TED Talks
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…
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Ngoc Pham
April 20, 2019 at 2:54 am
It’s amazied talk. Her voice is cleanly and interresting. She is considering and activity.
Dominik S
April 20, 2019 at 9:36 am
what
Doogy Dog
April 20, 2019 at 3:07 am
Because lyme is such a tricky infection to detect, perhaps this could help with earlier diagnosis. LYME must be treated almost immediately after infected, so this could be ground breaking!
Has Hazer
April 20, 2019 at 3:27 am
BACTERIA HAS SWORDS
Extreme
April 20, 2019 at 3:46 am
Wonderful work
rifattigli23
April 20, 2019 at 5:06 am
very good work!
l96ai
April 20, 2019 at 5:33 am
That last 6 minutes is heartbreaking!
A. Latiwala
April 20, 2019 at 5:50 am
Your monologue though ?
Stephane Dorion
April 20, 2019 at 6:45 am
What a good intro…
Just look at the headdress and you’ll know who’s sick.
El Kudos
April 20, 2019 at 8:49 am
About Jews?..
judyslome1
April 20, 2019 at 9:02 am
This says that bacteria release signals before they seriously attack, and this women has tests that uncover bacteria’s early signalling before the culture is positive. Her reaction is to treat early with antibiotics. Antibiotics results in microbiome responding with more virulent strains. Perhaps there is an alternative to antibiotics. Maybe intermittent fasting- not eating for 12- 16- 20 ? hours per day, keeps the bacterial microbiome from fighting, or becoming virulent by making them thin out on a daily basis- instead of them reproducing more by making their food constantly available in high amounts. Could this explain why under-eating has always been associated with longevity?
John Farris
April 20, 2019 at 9:35 am
SmarterEveryDay last two videos.
Dominik S
April 20, 2019 at 9:40 am
Fatima AlZahra’a Alatraktchi… I hate when my cat walks on my keyboard.
Ti Mo
April 20, 2019 at 9:47 am
How can you dumb down a topic that much
RechanRechan
April 20, 2019 at 10:32 am
This is so cool! Imagine if the devices are used in most hospitals, there would be many lives we could save!
Muslima Hafiz
April 20, 2019 at 10:45 am
Truly astonishing! Such a breakthrough to medicine! Fatima, you made a mesmerizing research, which may help a billions of people with bacteria diseases to get a remedy?
Haidy A.
April 20, 2019 at 10:49 am
That’s truly astonishing! Ma shaa Allah to you, what a great role model you are ?
hashknight1
April 20, 2019 at 12:48 pm
amazing! we need more scientists like her to improve our current medical care. And also more budget towards medical research and not military &weapons development.
FaithLehane
April 20, 2019 at 12:57 pm
Not only is the information in the lecture amazing but this is actually one of the best talks ever – easy to understand and remember and something we should all care about.
taha pipino
April 20, 2019 at 1:37 pm
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Mogul DaMongrel
April 20, 2019 at 2:24 pm
Why dont you just create a beneficial bacteria like penicillin that can reside within the human body preventing future diseases… you know like the ancients did before your time. Or is that to much in the way of your employeers big pharma
Last Destroyer
April 20, 2019 at 2:53 pm
I can only focus on her not on what she talking ?
Anshu TM
April 20, 2019 at 3:11 pm
I am grateful to you.
Thank you.
mohannad aljabri
April 20, 2019 at 3:43 pm
I watched this several months ago somewhere and good that this made it here! Good Job Fatima!
HANS ARMSTARK
April 20, 2019 at 8:49 pm
Muslims are not welcome
Alpha Centauri
April 20, 2019 at 9:15 pm
Send this tool to India. We need this. Congratulations for this breakthrough!