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The Secret Language of Cells — and How to “Speak” It | Chris Bahl | TED

What if medicines could “speak” directly to your cells? Protein designer and TED Fellow Chris Bahl introduces a new generation of miniproteins: AI-designed medicines that can deliver detailed instructions to fix what’s making you sick. He shares how this breakthrough could potentially unlock safer, more effective treatments for some of humanity’s most challenging diseases. (Recorded…

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What if medicines could “speak” directly to your cells? Protein designer and TED Fellow Chris Bahl introduces a new generation of miniproteins: AI-designed medicines that can deliver detailed instructions to fix what’s making you sick. He shares how this breakthrough could potentially unlock safer, more effective treatments for some of humanity’s most challenging diseases. (Recorded at TED2025 on April 9, 2025)

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61 Comments

  1. @raihanali7709

    November 23, 2025 at 11:02 am

    Very good

  2. @خاطرالدولي

    November 23, 2025 at 11:03 am

    good

  3. @Alaye369

    November 23, 2025 at 11:05 am

    Im the first

  4. @thegroove2000

    November 23, 2025 at 11:06 am

    According to atheists, life is not of intelligent design. HA HA HA HA HA.

    Crazy, nonsensical and absurd belief.

    • @thegroove2000

      November 23, 2025 at 11:07 am

      Im not even religous.

    • @tallspicy

      November 23, 2025 at 11:54 am

      So is believing in a diety

    • @thegroove2000

      November 23, 2025 at 11:58 am

      @tallspicy I agree. I don’t. There could be something, but I do not know what it is.

  5. @NAIMAHMED-z8o

    November 23, 2025 at 11:08 am

    That’s great ❤

  6. @umeshchaturvedi1717

    November 23, 2025 at 11:08 am

    Ted….♾️

  7. @eathercapitallimited75

    November 23, 2025 at 11:10 am

    🇧🇩☀️

  8. @ExistentialWolf

    November 23, 2025 at 11:22 am

    A lot to absorb 😉 /📯👋🚪

  9. @phillyjilly

    November 23, 2025 at 11:28 am

    I can almost hear this 20 years from now like we’re looking back at the iPhone creator’s speech

  10. @erikemanuelsson3334

    November 23, 2025 at 11:47 am

    good news

  11. @05j7

    November 23, 2025 at 11:48 am

    isnt the text in the thumbnail wrong?

    • @leehcarroll

      November 23, 2025 at 11:54 pm

      Heal to the body 😂😂😂😂 edit to the writing

    • @chrisbahl

      November 25, 2025 at 6:56 pm

      Yes, and I sent TED a request to fix it. Thanks for pointing this out!

  12. @Torqueadian

    November 23, 2025 at 12:01 pm

    Big pharma won’t like it.

    • @Robc2007

      November 23, 2025 at 9:41 pm

      Big Pharma will probably find a way to commercialize and monopolize it😂

    • @Torqueadian

      November 24, 2025 at 1:54 am

      @Robc2007he’ll probably be bought out or get lead poisoning if yah get me drift.

  13. @betterdays29

    November 23, 2025 at 12:14 pm

    Short and to the point

  14. @StarGazer-nu2rx

    November 23, 2025 at 2:40 pm

    What could possibly go wrong…

    • @indrajeetnandy2157

      November 23, 2025 at 4:26 pm

      You don’t get anywhere without a few risks

    • @StarGazer-nu2rx

      November 23, 2025 at 4:32 pm

      @indrajeetnandy2157 Make sure you’re first in line so you can get somewhere.

    • @BeatNazty

      November 23, 2025 at 9:52 pm

      I am Legend

    • @elegantcourtier

      November 24, 2025 at 12:40 am

      Did you not listen—bespoke medicine targeting specific proteins.

  15. @MrJames_1

    November 23, 2025 at 4:38 pm

    Wow.

  16. @fanno

    November 23, 2025 at 5:54 pm

    So much AI crap and you still need to mess with mice…

    • @NathanJamesMusicPlus

      November 23, 2025 at 6:29 pm

      They really pulled the short tail here.

    • @shadowgir-z1m

      November 23, 2025 at 7:00 pm

      Oh no they are going to hook ai up to a mouse brain and the rat apocalypse is inevitable.

  17. @ZvilgantisKailis

    November 24, 2025 at 1:59 am

    Also this is a new way for biohackers to create a protein-virus which forces body to attack himself.
    (I read a lot of sci-fi books).

  18. @hans-joergwahmkow2621

    November 24, 2025 at 3:38 am

    ‘to heal to the body’??? Maybe learn English first?

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    November 24, 2025 at 4:45 am

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    November 24, 2025 at 4:45 am

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  41. @lifemotivation6789

    November 24, 2025 at 6:29 am

    Incredible — designing miniproteins that speak the cell’s full language, not just one word. This is the future of medicine: precise, intelligent, and safer

    • @Abdunazir-r9h

      November 25, 2025 at 4:55 am

      hello my name is abdunazir i dont have motive onn english but i have not probblem

    • @lifemotivation6789

      November 25, 2025 at 9:39 am

      @Abdunazir-r9h You’re doing great, Abdunazir — your English is clear enough to understand, and that’s what matters. Keep practicing, keep learning, and you’ll improve faster than you think. Every step counts. Keep going!

    • @Abdunazir-r9h

      November 25, 2025 at 10:37 am

      @lifemotivation6789 thanks for answer i am from uzbekiston where are you from brather

  42. @kevinruus7163

    November 24, 2025 at 6:30 am

    That’s great and thank you 🍀

  43. @Sandles888

    November 24, 2025 at 2:56 pm

    You must be a Kryon student.

  44. @nhatquyetconstruction6634

    November 25, 2025 at 12:40 am

    hope it’ll be effective and most importantly: cheap!

  45. @shawnholbrook7278

    November 25, 2025 at 8:00 pm

    great, you are learning to speak a few sentences.

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