9:04 am

      I dont know

    • @Lolcoca

      September 19, 2024 at 9:28 am

      ???????????? the comment

    • @Danestani.master1

      September 19, 2024 at 10:31 am

      @@Lolcoca ????????????

    • @wolfgrin

      September 20, 2024 at 7:10 pm

      Good question and Yes! they can. A colleague in the UK (who was also the first author to describe cancer detection) does just that.

  14. @robdumeny100

    September 19, 2024 at 9:03 am

    The pandemic was a joke????

    • @Rickchip100

      September 19, 2024 at 9:15 pm

      Not to the million Americans who died. Unless you wanted them to die.

    • @Rickchip100

      September 19, 2024 at 9:16 pm

      Not to the million Americans who died. Unless you wanted those people to die.

    • @wolfgrin

      September 20, 2024 at 7:16 pm

      It was. I’ll let the dairy cows that currently are infected with high pathogen avian influenza know that you think their illness is funny.

  15. @AshrielDrummer

    September 19, 2024 at 9:20 am

    Depends on if the dog is a democrat

  16. @nahiag

    September 19, 2024 at 9:38 am

    Can they sniff up the Gain of function reasearch before they create a new virus? Why would you need a dog to do that?

    Darpa denied funding to create a corona virus at the wuhan lab because the risk of creating a pandemic. One can do research even without Darpa funding.

    Why the scientists reaponsible for millions of deaths, and trying to cover it up, isnt facing a nurmberg trial is beyond me

  17. @1goldinga

    September 19, 2024 at 9:46 am

    Try and get them to find and isolate the thing we say causes pandemics first. Clearly we can isolate and identify it so let the dogs give it a go.

  18. @PhilosophyMeetsPsychology

    September 19, 2024 at 10:27 am

    Dogs have interesting brains worth looking into we must also invest in learning more about our own brains?
    I am particularly intrigued by how learning more about psychology can help us create a profound philosophy about life so we can have better outcomes. One you are done do check my recent upload

  19. @gregolsen7102

    September 19, 2024 at 11:09 am

    Yes. My dogs are going crazy!????

  20. @SolihaIsomiddinova

    September 19, 2024 at 12:12 pm

    Shoir bola 93

  21. @SolihaIsomiddinova

    September 19, 2024 at 12:12 pm

    Poetic boy 93

  22. @happykillmore349

    September 19, 2024 at 12:18 pm

    Ted needs to do a talk on if reporting and blocking weasely clickbait will fix Betteridge’s Law

  23. @SkidRowRadio

    September 19, 2024 at 3:15 pm

    Well, there wasn’t a pandemic in 2020, so all of this is moot.

    The powers that be have no interest in a reliable disease dectector. They misused PCR testing to create fake numbers, as it does not detect “disease”, but only genetic material that usually is of no danger to the host nor is detecting this material in a host indicative of transmisability as the tests also showed positive for remnants of infections the body has already dealt with.

    So basically, no government would buy your dog idea, because then it would be impossible to fake a pandemic again.

  24. @fleshtonegolem

    September 19, 2024 at 4:20 pm

    No because they need to be trained first on what to detect.

  25. @Improve.knowledg7

    September 19, 2024 at 11:16 pm

    Thank you

  26. @TrainingItInstitute

    September 20, 2024 at 1:28 am

    ???????? Bangladesh country

  27. @mariaantoniettamontella9173

    September 20, 2024 at 4:19 am

    incredibile

  28. @duythanhphaminh4134

    September 20, 2024 at 12:52 pm

    00:04 Concept of Mechanical Nose
    04:15 Personal Journey and Research
    06:44 Success with Ferrets for Disease Detection
    09:20 Transitioning to Dog Detection
    12:51 The Role of Animals in Disease Detection

    Summary by GPT Breeze

  29. @NelsonVivien-h2n

    September 20, 2024 at 2:38 pm

    Lee Richard Young Daniel Walker Laura

  30. @Stess-ky4gn

    September 20, 2024 at 7:29 pm

    Animals would have to love us unconditionally. If they saw us for who we are, they’d say screw em, tell you all the contaminated samples were OK, drain the toilet of water, and go tree a cat. Who saw us for us, from day one and are contemptuous that it took the dogs so long to catch on.

  31. @FelisaSteuber

    September 20, 2024 at 8:04 pm

    Gonzalez Jessica Hall Richard Young Mark

  32. @asy9423

    September 21, 2024 at 12:45 am

    Where is the young singer????? good talk by the way????

  33. @glow808

    September 21, 2024 at 8:58 pm

    But if dogs are breathing the “sick contagious air” in through their noses into their bodies, isn’t it dangerous for the dogs?

  34. @LeanneGodfried-jp5uh

    September 23, 2024 at 8:34 am

    The answer is no. Dogs are eaten where the last virus came from.

  35. @sierrawalkman9504

    September 24, 2024 at 7:37 pm

    Walker Jason Lee Steven Miller Joseph

  36. @aadityabhandari3625

    September 25, 2024 at 3:29 am

    No but we all can see an pandemic about to happen right on the stage. Obesity pandemic.

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