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Sangeeta Bhatia: This tiny particle could roam your body to find tumors

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What if we could find cancerous tumors years before they can harm us — without expensive screening facilities or even steady electricity? Physician, bioengineer and entrepreneur Sangeeta Bhatia leads a multidisciplinary lab that searches for novel ways to understand, diagnose and treat human disease. Her target: the two-thirds of deaths due to cancer that she says are fully preventable. With remarkable clarity, she breaks down complex nanoparticle science and shares her dream for a radical new cancer test that could save millions of lives.

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Tedtalks;TED;Talks;big problems;biotech;cancer;disease;future;health;health care;illness;innovation;life;medical research;medicine;potential;science;technology;TED Talks Live;2015

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